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16 - Dissemination in Undergraduate Research

Challenges and Opportunities

from Part II.2 - Key Measures for the Implementation of Undergraduate Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2022

By
Emma Barker  and
Caroline Gibson
Edited by
Harald A. Mieg ,
Elizabeth Ambos ,
Angela Brew ,
Dominique Galli  and
Judith Lehmann
Harald A. Mieg
Affiliation:
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Elizabeth Ambos
Affiliation:
Council on Undergraduate Research, Washington DC
Angela Brew
Affiliation:
Macquarie University, Sydney
Dominique Galli
Affiliation:
Indiana University–Purdue University, Indianapolis
Judith Lehmann
Affiliation:
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Summary

The dissemination of research via publications and conference presentations gives students the opportunity to understand their work in even more detail, to receive and respond to criticism, and to contribute confidently to academic conversations. However, this last phase of the research cycle is one that is often not comprehensively addressed at the undergraduate level. Over more than a decade, the authors have developed opportunities for international dissemination of undergraduate research, including training and support activities. Co-created with students, their projects include a long-standing international undergraduate research journal, Reinvention, and the International Conference of Undergraduate Research (ICUR). The authors will draw upon their own experiences to explore both the benefits and challenges of providing such opportunities at the undergraduate level and offer some suggestions and solutions to sustain these projects over the long term.

Keywords

undergraduate researchdisseminationco-creation with studentsinternational undergraduate research journalInternational Conference of Undergraduate Research
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The Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Research , pp. 172 - 182
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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