Refinando el tópico de la investigación: empezando el doctorado
Where do research topics come from?
The research topic you have at the start of your PhD may come from work you did in your Masters. It may come from a professional or policy context, perhaps your own professional work situation, or something you’ve read about in the media. Or it might come from the scholarly reading that you’ve done.
People generally start their PhD with an idea of what they want to research. They’ve had to put in a proposal as part of the entry process.
But this initial idea is not fixed. It might change. Yes really. Your first idea may not be what you end up researching. Your primary task in the first few months of PhD candidacy is to revisit and refine your initial topic so that it becomes a research-able project. A researchable project that is focused on the potential contribution you will make by…
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