Make your final
academic project
a research journey
We are Omid Aschari and Benjamin Berghaus. Together with our contributors around the globe, we are collecting, curating, and presenting those mindsets that can help you make the most of your final academic project.
Every final academic project is a challenge. We collect those ideas that can make it easier. Explore them here and in our new book.
This website invites you to explore samples of the mindsets we have made the experience to help students conquer their final academic project. For the full set of insights, why not check out the whole book or access individual chapters.
See the book at the publisher’s website. Download a book flyer.
Find the book on Amazon in the UK, US, in DACH and other regional sites. Released April 2023, hardcover edition, ISBN 978-0-19285-531-2, 384 pages, 35 GBP. You may be able to access the work digitally through your university library login free of charge.
Discover helpful mindsets
In our book, we have captured 50 mindsets that have proven useful and productive to students we accompanied on their final academic project. Discover them below, sorted by the phase of the project.
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Approach
Any experienced traveller will likely tell you that your journey begins with preparation. Certainly, undertaking a journey takes a well-packed bag, some sturdy shoes, and above all a reliable map. But beyond anything else, …
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Begin
There comes the day when you take your first step out of the door. You’ll be thoroughly excited and eager to progress quickly. To make your steps count, be sure to spend some attention on the following ideas.
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Conduct
Halfway along your journey, you will have made some headway, but there’s also still plenty of ground to cover. In the midst of it, it can be difficult to retain your bearings and to keep being able to see the forest for the trees.
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Complete
Now that you come close to your destination, much of the journey lies behind you – but the going tends to get more difficult. Your energy reserves will likely have dwindled. Every step appears to take additional effort.
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Continue
You have reached your destination! While this particular journey is over, the many ways in which it may have changed you may only become apparent gradually. Given your travel experience …
Explore thoughts on (student) research
While writing the book, we contextualized our perspectives by speaking to academic mentors around the world. Explore some of their thoughts by reading what they have to say on the topics below.
- Abstraction
- Academia
- Career
- Communication
- Curiosity
- Discover
- Discussion
- Experience
- Focus
- Growth mindset
- How
- Ideas
- Independent study skills
- Interest
- Knowledge
- Language
- Life-long
- Mentoring
- Mindset
- Motivation
- Open mind
- Paper
- Papers
- Path
- Power
- Presenting
- Problem
- Process
- Progress
- Project
- Questions
- Structure
- Students
- Supervisor
- Theory
- Thinking
- Time
- Why
- Workload
- Writing
Read reflections on key issues
While we were working on the book, two student groups explored the student research experience to uncover challenges and suggest improvements. In this blog, we present our reflections some of their findings. This series continues every Thursday.
Join the discussion
The aim of this project is to inspire you to reflect and hopefully even contribute on how to make the student research experience better. We would be excited to see you join the discussion on the subject.