Findings of ECRs’ research-related needs analysis

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to identify, analyze, and discuss the !ndings regarding the needs and personal understanding of research activities of eighty-six Early Career Researchers (ECRs). First, it examines qualitative and quantitative data from an online survey concerning the ECRs’ needs analysis and their perceptions of research activities. Data are divided into the following sections: information regarding the ECR’s communities; cultures of research; research governance and choices; researcher positionality and reflexivity; and personal understanding of research activities. It then goes on to discuss the issues and emerging themes related to the data presented and discussed in the previous sections. In essence, one of the main goals of the EUREDIE project is to identify the needs of ECRs so they can plan and carry out research proj- ects that are sensitive to the inherent interculturality and represent diversity, regardless of the speci!c subject they investigate. By and large, this goal is ful!lled through the examination and discussion of the needs analysis survey.