Articles
On ideas
Short pieces for people who have more ideas than time, people looking for a topic, and people with a hunch they cannot quite frame. Each one rests on published research, and each ends with something you can try.
- For students looking for a topic
When looking for a research topic, start with what recent studies suggest
Often it is the study's own weak spots, dressed up as advice.
Future-research sections are a good place to look for a topic. They often restate what the authors could not do, so three checks tell you whether a suggestion is ready to become your question.
Read · 4 min · Spring 2026 · Rev 2 - For people with a hunch from practice
Who would decide differently if you were right?
A gap is about the literature, and a need is about a decision someone cannot make.
A hunch from practice usually starts as a doubt about something people assume. Three questions, asked before you look for a gap, turn it into a research question that a real decision depends on.
Read · 4 min · Spring 2026 · Rev 2 - For students looking for a topic
You cannot defend a question you only borrowed
A borrowed question gives you nothing to answer with.
Found an idea in the registry you want to build on? Choose how to ask it, test whether it can survive a no, keep the two wordings side by side, and give back what you grow.
Read · 5 min · Spring 2026 · Rev 2 - For people with more ideas than time
You can give away an idea and keep the credit
You cannot be scooped on a question you gave away on purpose. You can only be forgotten.
Have more research questions than time? Giving one away costs you a place on the author list, not the credit, as long as you leave a dated record and put your name to it.
Read · 5 min · Spring 2026 · Rev 2