The carved and painted decorations in traditional Batak houses and buildings, gorga, are the source of their exoticism. There are no identical patterns of the ornaments within Batak houses and the drawings are closely related to the way ancient Batak capture the dynamicity of the growing “tree...

The article is concerned with the analysis of the human development achievement and improvement indices of Indian states for the time period of 1981, 1991, 2001 and 2011. The analysis points out how Indian states have, over time, extensively changed their position in terms of various...

<p>Despite the crucial importance of high quality reviewing for the scientific process, new scholars often learn how to do this based on casual advice and trial-and-error learning. We offer a checklist that helps referees systematically develop high quality referee reports and avoid some of the...</p>

To encourage wider adoption and dissemination of Faff's (2015, 2019) Pitching Research framework, herein, I set out a carefully organized resource kit for instructors charged with the goal of research capacity building and/or research training. Targeted instructors include: “research...

Using Faff's (2015, 2019) pitching research template as a base (first-phase scholarly pitch), Faff and Kastelle (2016) develop a research pitch tool targeting non-academic external stakeholders/end users. The “pitching research for engagement and impact” (PR4EI) second-phase pitch augments...

Fantasy Pitching V follows in the footsteps of four earlier fantasy pitching exercises: Faff, Ali, et al. (2016); Faff, Wallin et al. (2016); Faff, Carrick, et al (2017) & Faff, Baladi, et al (2017). Like all prior versions, the current paper challenges teams of novice researchers to use the...

The current paper outlines two applications of ‘Pitching Research' (Faff, 2015 & 2017a) designed to help readers and researchers better understand and describe academic literature. ‘Reverse Engineering' is a concept explored by previous student scholars at The University of Queensland (Faff...

The current paper offers an extensive array of advice – framed around so-called “rules of engagement” – for budding researchers on how to optimize their experience in prospectively applying the “Pitching Research” [Faff (2015, 2019)] framework to their research setting. This guidance...

The current paper offers some simple tips for budding researchers on how to get the best out of their “Pitching Research” [Faff (2015, 2019)] experience. These tips are built upon three basic perspectives. First, WHAT? Here, the framework is briefly outlined and mapped into a simple...

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...