2nd Annual Research Sprint

2nd Annual Research Sprint 18-20 May 2022

Last year IT Sligo held its first Research Sprint. The aim of the event was to support academic colleagues to develop their research careers and help postgraduate students to learn more about conducting research. It was organised by IT Sligo’s Future Digital Organisation Research (FDO) team, who are a multidisciplinary group of researchers across the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences. The event was held over three days. It included 13 workshops given by 16 colleagues who presented talks on various topics, from the importance of ethics when conducting research to navigating NVivo and everything else in between. The Sprint was a great success, and this year to support its evolution the team applied and were successful in securing funding from the National Forum for Teaching and Learning. The event is open to everyone in the ATU. Colleagues can present workshops or attend sessions and it is an opportunity to build networks, share experiences and learn from each other.

Dr Valerie Taggart

Going forward our vision for 2023 is to offer The Sprint nationally and in 2024 to offer the invite internationally. Adopting this phased approach to grow The Sprint into an international event allows us to address any issues and learn each year on how we can make The Sprint ‘a must’ on the academic researcher’s calendar. Part of this growth will also involve the publication of a quarterly journal on new advances in research in business and society. We hope to launch the first edition in January 2024.