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researcher

vr.tr.researcher · SOC.PER

Let an agent explain researcher roles and careers, describe research methods, ethics and publishing, identify specific researchers with sources, and support people entering or working in research.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain researcher roles and careers, describe research methods, ethics and publishing, identify specific researchers with sources, and support people entering or working in research.

A person who carries out systematic investigation to establish facts, develop theories or create knowledge, in universities, institutes, industry and government, in roles such as principal and co-principal investigator, research fellow, research assistant, adjunct fellow and independent researcher; researchers follow methods and ethics, publish findings and are funded through grants and employment.

What it is for: People who create knowledge systematically.

It can be explain roles and careers; describe methods, ethics and publishing; identify specific researchers; support entering research.

Distinguishing features

Systematic inquiry

Methods and ethics

Publication

Role hierarchy

What it looks like

Not physical; a professional role.

How it is recognised

Conducts systematic investigation

Academic, industrial or independent

A technician supports research without leading investigation

Related models

is a kind of - category

academic professional

is related to - senior academic role

professor

is related to - research output

scientific theory

is related to - research data

data set

In practice

Families and kinds

principal and co-principal investigators

research fellows and postdoctoral researchers

research assistants and doctoral researchers

industrial and government researchers

independent and citizen researchers

Standards and regulation

Research ethics and integrity codes

Funding body rules

Employment law for research staff

Failure modes and hazards

Research misconduct

Precarious employment

Misidentifying individuals

Also called

co-principal investigatoradjunct fellowcoresearcherresearch fellowforskardocentresearch assistanttextile researcherAttaché Temporaire d'Enseignement et de Rechercheearly-career researcherUniversity AssistantHead of Structural BiologyNuffield Research Fellowleading researchersenior research fellowresearch professorartistic researcherstudent research assistantundergraduate research assistantmiliitary medical researcherassistant professorurban theoristenvironmental health scientistmedical researcherpublic health scientistonline researcherco-investigatorgraduate research assistantpharmaceutical technicianfield technicianroboticistShakespearean scholarassistant research professorProfesor Contratado DoctorResearch Squirreldesign researchertheatrologistOPI Reseach ProfessorOPI Scientific ResearcherOPI Permanent Research Scientistdeputy principal investigator

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.researcher

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand Researcher roles.

Roles.

Roles

Roles and hierarchy.

Roles

Roles.

  1. What do roles such as principal investigator, research fellow, research assistant and adjunct fellow involve, and how do they differ across countries? definition
  2. Which entry fits a specific role? action

Specific

A specific researcher.

Specific

Specific researcher.

  1. Who is this researcher, and what is their work and affiliation, according to sources and researcher identifiers? provenance
  2. Which entry fits them? action
Practice Doing research.

Methods.

Methods

Methods and design.

Methods

Methods.

  1. How is a research project designed, from question and method to analysis and reporting? action
  2. Which methods suit this question? boundary

Ethics

Ethics and integrity.

Ethics

Ethics.

  1. Which ethics approvals, integrity codes and data rules apply to research? provenance
  2. How is misconduct reported? provenance
Career Research careers.

Practice.

Path

Entering research.

Path

Career path.

  1. How does one become a researcher, and what are typical career stages and funding routes? provenance
  2. What are documented challenges such as precarity? provenance

Publish

Publishing and impact.

Publish

Publishing.

  1. How do researchers publish, and how is research assessed and cited? provenance
  2. Which entry fits scholarly publishing? action
Society Research and society.

Context.

Funding

Funding and policy.

Funding

Funding.

  1. How is research funded here, and what are the attributed positions in research policy debates? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary

History

History of the researcher role.

History

History.

  1. How did the professional researcher role develop? provenance
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each researcher role be a separate entry?
  • How should researcher identifiers be linked?
  • How should ethics codes be linked?
Draft as JSON