What is research?

In this track I engage with a series of posts Rohan Maitzen wrote about what counts as research to expand your sense of what you might do with the time you have allocated for writing and research. The posts I was inspired by are:When is reading research? https://rohanmaitzen.com/2012/02/05/when-is-reading-research/Sowing seeds: on the duties of professors https://rohanmaitzen.com/2016/06/10/sowing-seeds-on-the-duties-of-professors/Reflections on our research culture https://rohanmaitzen.com/2016/06/10/sowing-seeds-on-the-duties-of-professors/Read my full thoughts on this here: https://jovanevery.co.uk/what-is-research/For more advice, support and perspectives like this, sign up to my free monthly newsletter: https://jovanevery.co.uk/newsletter To find out how short chunks of time can revolutionise your writing, take the FREE 15 Minute Writing Challenge course: https://jovanevery.co.uk/15-min-writing-challenge/ Or join the Academic Writing Studio community: https://academicwritingstudio.co.uk  Support me on KoFi here: https://ko-fi.com/jovanevery  I'm no longer on Twitter, but I'm on Bluesky here: https://bsky.app/profile/jovanevery.bsky.social Find me on Linked In here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jovanevery/  Or follow along on Facebook here: https://facebook.com/JoVEAcademicCareerCoach