Brian Roberts is Principal Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Huddersfield.

"Roberts offers an easy-to-read introduction to managing both the research process and the emotional challenges often associated with it."  —CHOICE

• PART ONE: THE RESEARCHERThe Conduct of ResearchWhat is Research? What is a ′Researcher′?Images of Sociology and the SociologistResearch Roles and Researcher CharacteristicsPART TWO: RESEARCH STYLES, ROLES AND CONTEXTS Styles of Research - Qualitative and Quantitative Research ExperienceThe Status and Stance of Styles of ResearchHow important is being a researcher to you? Where do research topics come from?Networking - research as market/research as friendshipThe Search for FundsResearch Relations in Different Social SettingsCompeting Research Roles PART THREE: THE ′EMOTIONAL′ ASPECTS OF RESEARCH Research and ′Emotional Labour′′Reflexivity′ and the Research ExperienceEveryday Life Skills in ResearchExperiential DistractionWorking with Others in ResearchSubjective SupportOvercoming IsolationDealing with Anxiety and StressPART FOUR: ENTERING THE RESEARCH - THE PRESENTATION OF THE RESEARCHER′S SELFThe Researcher′s Self in ResearchSociological Imagination and Research PracticeEarly Days in Research Reasons to ResearchThe PhD ExperienceResearch ′Hold-ups′PART FIVE:INTERPRETATION IN RESEARCHThe Researcher-as-Interpreter/TheoristThe Research Diary Data, and yet More DataOrganising Interpretations and New IdeasPART SIX: WRITING RESEARCHAcademic Writing as a GenreNew Writing Practices and Representation Writing and Relations with OthersResearch Autobiographies and Auto/ethnography. The Researcher Account and ′Confessions′′Writing Up′ ResearchWriting BlockagesWriting for an AudiencePART SEVEN:DISSEMINATIONWhat is ′Research Dissemination′?Dissemination and Audience IssuesThe Doctoral ThesisThe Research Report and BriefingThe Conference PaperArticles in Books and JournalsBooks - Proposals and PublishersThe InternetResearch and Teaching - the use of research in the classroomPART EIGHT:REACTION TO RESEARCHReactions to Research Dissemination′Self′ and Audience Reactions to ResearchFeedback on Journal and Article SubmissionPART NINE: WHAT NEXT IN MY RESEARCH? End of the ′Adventure′ - what next?Academic Labour and its OrganisationProfessional and Personal Identities in the Conduct of ResearchRewriting the CVThe Researcher′s Life/Life as Research Career - in Academia?PART TEN: CONCLUSION - THE RESEARCHER′S EXPERIENCE OF RESEARCHResearcher Experience in ResearchResearcher Experience and the EmotionsResearcher Insights and ReflectionsOrientations to the Researched Revisited

Brian Roberts is Principal Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Huddersfield.

"Roberts offers an easy-to-read introduction to managing both the research process and the emotional challenges often associated with it."  —CHOICE

