Welcome to our site
This site is a collation of resources of various genre (academic papers, invited blog posts, videos, and presentations), including our own work which is marked ★ and great work done by others in the field of higher education, doctoral education, academic writing, and scholarly publishing.
Shannon Mason
Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Nagasaki University, Japan
Shannon Mason is a former school teacher who completed a thesis by publication (TBP) in Australia, being among the first in her department to do so. Since that time, she has moved into a full-time career as an education researcher and has conducted a number of studies aimed at supporting doctoral researchers to navigate the unique complexities of the TBP.
Sin-Wang Chong
Director of Research & Director of Impact and Innovation, University of St Andrews, UK
Sin-Wang completed his PhD by Published Work (aka Retrospective Thesis by Publication) in the UK. His recent publication is a co-edited book entitled “Landscapes and Narratives of PhD by Publication: Demystifying students’ and supervisors’ perspectives” published by Springer in 2022. He teaches on the by-publication professional doctorate at the University of St Andrews.
Margaret Merga
Margaret was involved in the initial development of this website and has been an active contributor to the thesis by publication space.
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We’d love to build our collection, so if you have ideas for resources that we could link to, or issues that we could expand on, please let us know!
*Please note that we cannot offer advice on programs or policies in specific countries or institutions. Prospective doctoral researchers are strongly encouraged to do their own searching for programs in their own contexts, and this will be great practice for what lies ahead!
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