Kelsey Inouye
Biographic Data
| ID | 391107 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kelsey Inouye |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kelsey |
| FAMILY NAME | Inouye |
| SIGNATURE | INOUYE K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3961-3811 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
How researchers across career stages experience researcher independence: A visual collaborative autoethnography
This study examines how researcher independence (RI) is perceived and experienced across career stages in educational research. Recognising limitations in prior research which often frames RI solely as a doctoral milestone, this study employs collaborative autoethnography and visually guided interviews (the ‘river of experience’ method) with six researchers at different stages: doctoral, early-career and mid-career. This visual collaborative meth…
PhD graduates pursuing careers beyond academia: A scoping review
As the issue of PhD graduates (PhDs) pursuing careers beyond academia gains attention, the existing literature remains disparate and fragmented. In this scoping review, we examine how this phenomenon has been studied over the last two decades. Drawing on 71 publications, we used science mapping and content analyses to synthesise findings and identify research gaps. Eight dominant research foci emerged: outcomes of doctoral education, industry-ori…
Assessing the person or the project? How disciplinary ontological and epistemological assumptions shape doctoral admissions in elite UK institutions
Research suggests there are notable differences in approaches to doctoral admissions and the criteria employed to select doctoral candidates. Through interviews with 65 academic staff involved in doctoral admissions at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, this paper examines how these different approaches to admissions play out in different disciplines, driving the disciplinary divergence in conceptualisations of the PhD and, in turn, admiss…
Seven pains of writing: The discomforts of academic becoming in a judgmental age
Academic writing is a complex and often painful process, made more difficult by the alienating pressures placed on academics to publish. In this paper, we offer an analysis of this pain that is both phenomenological and realist. We draw on literatures from several disciplines and our own experiences as academic writers to identify seven ‘pains’, each of which represents a particular set of discomforts generated by the act of academic writing, esp…
A systematic review of student agency in international higher education
The agency of international students has long been neglected and undertheorised, though recent literature indicates that this has started to change. This paper systematically reviews 51 studies that address student agency in international higher education. Focusing on research published in the last two decades (2000–2020), the review draws on studies that foreground student voices, or international students’ perspectives, rather than the perspect…
Developing the PhD thesis project in relation to individual contexts: A multiple case study of five doctoral researchers
The early phase of doctoral education is a critical yet under-researched period in PhD programs, when doctoral researchers must solidify their thesis projects prior to embarking on data collection. What makes this time particularly challenging is that new doctoral researchers synthesize their research thinking while they are still learning the expectations and nature of PhD research. This study draws on Emirbayer and Mische’s (1998) chordal triad…
What value do PhD graduates offer? An organizational case study
Prior studies of PhD graduates beyond the academy have focused on graduates' perceptions of work or the views of employers and organizational factors. We argue this bifurcation of individual and structural factors contributes to an incomplete understanding of PhD career trajectories, as it ignores the interaction between individual and structural factors that ultimately influences career trajectories. Using an individual-structural framework, we …
PhD holders entering non-academic workplaces: Organisational Culture Shock
This paper addresses the subjective experiences of PhD holders from Switzerland and the UK who pursue careers beyond academia. Drawing on the concepts of organisational culture and culture shock, we examined the challenges that characterise this passage from academia to non-academic workplaces. With an exploratory aim, we analysed 32 semi-structured interviews conducted with PhDs engaged in non-academic careers in private, public, or parapublic s…
What perspectives underlie ‘researcher identity’? A review of two decades of empirical studies
Over the past two decades, identity has emerged as a concept framing studies of early career researcher experience. Yet, identity is an amorphous concept, understood and used in a range of ways. This systematic review aimed to unpack the underpinnings of the notion of researcher identity. The final sample consisted of 38 empirical articles published in peer-reviewed journals in the last 20 years. Analyses focused on (a) identifying the dimensions…
Examining cross-national research teamwork: Revealing rewards and challenges
Purpose Teamwork has long featured in social science research. Further, with research increasingly “cross-national,” communication becomes more complex, for instance, involving different cultures, languages and modes of communication. Yet, studies examining team communicative processes that can facilitate or constrain collaboration are rare. As a cross-national European team representing varied disciplines, experiences, languages and ethnicities,…
Fake” Journals and the Fragility of Authenticity: Citation Indexes, “Predatory” Publishing, and the African Research Ecosystem
This article explores the contested politics of academic authenticity within the African research ecosystem, with particular reference to Nigeria. We show how a fear of "fake" journals is cultivated amongst African academics, with international journal citation indexes being used to adjudicate the credibility of African journals and publishers. The article juxtaposes an ethnographic vignette of a major publisher's training webinar with detailed c…
Early career researchers making sense of their research experiences: A cross-role and cross-national analysis
Early career researchers’ journey (i.e. doctoral researchers and post-PhDs) is increasingly challenging, but little is known about how they live and interpret their significant experiences, that is how they attribute meaning to these experiences and their associated feelings. Moreover, research about how doctoral researchers and post-PhDs deal differently with such experiences remains scarce, especially when accounting for the interpretation of s…
PhD holders entering non-academic workplaces: Organisational Culture Shock
This paper addresses the subjective experiences of PhD holders from Switzerland and the UK who pursue careers beyond academia. Drawing on the concepts of organisational culture and culture shock, we examined the challenges that characterise this passage from academia to non-academic workplaces. With an exploratory aim, we analysed 32 semi-structured interviews conducted with PhDs engaged in non-academic careers in private, public, or parapublic s…
Fake” Journals and the Fragility of Authenticity: Citation Indexes, “Predatory” Publishing, and the African Research Ecosystem
