I baked a cake, a Masters cake! This playful metaphor captures the essence of my journey. After what seems like an extensive and sometimes arduous process, finalising Critical Nexus marks the completion of my Masters program. Now, all that remains is to await the judges’ verdict. Hopefully, I’ll emerge happy as a pig in……Continue Reading 5. Cakewalk or Panned Ambition? Awaiting the Grade

Having embraced uncertainty and delved deeper into the research initiative, I am left questioning the effectiveness of previous efforts in Distilling the Domain. Full immersion in the research process has afforded clarity of view, making plain the breadth of the research questions, and associated body of work necessary to respond in a nuanced and insightful…Continue Reading 4. Avoiding Academic Indigestion: The Little Prince’s Guide to Right-Sized Research

In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre, the Bush administration pursued a retaliatory invasion of Iraq to overthrow the Ba’athist government of Saddam Hussein, which Bush had labelled a member of the Axis of Evil in rhetoric aimed to rally support for a War on Terror. The agenda for an…Continue Reading 3. Rumsfeldian Reasoning: Risk Assessment and the Unknown Unknowns

The pursuit of knowledge often begins with a sense of bewilderment, a feeling akin to standing before a vast library of knowledge to be learned and synthesised, navigating a maze of myriad search results to surface relevant quality content. But what if the library was empty? What happens when search results return a rather modest…Continue Reading 2. Tome Raider: Quest for Scholarly References

“This subject requires research and project work, at an advanced level, on a topic related to emerging technologies and innovation” states the subject outline, going on to break it down into a 6-step process commencing with “1. Finding a suitable capstone research project”. Step 1 doesn’t sound too daunting … so, where to start? As…Continue Reading 1. Distilling the Domain: Isolating the Essence of Research