A quick onboarding guide for Tattva researchers
Tattva's Research Hubs are small, agile teams of curated researchers who come together with the purpose to to learn, discuss, incubate and create working ideas on contemporary life and society that are inspired by the principle of balance, connectedness and sustainability - dharma.
On an intrinsic level, we hope for this process to be self-enriching and to provide a home for earnest and critical research, as well as creative thinking.
On an instrumental level, we hope for the emergent outputs - typically 2,000-3,000word, critically robust, 'think pieces' to provide enduring value.
Harsha Sri-Ramesh
Gaurav Prinja
You will be sent a short research brief that introduces the theme, essential reading and research questions.
You may be invited to a Discovery Group Call, where the researchers can explore their research pieces with the group.
Within a week of the discovery call, each researcher must submit their proposed research question and outline and discuss this with the facilitator.
Each researcher must have a formulated research question that corresponds to the brief.
Highlight at least 10 key stakeholders that would either have an interest on your piece of research OR be influenced by your work.
Submit a first draft to the editor.
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- Make it a debatable question, that warrants exploration, rather than something which is a given.
- Great questions start at friction point
- Research - bat from both sides, then reach a conclusion
- Make it specific, focused and clear - go for depth rather than breadth. Depth makes it highly impactful and beneficial for people.
- Make it clear to the reader what is being explored and what they'll get out of reading it.
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Embrace Inter-disciplinarity
Links:
Developing a Research Question
Develop a Strong Research Question
Create a Strong Research Question
Libraries
Academic Phrasebook
Template
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