This article explores the contested politics of academic authenticity within the African research ecosystem, with particular reference to Nigeria. We show how a fear of "fake" journals is cultivated amongst African academics, with international journal citation indexes being used to adjudicate the credibility of African journals and publishers. The article juxtaposes an ethnographic vignette of a major publisher's training webinar with detailed c…
Examining cross-national research teamwork: Revealing rewards and challenges
Purpose Teamwork has long featured in social science research. Further, with research increasingly “cross-national,” communication becomes more complex, for instance, involving different cultures, languages and modes of communication. Yet, studies examining team communicative processes that can facilitate or constrain collaboration are rare. As a cross-national European team representing varied disciplines, experiences, languages and ethnicities,…
Early career researchers making sense of their research experiences: A cross-role and cross-national analysis
Early career researchers’ journey (i.e. doctoral researchers and post-PhDs) is increasingly challenging, but little is known about how they live and interpret their significant experiences, that is how they attribute meaning to these experiences and their associated feelings. Moreover, research about how doctoral researchers and post-PhDs deal differently with such experiences remains scarce, especially when accounting for the interpretation of s…
What perspectives underlie ‘researcher identity’? A review of two decades of empirical studies
Over the past two decades, identity has emerged as a concept framing studies of early career researcher experience. Yet, identity is an amorphous concept, understood and used in a range of ways. This systematic review aimed to unpack the underpinnings of the notion of researcher identity. The final sample consisted of 38 empirical articles published in peer-reviewed journals in the last 20 years. Analyses focused on (a) identifying the dimensions…
Examining cross-national research teamwork: Revealing rewards and challenges
Purpose Teamwork has long featured in social science research. Further, with research increasingly “cross-national,” communication becomes more complex, for instance, involving different cultures, languages and modes of communication. Yet, studies examining team communicative processes that can facilitate or constrain collaboration are rare. As a cross-national European team representing varied disciplines, experiences, languages and ethnicities,…
Fake” Journals and the Fragility of Authenticity: Citation Indexes, “Predatory” Publishing, and the African Research Ecosystem
This article explores the contested politics of academic authenticity within the African research ecosystem, with particular reference to Nigeria. We show how a fear of "fake" journals is cultivated amongst African academics, with international journal citation indexes being used to adjudicate the credibility of African journals and publishers. The article juxtaposes an ethnographic vignette of a major publisher's training webinar with detailed c…
What value do PhD graduates offer? An organizational case study
Prior studies of PhD graduates beyond the academy have focused on graduates' perceptions of work or the views of employers and organizational factors. We argue this bifurcation of individual and structural factors contributes to an incomplete understanding of PhD career trajectories, as it ignores the interaction between individual and structural factors that ultimately influences career trajectories. Using an individual-structural framework, we …
PhD holders entering non-academic workplaces: Organisational Culture Shock
This paper addresses the subjective experiences of PhD holders from Switzerland and the UK who pursue careers beyond academia. Drawing on the concepts of organisational culture and culture shock, we examined the challenges that characterise this passage from academia to non-academic workplaces. With an exploratory aim, we analysed 32 semi-structured interviews conducted with PhDs engaged in non-academic careers in private, public, or parapublic s…
A systematic review of student agency in international higher education
The agency of international students has long been neglected and undertheorised, though recent literature indicates that this has started to change. This paper systematically reviews 51 studies that address student agency in international higher education. Focusing on research published in the last two decades (2000–2020), the review draws on studies that foreground student voices, or international students’ perspectives, rather than the perspect…
Developing the PhD thesis project in relation to individual contexts: A multiple case study of five doctoral researchers
The early phase of doctoral education is a critical yet under-researched period in PhD programs, when doctoral researchers must solidify their thesis projects prior to embarking on data collection. What makes this time particularly challenging is that new doctoral researchers synthesize their research thinking while they are still learning the expectations and nature of PhD research. This study draws on Emirbayer and Mische’s (1998) chordal triad…
Seven pains of writing: The discomforts of academic becoming in a judgmental age
Academic writing is a complex and often painful process, made more difficult by the alienating pressures placed on academics to publish. In this paper, we offer an analysis of this pain that is both phenomenological and realist. We draw on literatures from several disciplines and our own experiences as academic writers to identify seven ‘pains’, each of which represents a particular set of discomforts generated by the act of academic writing, esp…
How researchers across career stages experience researcher independence: A visual collaborative autoethnography
This study examines how researcher independence (RI) is perceived and experienced across career stages in educational research. Recognising limitations in prior research which often frames RI solely as a doctoral milestone, this study employs collaborative autoethnography and visually guided interviews (the ‘river of experience’ method) with six researchers at different stages: doctoral, early-career and mid-career. This visual collaborative meth…
PhD graduates pursuing careers beyond academia: A scoping review
As the issue of PhD graduates (PhDs) pursuing careers beyond academia gains attention, the existing literature remains disparate and fragmented. In this scoping review, we examine how this phenomenon has been studied over the last two decades. Drawing on 71 publications, we used science mapping and content analyses to synthesise findings and identify research gaps. Eight dominant research foci emerged: outcomes of doctoral education, industry-ori…
Assessing the person or the project? How disciplinary ontological and epistemological assumptions shape doctoral admissions in elite UK institutions
Research suggests there are notable differences in approaches to doctoral admissions and the criteria employed to select doctoral candidates. Through interviews with 65 academic staff involved in doctoral admissions at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, this paper examines how these different approaches to admissions play out in different disciplines, driving the disciplinary divergence in conceptualisations of the PhD and, in turn, admiss…
Sociology (10 works) · Political science (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Social science (7 works) · Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions (6 works) · Pedagogy (6 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Higher education (5 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Career development (3 works)