• PART ONE: THE RESEARCHERThe Conduct of ResearchWhat is Research? What is a ′Researcher′?Images of Sociology and the SociologistResearch Roles and Researcher CharacteristicsPART TWO: RESEARCH STYLES, ROLES AND CONTEXTS Styles of Research - Qualitative and Quantitative Research ExperienceThe Status and Stance of Styles of ResearchHow important is being a researcher to you? Where do research topics come from?Networking - research as market/research as friendshipThe Search for FundsResearch Relations in Different Social SettingsCompeting Research Roles PART THREE: THE ′EMOTIONAL′ ASPECTS OF RESEARCH Research and ′Emotional Labour′′Reflexivity′ and the Research ExperienceEveryday Life Skills in ResearchExperiential DistractionWorking with Others in ResearchSubjective SupportOvercoming IsolationDealing with Anxiety and StressPART FOUR: ENTERING THE RESEARCH - THE PRESENTATION OF THE RESEARCHER′S SELFThe Researcher′s Self in ResearchSociological Imagination and Research PracticeEarly Days in Research Reasons to ResearchThe PhD ExperienceResearch ′Hold-ups′PART FIVE:INTERPRETATION IN RESEARCHThe Researcher-as-Interpreter/TheoristThe Research Diary Data, and yet More DataOrganising Interpretations and New IdeasPART SIX: WRITING RESEARCHAcademic Writing as a GenreNew Writing Practices and Representation Writing and Relations with OthersResearch Autobiographies and Auto/ethnography. The Researcher Account and ′Confessions′′Writing Up′ ResearchWriting BlockagesWriting for an AudiencePART SEVEN:DISSEMINATIONWhat is ′Research Dissemination′?Dissemination and Audience IssuesThe Doctoral ThesisThe Research Report and BriefingThe Conference PaperArticles in Books and JournalsBooks - Proposals and PublishersThe InternetResearch and Teaching - the use of research in the classroomPART EIGHT:REACTION TO RESEARCHReactions to Research Dissemination′Self′ and Audience Reactions to ResearchFeedback on Journal and Article SubmissionPART NINE: WHAT NEXT IN MY RESEARCH? End of the ′Adventure′ - what next?Academic Labour and its OrganisationProfessional and Personal Identities in the Conduct of ResearchRewriting the CVThe Researcher′s Life/Life as Research Career - in Academia?PART TEN: CONCLUSION - THE RESEARCHER′S EXPERIENCE OF RESEARCHResearcher Experience in ResearchResearcher Experience and the EmotionsResearcher Insights and ReflectionsOrientations to the Researched Revisited

Brian Roberts is Principal Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Huddersfield.

"Roberts offers an easy-to-read introduction to managing both the research process and the emotional challenges often associated with it."  —CHOICE

• PART ONE: THE RESEARCHERThe Conduct of ResearchWhat is Research? What is a ′Researcher′?Images of Sociology and the SociologistResearch Roles and Researcher CharacteristicsPART TWO: RESEARCH STYLES, ROLES AND CONTEXTS Styles of Research - Qualitative and Quantitative Research ExperienceThe Status and Stance of Styles of ResearchHow important is being a researcher to you? Where do research topics come from?Networking - research as market/research as friendshipThe Search for FundsResearch Relations in Different Social SettingsCompeting Research Roles PART THREE: THE ′EMOTIONAL′ ASPECTS OF RESEARCH Research and ′Emotional Labour′′Reflexivity′ and the Research ExperienceEveryday Life Skills in ResearchExperiential DistractionWorking with Others in ResearchSubjective SupportOvercoming IsolationDealing with Anxiety and StressPART FOUR: ENTERING THE RESEARCH - THE PRESENTATION OF THE RESEARCHER′S SELFThe Researcher′s Self in ResearchSociological Imagination and Research PracticeEarly Days in Research Reasons to ResearchThe PhD ExperienceResearch ′Hold-ups′PART FIVE:INTERPRETATION IN RESEARCHThe Researcher-as-Interpreter/TheoristThe Research Diary Data, and yet More DataOrganising Interpretations and New IdeasPART SIX: WRITING RESEARCHAcademic Writing as a GenreNew Writing Practices and Representation Writing and Relations with OthersResearch Autobiographies and Auto/ethnography. The Researcher Account and ′Confessions′′Writing Up′ ResearchWriting BlockagesWriting for an AudiencePART SEVEN:DISSEMINATIONWhat is ′Research Dissemination′?Dissemination and Audience IssuesThe Doctoral ThesisThe Research Report and BriefingThe Conference PaperArticles in Books and JournalsBooks - Proposals and PublishersThe InternetResearch and Teaching - the use of research in the classroomPART EIGHT:REACTION TO RESEARCHReactions to Research Dissemination′Self′ and Audience Reactions to ResearchFeedback on Journal and Article SubmissionPART NINE: WHAT NEXT IN MY RESEARCH? End of the ′Adventure′ - what next?Academic Labour and its OrganisationProfessional and Personal Identities in the Conduct of ResearchRewriting the CVThe Researcher′s Life/Life as Research Career - in Academia?PART TEN: CONCLUSION - THE RESEARCHER′S EXPERIENCE OF RESEARCHResearcher Experience in ResearchResearcher Experience and the EmotionsResearcher Insights and ReflectionsOrientations to the Researched Revisited