Developing Academic Skills for a Successful Academic Career
Sunday, November 24, 2024 15:45
Session: Featured Session
Room: Sapphire (2F)
Presentation Type: Workshop Presentation
Pursuing an academic career has become increasingly competitive and challenging in an era of technological advancements and limited resources. With universities competing for research grants internally, nationally, and internationally, and offering limited employment opportunities, developing the right competencies and standing out in the crowd has become essential for the survival of early-career academics. A successful academic career depends on how well a researcher can ‘market and sell’ their idea: this includes the process from the inception of an idea to selecting the right audience, as well as the consideration of dissemination paths and building a robust network.
This workshop is aimed at graduate students as well as undergraduates interested in research. Three key aspects of academic practice will be covered: (1) abstract writing; (2) conference presentation; and (3) publishing. In the first part of the workshop, we look at key features of a strong abstract and essential elements for delivering a good presentation. In the second part, we focus on publishing journal articles as well as books. Finally, we discuss strategies for selecting publishing outlets, ways to tackle the review process, and how to plan long-term for a coherent research strategy.
Biography
Umberto Ansaldo
Professor Umberto Ansaldo is currently an Honorary Professor at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), Hong Kong. He recently served as Head of the School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry at Curtin University, Australia from 2021 through 2023. Previously, he was the Head of the School of Literature, Art and Media at the University of Sydney, Australia from 2018 through 2020, and Head of the School of Humanities at HKU, where he taught from 2009 to 2018.
Professor Ansaldo’s disciplinary roots are in linguistics, specifically in the study of language contact, linguistic typology, and language documentation. He is the author of four books to date (with CUP, OUP, Routledge, and Stockholm University Press), has edited or co-edited 11 volumes and journal special collections, and has authored multiple journal articles and book chapters. His most recent publication is the co-editorship of The Routledge Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Languages (Routledge, 2021).
At HKU, Professor Ansaldo led the Humanities Area of Inquiry on the Common Core Curriculum Committee in HKU’s major revision of its curriculum (2010-2013), a time when, along with the University of Melbourne, Australia, HKU was leading in reimagining undergraduate curricula. As Chair of Linguistics, he was instrumental in establishing the Department within the top ten programmes in Linguistics (QS rankings), with the programme ranking at number one in Hong Kong.
At the University of Sydney, Professor Ansaldo sat on the University Executive Research Committee and led his School through a transformative period in terms of curriculum innovation and research engagement. He was in charge of overseeing the incorporation of the Sydney College of the Arts into the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences.
Professor Ansaldo has secured competitive research grants and leveraged industry funding for the advancement of the humanities and social sciences throughout his career. One of his proudest achievements was his role in securing financial support to develop and host an exhibition on language and the brain, the ‘Talking Brains’ exhibition at the CosmoCaixa in Barcelona, Spain in 2017. This type of engagement and championing of the Humanities is what Umberto is most passionate about.
Professor Ansaldo has lived and worked in Sweden, The Netherlands, Singapore, Australia, and Hong Kong. and speaks seven languages, including Mandarin. He is well-acquainted with Asia and has conducted fieldwork in Muslim communities of the Indian Ocean, and has developed strong international networks in Southeast Asia, Japan, and Europe.
About the Presenter(s)
Professor Umberto Ansaldo is currently an Honorary Professor at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), Hong Kong.
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