International Research Experience: How To and Why
Why?
- Gain other perspectives on your research
- Make a difference on a world scale
- Build your career, get exposure
- Get access to data/equipment/research expertise
- Collaboration can enhance productivity
How To
- Post-docs: don't wait for them to be advertised, get in touch with people and write yourself in on grant applications
- Make contact with people: conferences, follow-up emails, phone
- Bring people here: be a good host
- Awards and exchange programs: Fulbright, Churchill etc. Get people outside your discipline to read applications.
- Show how your research adds value to the people who will host you
- Set things up in advance: lay the groundwork in advance
- Have a plan for what you want to achieve
Be passionate about what you do and be proactive.
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About Karen.Hall
I've recently submitted my PhD thesis, titled 'Discovering the Lost Race Story: Writing Science Fiction, Writing Temporality', for examination. In the meantime, I'm teaching in the discipline of Communication Studies at UWA and starting a new project on medievalism and media through a Whitfeld Fellowship.