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25/11/2025

📘 Beyond the Paper: The Story Behind My Research

Today we’re featuring Dr. Trevor Davis, author of "Creative Industries and the Circular Economy: A Reality Check Across Global Policy, Practice, and Research".

💡 His research began with a key question: Where are the creative industries actually heading? Through years of foresight work, he observed how technology, culture, and business models are reshaping design, advertising, and communication, while sustainability remained an inconsistent signal the sector had not fully grasped.

🌍 Earlier roles with global brands and IBM shaped his perspective, revealing how narratives influence behavior and how immaterial systems have real environmental impact. A five-year collaboration with UCA and The Centre for Sustainable Design uncovered strong passion for change across creative sub-sectors but fragmented sustainability practice and limited policy recognition. The paper provides a timely sector-wide view of how circular economy ideas are, and are not, taking root during major structural change.

🔗 Explore Dr. Davis’s work: https://brnw.ch/21wXN8E

💬 What question first sparked your research journey? Share your story with the community: https://brnw.ch/21wXN8G

📘 Beyond the Paper: The Story Behind My ResearchEvery research paper has a hidden journey, from the questions that spark...
24/11/2025

📘 Beyond the Paper: The Story Behind My Research

Every research paper has a hidden journey, from the questions that sparked it to the challenges that shaped it and the moments that made the work meaningful.

This week, we invite you to share the story behind your research.
💬 What inspired the work you’re doing now?
🔍 What challenges have shaped your research journey?
🌱 What kept you going during the difficult parts?

Share your story in the comments: https://brnw.ch/21wXLbD

📖 You can start like this:
“The research behind my paper began with [your initial curiosity or problem]. Along the way, I encountered [a challenge, insight, or unexpected turn]. What drove me forward was [motivation, collaborators, or purpose].”

🌟 Selected stories will be featured to 1M+ researchers on SciProfiles.

📅 Deadline: November 28

Let’s go beyond results and highlight the journeys that shape scientific discovery.

21/11/2025

🎉 Celebrating Our Top Voice in “The Multitasking Challenge in Research Life”!

✨ Today we’re highlighting Dr. Deogratias Shidende, whose reflection offers a thoughtful look at how modern academic life demands the coordination of many parallel responsibilities.

📚 He describes how teaching, supervision, administrative work, publication expectations and project commitments often overlap in ways that compress time and fragment attention. In many institutions, multitasking feels almost unavoidable.

⏳ When faced with competing duties, Dr. Shidende prioritizes based on urgency, strategic importance and long-term research value. This helps him stay focused even when demands intensify.

🧠 To maintain deep concentration, he relies on structured time-blocking, visible focus periods in his calendar, reduced digital distractions and clearly defined goals for each work session. These practices help protect uninterrupted time for writing and analysis.

🌱 His experience shows that managing multitasking is an ongoing challenge, yet intentional habits can bring greater clarity, control and sustainability to the research journey.

🔗 Explore Dr. Shidende’s research here: https://brnw.ch/21wXGMw

💬 Join the discussion and share how you navigate multitasking in your research life 👉 https://brnw.ch/21wXGMB

💼 Meet Prof. Dr. Ana-Cristina Nicolescu, Full Professor at the West University of Timișoara, Romania.🎓 Her research span...
20/11/2025

💼 Meet Prof. Dr. Ana-Cristina Nicolescu, Full Professor at the West University of Timișoara, Romania.

🎓 Her research spans corporate finance, applied economics, sustainable development, and the financial impacts of climate change. She teaches corporate finance, corporate governance, applied financial policies, special taxation, and budget management.

🌱 Prof. Nicolescu has contributed to interdisciplinary projects on environmental sustainability, publishing on financial governance, digitalisation, public debt, and the role of finance in supporting green growth. She also explores topics such as AI & new energy vehicles, public policy & entrepreneurship, and CSR communication, and is the author of several books in corporate finance and governance.

🌐 Connect with Prof. Nicolescu on SciProfiles: https://brnw.ch/21wXEvB

19/11/2025

✨ Today we’re featuring Dr. Mohammed Zuhair Al-Taie, who navigates a demanding mix of teaching, research, reviewing, and editorial work with clarity and discipline.

📚 To stay focused amid constant task-switching, he protects dedicated hours for deep work — especially writing and data analysis. Each day begins with just three key priorities, allowing him to stay organized without being overwhelmed.

⏱️ By saying no to tasks that do not align with his goals, he maintains structure and safeguards mental space in an academic world where multitasking has become unavoidable.

🌿 His approach is a reminder that effective focus comes from choosing what truly matters.

🔗 Explore Dr. Al-Taie’s work here: https://brnw.ch/21wXC9B

💬 How do you manage multiple research tasks? Join the discussion here 👉 https://brnw.ch/21wXC9D

📢 New SciProfiles blog by Dr. Zoë Gross!📚 "Why Traditional Publishing Continues to Flourish"📝 Academic publishing is a c...
18/11/2025

📢 New SciProfiles blog by Dr. Zoë Gross!

