what are the challenges facing you as a young researcher ?
what are the challenges faced you when you was a young researcher?
Dear Saifeldin Mohamed,
One of the biggest challenges facing young scientists is the intense competition for research positions and delayed job security. Research scientists can often only gain secure (or tenured) employment in their late 30s, which is particularly difficult for those with, or wanting to start, young families. This creates particular challenges for young women scientists. Against this background stand young scientists and researchers. Widely recognized as being among the most creative and energetic researchers, young researchers can also be more mobile and better trained than ever before. They constitute a vast pool of global talent that stands to change the geography of knowledge in fundamental ways.
A number of structural conditions present challenges to research in this field and to the current understanding of the state of young scholars. In particular, there is heterogeneity in the higher education systems across nations, a lack of comparable data from different regions, and a lack of comparable literature. Developing countries are a heterogeneous group, ranging from the least developed countries to emerging economies.
1. Address the lack of resources, whether material or personnel, and the lack of funding for young scientists across regions of the world.
2. Develop a nurturing culture aimed at providing better and more appropriate mentoring and supervision at all levels of early career, from PhD to the first 5–10 years of academic independence and beyond, so that researchers can learn and feel supported.
3. Provide means by which scholars and researchers can achieve a better work-life balance. Research organisations need to adapt to the realities of women and family issues.
4. Another difficulty faced by many research students is the lack of access to relevant and timely scientific information.
5. Many young researchers have to contend with a technology gap that separates them from senior researchers. "Many old scientists are reluctant to embrace new technology, such as the use of computers in laboratory work.”
Regards,
Prem Baboo
I was faced with many problems; there was no internet at that time
No expertise difficult to find statistician
Dear Saifeldin Mohamed,
One of the biggest challenges facing young scientists is the intense competition for research positions and delayed job security. Research scientists can often only gain secure (or tenured) employment in their late 30s, which is particularly difficult for those with, or wanting to start, young families. This creates particular challenges for young women scientists. Against this background stand young scientists and researchers. Widely recognized as being among the most creative and energetic researchers, young researchers can also be more mobile and better trained than ever before. They constitute a vast pool of global talent that stands to change the geography of knowledge in fundamental ways.
A number of structural conditions present challenges to research in this field and to the current understanding of the state of young scholars. In particular, there is heterogeneity in the higher education systems across nations, a lack of comparable data from different regions, and a lack of comparable literature. Developing countries are a heterogeneous group, ranging from the least developed countries to emerging economies.
1. Address the lack of resources, whether material or personnel, and the lack of funding for young scientists across regions of the world.
2. Develop a nurturing culture aimed at providing better and more appropriate mentoring and supervision at all levels of early career, from PhD to the first 5–10 years of academic independence and beyond, so that researchers can learn and feel supported.
3. Provide means by which scholars and researchers can achieve a better work-life balance. Research organisations need to adapt to the realities of women and family issues.
4. Another difficulty faced by many research students is the lack of access to relevant and timely scientific information.
5. Many young researchers have to contend with a technology gap that separates them from senior researchers. "Many old scientists are reluctant to embrace new technology, such as the use of computers in laboratory work.”
Regards,
Prem Baboo
To be good researcher you need enough time to do research some experience contact with expert in you research field.
Due to lack of experience young researchers face following problems
They often do not know
1. Whom to approach for the data
2. How to liaison with the data source
3. What will be their suitable methodology
4. What will be the proper language and frame work for a research paper.
5. What will be the proper place to publish their work
Dear Sarada
your listed problems are true , DATA - METHODS _ LANGUAGE - PUBLICATION
your answer is appreciated
regards SAIF
Dear
Dr. Ishag
thank you
though I did my master in 2000 , I faced problems with internet access, But I could manage to do a good research
That experience though needed more effort but I think it produced great researcher like you
my bet regards
SAIF
Dear Mr, Baboo
the points you mentioned are Key challenges , not only for young researchers but also for some expired researchers
thank you for your valuable participation
regards
SAIF
Nice very pertinent question . I think , the first and foremost challenge for a young researcher is to understand , there is no short cut to success and develop a kind of endurance for the results to accrue of their own , besides developing a habit of voracious reader with good grasp on the subject , pick the problem based on filed experiences , interact with the end users to identify the researchable issue etc etc....
