About this Research Topic
When you are hired as an academic, irrespective of discipline, it is expected that you are specialized in certain disciplines. And rightfully so, considering that your PhD studies and potentially a postdoctoral fellowship facilitated your journey in becoming discipline-specific. However, academia often expects you to wear many proverbial hats that extend beyond your discipline knowledge, and for which it is likely you received little to no prior training. For example, you may be expected to be a leader, mentor, administrator, budget analyst, laboratory manger, and communications specialist, to name but a few. These expectations can be overwhelming, not least because you’ll likely be asking yourself: Where do I start?
The goal of this Research Topic is to introduce Sciducio (phonetical pronunciation: sai-du-she-oh), a term coined by combining the Latin noun for science, 'scientia,' and the verbs for lead, 'ducat,' and develop, 'adduco.' The intent of Sciducio is to provide a practical framework for guiding the development and leadership of the academic research environment. The first paper in this Research Topic will provide a working copy of the Sciducio framework that can be freely used by others in the academy. We will also outline the theory supporting the development of Sciducio.
The principal audience for this framework is new academics faced with the daunting task of establishing their research agenda—which most commonly occurs without a manual! However, Sciducio will also benefit:
• academics moving to a new institution
• academics remaining at their existing institutions and who could use a beacon to manage the diverse and ever-evolving components of maintaining a research agenda and research teams
• doctoral and postdoctoral mentees—as a training tool.
While the first article in this Research Topic will provide a working copy of Sciducio, we cannot do full justice to the theory, activities, and tools supporting the different components of Sciducio, or provide examples of use in all environments. Therefore, we encourage contributions from other academics, irrespective of discipline.
Contributions may be made in multiple capacities, including commentaries that suggest edits or additions to Sciducio, perspectives on the theory supporting Sciducio, articles highlighting specific tools to help individuals work through Sciducio, or discussions of how Sciducio was adapted for use in specific environments. All article types are of interest, irrespective of discipline.
Our intent is to consolidate all contributions in the form of an editorial at the conclusion of this Research Topic. That said, we are fully aware that we are unlikely to give full justice to such a complex topic in the space of one article collection. We anticipate that the current entry will serve as Volume 1, with the editorial setting the stage for the next volume. As stated above, we fully encourage other academics to support this journey.
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Guiding events: leading up to the submission deadline, the guest editors, in collaboration with Frontiers staff, organized a webinar with experts discussing topics related to the call for submissions. Watch it here.
The goal of this Research Topic is to introduce Sciducio (phonetical pronunciation: sai-du-she-oh), a term coined by combining the Latin noun for science, 'scientia,' and the verbs for lead, 'ducat,' and develop, 'adduco.' The intent of Sciducio is to provide a practical framework for guiding the development and leadership of the academic research environment. The first paper in this Research Topic will provide a working copy of the Sciducio framework that can be freely used by others in the academy. We will also outline the theory supporting the development of Sciducio.
The principal audience for this framework is new academics faced with the daunting task of establishing their research agenda—which most commonly occurs without a manual! However, Sciducio will also benefit:
• academics moving to a new institution
• academics remaining at their existing institutions and who could use a beacon to manage the diverse and ever-evolving components of maintaining a research agenda and research teams
• doctoral and postdoctoral mentees—as a training tool.
While the first article in this Research Topic will provide a working copy of Sciducio, we cannot do full justice to the theory, activities, and tools supporting the different components of Sciducio, or provide examples of use in all environments. Therefore, we encourage contributions from other academics, irrespective of discipline.
Contributions may be made in multiple capacities, including commentaries that suggest edits or additions to Sciducio, perspectives on the theory supporting Sciducio, articles highlighting specific tools to help individuals work through Sciducio, or discussions of how Sciducio was adapted for use in specific environments. All article types are of interest, irrespective of discipline.
Our intent is to consolidate all contributions in the form of an editorial at the conclusion of this Research Topic. That said, we are fully aware that we are unlikely to give full justice to such a complex topic in the space of one article collection. We anticipate that the current entry will serve as Volume 1, with the editorial setting the stage for the next volume. As stated above, we fully encourage other academics to support this journey.
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Guiding events: leading up to the submission deadline, the guest editors, in collaboration with Frontiers staff, organized a webinar with experts discussing topics related to the call for submissions. Watch it here.
Keywords: research, laboratory, academia, management, planning, mentorship, business-model canvas, lean canvas, mindset, entrepeneurship, motivation, organizational culture
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