Rosalind Edwards

Rosalind Edwards is a professor of sociology at the University of Southampton. She has researched (both funded and unfunded) and published widely on families and on research methods. This research on unfunded research reported here was unfunded. Edwards is a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, and a founding and co-editor of the International Journal of Social Research Methodology. She tweeets @RosEdwards2

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Do We Value Unfunded Research Properly?

Unfunded research takes time and money for already stretched academics. Yet it makes up over a quarter of all research carried out in British universities. Rosalind Edwards spoken to academics about why they do unfunded research.

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