Dear Saifeldin,
It is my pleasure to hear from Sudan Scientist.
The most important thing is related to his ability to learn more and accept the expert advice. I think the work as team with other colleagues will reduces many problems facing young researcher.
Regard
one great Problem young scientists are confronted with is to learn as quick as possible to acquire money for research: localy (University, town, state), national, continent, worldwide
Peter
excuse me Prem, the Money was your first Point! I did not read it before
Peter
Dear Dr. Saif
pertaining the difficulties that faced any researcher and especially in developing countries, I'm hereby writing and highlighting some obstacles that I have faced in some of my researches that have been conducted in the context of food manufacturing plants in both Saudi Arabia and Sudan.
1- The absence of a reliable database on which you can estimate the studied community and chose the right sample that can give reliable findings.
2- High unjustified confidentiality of companies that hinders the efforts of researchers to collect primary data.
3- loss of awareness of the importance of researches in the industrial community as the main factor for business development & novelty.
4- lack of creativity of choosing applicable researches.
5- lack of fund in universities and research centres.
Dear
Mr. Peter
your point is very important, without money no research can be done
you and Mr, Perm are Kindly requested to give us hints on how to fund our research projects
we are always learning from your rich experiences
regards
SAIF
Dear Saifeldin,
yes, its also for me a pleasure, with a researcher from Sudan to discuss a very importend question in all parts on the world.
I would like my answer in two parts subdivide : first independent from that in which part of the world the researcher working and second dependent from that.
First: A young researchers will facing with challenge his knowledge to apply in practice, to face the challenges of responsibly and to be patient and persistent, to wrestle the best solution. Much can be achieved only in the team, so it is often important to be a team player. It is very importent that a young researcher knows, that he not works alone for themselves but also the community or the society.
Second: In some countries or regions of the world it is not easy to meet the demands from first, due to internal and external conditions. Therefore, one can their performance not be overestimated and it must become expecting support from the developed countries, because this helps for all.
Best regards and good luck
Michael Lersow
Dear Saif,
I am ready to give you my recommandations and hints very friendly. We will see if my world of experiences fits to your world. This is not an arrogant remark but expresses the fact/fear that I am not familiar with your surrounding. Let us try. Is RG the right platform? I dont know. What is your opinon? Perhaps it is exactly the other way round and RG is the very right location. Tell me.
Peter
Addiction to social networks•
Quality of training and supervision-statistical methods, problem identification(other components of proposal)•
Failure to delimit the boundary conditions for the research.
One of the biggest challenges facing young scientists is the intense competition for research positions and delayed job security.
The biggest challenge facing the biological sciences in general and young scientists specifically is the publication culture.
A major challenge for newly independent scientists today is that the biological sciences are rapidly becoming much more interdisciplinary.
Dear Saifeldin Mohamed,
due to your question many write and reasonable answers were sounded. Meanwhile the typical paradox we can observe when too rigorous position (opinion, character) of talented young researcher sometimes makes specific difficulties for him in communication with more experienced and oldest colleagues.
But it is only fair to say that experienced and oldest colleagues do not ever become friendly teachers for such young scientists... Let add this notes to long list of challenges mentioned above.
In fact, there are many obstacles facing you as a young researcher. I advise young researchers never to doubt themselves, but to be self-confident of their abilities, to manage their time and to make themselves aware of various research and statistical tools.
