The webinar is addressed particularly to researchers coming from STEM research traditions who are relatively new to the field of engineering education research (EER). Such researchers often report challenges in coming to terms with the interdisciplinary nature of the field.
The webinar will first look at why interdisciplinary research can be important and will go on to present some strategies for getting one’s work published in EER journals. Bill Williams will share data from a study on the role of interdisciplinarity in papers published by leading journals in the field. He will then provide suggestions on how we can address the issues involved in choosing an appropriate journal and in preparing a manuscript to avoid desk rejection.
Speaker // Bill Williams
Portuguese Society for Engineering Education (SPEE)
Bill Williams originally trained as a chemist at University College Cork, Ireland and went on to work in education in Ireland, UK, Eritrea, Kenya, Mozambique and Portugal and to run international distance courses for the International Labour Organization in various African countries.
His research interests include engineering practice, gender and the global evolution of engineering education research. He is lead editor of the edited volume Engineering Practice in a Global Context, Understanding the Technical and the Social published by Taylor and Francis in 2013 and associate editor of the Journal of Engineering Education and of the European Journal of Engineering Education and has served as guest associate editor for two special issues of IEEE Transactions on Education.
He is a member of the Centre for Management Studies (CEG-IST) of Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Professor Jubilado of Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin), Ireland.
He serves as a member of the Board of the Working Group on Engineering Education Research of SEFI, is a member of the Review Committee of the Taxonomy of Engineering Education Research curated by the University of Michigan and is a founder member and current vice-president of the Portuguese Society for Engineering Education (SPEE).