📚 "Why Traditional Publishing Continues to Flourish"

📝 Academic publishing is a cornerstone of scholarly careers, shaping reputation, credibility, and future opportunities. Yet choosing how to publish is not always straightforward—especially as open access models continue to evolve.

In this blog, Dr. Gross explores why traditional publishing (TP) remains a strong and trusted option for many scholars, despite the rapid growth of open access.

💡 From established journal reputations and high impact factors to rigorous peer review and zero publication fees, TP offers enduring advantages—while also carrying limitations around access, copyrights, and publication timelines.

🔍 Read the full post and evaluate the best path for your research: https://brnw.ch/21wXzZu

🚀 The SciProfiles Discussion Is Live!Many researchers find themselves juggling too many parallel tasks. Between teaching...
17/11/2025

🚀 The SciProfiles Discussion Is Live!

Many researchers find themselves juggling too many parallel tasks. Between teaching, writing, reviewing, mentoring, and meeting project deadlines — it can often feel like everything is urgent.

💡 Have you faced the same challenge in your research life?

Share your thoughts and experiences in comments: https://brnw.ch/21wXy1w
🔹 Do you think multitasking has become unavoidable in academia?
🔹 How do you decide where to focus first?
🔹 What’s one thing you do to protect your focus or prevent overload?

Let’s take a moment to reflect on how we can find clarity and balance amid the many demands of research life. 🌿

🌟 Selected responses will be featured to 1M+ researchers on SciProfiles.

📅 Deadline: November 21.

14/11/2025

🎉 Celebrating Our Top Voice in “Beyond the Paper – A Day in My Research”!

✨ Today we’re featuring Professor Faheem Uddin, whose dedication as a researcher and faculty member shows how daily structure and continuous exploration drive meaningful outcomes.

📚 His day begins with focusing on his research interests and goals, followed by teaching, meetings, and guiding students in the lab. His work is refined every day through ongoing studies, integrating existing and emerging knowledge to make research practical, sustainable, and beneficial for both industry and society.

⏱️ For him, study and observation have no strict boundaries, and progress continues until the last hours, reflecting a deep commitment to both learning and discovery.

🌍 Prof. Uddin’s approach reminds us that research is a blend of curiosity, discipline, and purpose, with impact reaching beyond the lab into real-world applications.

🔗 Connect with Prof. Uddin: https://brnw.ch/21wXtND

💬 How does your typical research day unfold? Share your experience and connect with peers here 👉 https://brnw.ch/21wXtNF

14/11/2025

🎉 Celebrating Our Top Voice in “Beyond the Paper – A Day in My Research”!

✨ Today we’re highlighting Mr. Sami Al Majanini, whose daily work with EEG signals uncovers how the brain expresses its hidden stories.

🧠 He spends much of his time analyzing connectivity patterns and refining algorithms that reveal how attention flows through neural networks, turning complex curves into meaningful scientific insights.

💛 His motivation comes from his family and from showing that students who face difficult circumstances can still achieve great things. Each small breakthrough reinforces his belief that persistence and faith can turn limitation into strength.

🌍 His research journey reminds us that science is not only about methods and data, but also about resilience, purpose, and the people who inspire us.

🔗 Explore Mr. Al Majanini’s research here: https://brnw.ch/21wXtN1

💬 Share your own research day experience and connect with peers here 👉 https://brnw.ch/21wXtN4

12/11/2025

✨ Today we’re featuring Mr. Muhammad Putra Aprullah, whose thoughtful approach to studying social finance reveals how structured habits can bring clarity and purpose to complex research.

📚 Each morning, he scans literature on social finance as solutions to economic inequality. He extracts SDG indicators for Indonesia and write short syntheses.

⏱️ Working in 45-minute focus blocks and ending each day with short reflections, he bridges policy and people through thoughtful, purposeful research.

🌍 His “policy-to-people” mindset is a reminder that research isn’t just about data, but about improving lives through knowledge and empathy.

🔗 Explore Mr. Aprullah’s research here: https://brnw.ch/21wXpna

💬 What does a day in your research look like? Share your story here 👉 https://brnw.ch/21wXpnb

💻 Meet Dr. Richard Walker, Associate Director of Digital Education at the University of York, United Kingdom.📚 With over...
11/11/2025

💻 Meet Dr. Richard Walker, Associate Director of Digital Education at the University of York, United Kingdom.

📚 With over 20 years’ experience in higher education, Dr. Walker’s research spans instructional design frameworks for blended learning, institutional adoption of learning technologies, and staff development for online teaching. He leads the strategic development of e-learning services, overseeing key learning technologies such as the VLE, lecture recording, and e-assessment solutions.

🌟 His recent research examines how the pandemic influenced digital learning, teaching, and assessment practices, drawing on staff and student perspectives to understand long-term changes in technology adoption and pedagogy.

🌐 Follow and connect with Dr. Walker on SciProfiles: https://brnw.ch/21wXnsN

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