First, I need to appreciate the prime mover of such a good question that has been blogging my mind for sometimes now. And secondly, the many people who without doubt have correctly pointed out many of the key obstacles that somehow get the best of young researchers, including myself. As a Master of Philosophy student, I certainly need sound supervision and guidance to survive and stay committed to the field research. Many young scholars and researcher alike are let down by some of the arrogant and unreasonable supervisors they come across in their pursuit for new knowledge, and who unnecessarily give them a tough time which end up 'demotivating' them. Some 'old horses' do so not because a student cannot deliver, but the supervisor feels somehow threatened by the student's ingenuity.
It is quite important that the student - supervisor relationship is favourable if both parties are to learn from one another. Again, and like it has been noted earlier by one colleague, young scholars need to receive more fellowships, attend conferences where they engage with other scholars, whether young or old to facilitate their learning, and even for visibility to the outside world. It is through such fellowships and conferences/symposiums/seminars that young scholars would developed into well rounded, top-notch scholars - be it in terms of writing scientific research papers or effectively communicating their findings. Writing and presentation need practice. So the importance of having a good supervisor as a student is to help with all these arrangements and procedures given that the supervisor is mostly in the know of what is happening where and when.
The politics of publication is one crucial obstacle that confront young scholars and researchers in their efforts to communicate their study findings with the rest of the world. The decision to publish which paper or not is increasingly becoming a matter of who's who' than it is and should be on principle, merit and on best research practices. This continue to discourage the cubs and lioness of research.
Although issues of funding or lack thereof are equally important, but they mostly cut across all regions of the world.
Focused writing at appropriate times is one of the biggest challenges to young researchers, so a writing plan as in the attached.
Best regards,
Debra
http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/how-to-create-a-strategic-writing-plan-tips-for-organized-writers/
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Some higher authorities have a mind set that a young researcher is not capable of doing a research. And also if he/she dedicates his/her full hard work, knowledge and discipline, name would not be in the first place.
Dear Saifeldin Mohamed,
young researchers faces many difficulties such as lack of proper research guidance ,ignorance of current updated of subject , resent related books not available easily, If it available the cast is vary high and funding are not given to those researcher's who's jobs are temporary .
I think coming up with a valid problem statement and research gap; efficient supervisors and technological gap including financial costs in addressing the problems sought are strong determinants
Share with those who precede me in the discussion, many of the difficulties and obstacles I have had and solved throughout my training as a clinical and educational researcher.
Much has to do with the infrastructure, resources, advice and funding to conduct original research in my case in clinical and medical education.
So far, only some of the difficulties that may have clinical and educational researchers as a server, and some elements to correct problems that arise in their training as a researcher, so happily migrate from novice to expert in the field.
Greetings to all who are participating in this interesting discussion
Sincerely
Dr. Jose Luis Garcia Vigil
there are some problem face new researchers such as:
1. documentation.
2. information resources.
3. data collection.
4.methodology of research.
5. how to use of resources.
6. how to show results.
Agree that with a view on a small scale, the young researcher faces the job of getting the scientific evidence (documentation) and the best sources for informacón quality, to identify the original and current knowledge useful to support its theoretical framework.
That done, you will have the information to formulate a research question and a tentative answer will be his general hypothesis. Hence generally only it needs to define conceptually and operationally variables and appropriate design for your research, equipment and procedures necessary and indispensable to properly get their results and how to describe and statistically analyze your data.
Eventually you have to estimate and achieve their results in terms of whether they are valid and reliable, if they comply with the null hypothesis (Ho) or operational (H1), if the differences are statistically significant and finally inference data.
But all this is only confined to the reductionist view of research, justifying only the important but not entirely sufficient, to obtain new knowledge or ratify knowledge and previously validated without relating them to the general, social and cultural context of the population.
Need to explain:
Why do this kind of research?
Will the knowledge gained are linked to greater truth that can better clarify the phenomena that take place in the real world?
Will they be useful to generate technology and improve the quality of life of the population and not the curriculum researchers.
