Spanning a 10-week period over the Southern Summer of 2016-7, six University of Queensland Research Scholars signed up to be part of a unique cohort focused on “pitching research” [PR] – in the “i-TEMPLATES” team. The Summer Research Scholars engaged in a range of pitching activities...

As part of a staged pedagogic strategy, Faff (2015, 2017) argue for the value of reverse engineering (RE) existing papers into the pitching research template. Extending this literature, the current paper outlines a “pitching research” “lite” procedure, founded on a basic RE strategy....

“… if I create high quality research, readers and other interested researchers will beat a path to my door”. WRONG. Such an approach worked well in the 19th century and seemingly for much of the 20th century. However, the way of the 21st century is for smart “consumers” of new...

As a companion to Faff (2015a, b), the current paper reviews experiences and draws insights from a series of workshops, pitch days, competitions and other events based on the "pitching research" template tool. With, in excess of 80, unique events primarily conducted throughout the calendar year...

I will address eight common claims about bitcoin: 1. Physical bitcoins exist; 2. The founder of bitcoin is a person called Satoshi Nakamoto; 3. Bitcoin is mainly used for criminal activity; 4. A lack of security plagues bitcoin; 5. Mining is a waste of energy; 6. Bitcoin too small today to be an...

Faff (2015, 2016, 2017a, 2017b); Faff, Godfrey and Teng (2016); Maxwell (2017); Nguyen, et al. (2017); Salehudin (2017); Teng and Faff (2017) (amongst others) represents a rich landscape for the “pitching research” phenomenon. The current paper documents the pitches presented by 6 finalists...

One approach to analyzing inequality is to compare average economic choices from a classical theoretical framework. Another approach considers the impact of the formation of society, through statutes and institutions, on average economic outcomes. This paper studies the effects of slavery on...

Based on Faff's (2015 & 2016a) template tool, Faff (2016b) explains how meaningfully layered “pitching research” tasks can be designed to accommodate a wide range of student mastery, that enable a clear/easily implementable pedagogic strategy. The current paper describes a real example of...

Similar to Faff et al (2017a & 2017b), the current paper documents the pitches presented by finalists of a “pitching research” (Faff, 2015, 2018a, 2018b) competition held in November 2017, at the University of Queensland. The competition was co-sponsored by the UQ Association of Postgraduate...