Dear Saifeldin, first of all young researchers have a lack of access to the information they are interested. This may be the result of lack of information. In Georgia the data is not always right and does not include all the needed information. So, this can be discussed as the challenge for young generation.
Young scientists often produce negative results. All experiments were done correctly – but there was no difference between test and control. They get conflicting advice from supervisors and ethicists. Some say that publishing negative results is a waste of resources and ruins their careers. Others say that ‘not publishing negative results is unethical’ and promotes the reproducibility crisis. What should young scientists do in such a situation?
Do not publish negative results as a young scientist. Leave it to the senior scientists who already have a successful career and can afford it to publish negative findings for the sake of good science!
http://www.smartsciencecareer.com/negative-results/#more-2002
In India, selection process is not transparent in government organizations which have more budget on research. What you can expect if young minds could not find path of its creativity.
Dear Ljubomir,
I read your comment and the given advice and I hesitated. I read it again, I sit and think and finally I agree. I do not really like this advice but I have to admid: this is a realistic usefull hint. The situation makes me sad and angry because the manny of us scientists obviously do not estimate negative results. It should be the other way round!!!
A negative result often might be better or more usefull than a smooth so called good result.
There is a lot to do to change bad habits in our scientific and non scientific society.
Thank you for your uncomfortable advice.
Peter
As a young researcher, I believe the biggest challenge lies in the issue of trust. A young researcher, without a mentor with a master's degree or often with a doctorate, or without an appointment, can not foster his research. The question of research funding is another issue that I raise. It is still difficult, especially for innovative projects, to be able to continue research without funding (and often the young researcher must still be linked to some educational institution). More than these challenges, I believe the greatest of them is still in the prejudice of society. In Brazil, being a researcher is not considered as a profession. Most researchers are teachers in educational institutions.
Dear Michelle,
I like your comment because we are connected to Bahia, Brazil very close. We cooperate with Senai for the last 10 years in education and stay each year one or two weeks in Salvador and Bahia. If you are interseted, look at our www.theo-prax.de, where we have installed a portuegese part.
Our next trip is one week beginning December. Lets meet there.
Best regards
Peter
@ Sahas Bansal: Some higher designatories in India, have seized opportunities to researchers. Newton discovered laws of gravitation at the age of 23. India has not been able to develop a system to recognize talents at younger age. Therefore. we are often followers of new R&D. .
Indian system obstructs talents. Caste, reservation and corruption - can not create an environment of good research.
Find good job. Find someone between older generation with a good knowledge of your profession and learn try to get new knowledge from alternative science for escape from the negative brainwash of academic science!
In mine time: “Find someone between older generation with a good knowledge of your profession” I did not find… only after 20 years was possibility to wake up from brain was (misleading gravity concept, plate tectonics,…)
Best regards.
Laszlo
What are the challenges faced by young researchers ?
Based on my personal observation, following are the challenges:
It is important to concentrate on the objective of the research, this will facilitate the decisions to be taken during the research process.
Every where in every field new comers face some challenges, in the research field is not exception of this. Some of the points may be
1. Lack of experience
2. Some times domination of so called experienced researchers
3. Linkage with funding organizations
4. Some problems in proposal writing
5. Couldnot concentrate well on their aim of life
6. Other opportunity too
7. Lack of proper place for the research
8. Lack of resources
9. Lack of motivations
10. Hand to mouth problems
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Right direction by the research guide is perhaps most pivotal in framing any researchers carrier.. academically..
Lack of support from Research Guide is the toughest challenge faced by researchers....lack of funding for their research work....
Research funding is a huge problem, especially to young researchers, as they are dependent to their mentors!
Some Indian universities are interested to see if all the PhD work has followed the administrative rules of that university with their lazy and corrupt staffs. PhD works extend long due to such administrative blockages. Student becomes tired of such rules and he/she becomes scholar of university administrative processes.
Very often, research integrity is an issue in early stage career for young researchers. It is obvious here at Researchgate.
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