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Ha-Duong (2024) Research Excellence à la Française. Fifty How-Tos for Students and Professionals. 81 pages, 11 chapters, paperback. ISBN 9798303200531
Master French Academic Excellence
As a senior CNRS researcher and former Lead Author of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning IPCC, I am sharing my three decades of experience in this practical handbook. I wrote this guide specifically for international graduate students and researchers navigating France's prestigious academic system, drawing from my extensive experience mentoring Master's and Doctoral students.
Research Excellence à la Française is structured in two main acts, with an intercultural and poetic interlude. Act I focuses on the fundamentals of producing excellent academic work, from writing to digital tools management. Act II guides you through building your reputation and career in the French academic system, from joining research groups to developing your voice as a scholar.
Key Features
- Step-by-step guidance for producing high-quality academic work, from manuscript preparation to publication strategy
- Modern research tools coverage, including AI assistants, digital library management, and productivity software
- Insider insights into French research institutions, career paths, and academic culture
- Professional development techniques covering presentation skills, networking, and personal branding
- Evidence-based practices for sustained research excellence and productivity
- Exclusive bonus chapter on research productivity life hacks (print edition only)
Why This Book Will Fast-Track Your Success
Direct Benefits to You
Save 100+ Hours of Trial and Error: Benefit from three decades of insider knowledge instead of learning everything the hard way. My tested methods will help you avoid common pitfalls and immediately adopt best practices in French academia.
Accelerate Your Thesis Completion: Learn specific techniques for efficient research documentation and writing that typically save months in the thesis writing process. My supervised students consistently complete their dissertations on schedule.
Boost Your Publication Success: Master the unwritten rules of French academic publishing. My mentored students typically publish their first paper by the second year of their PhD, setting them up for strong academic careers.
Book Structure
- Act I: Quality Production
In this first act, I share my methodology for producing research of international quality, developed through years of publication and mentoring.
- Writing techniques I have developed over years of publication
- Research methodology that meets international standards
- How to effectively integrate AI tools into your workflow
- Digital library management practices I use daily
- Entracte: The French Research Landscape
Here I give you an insider's view of how French research institutions work, based on my decades within the system.
- Act II: Building Academic Reputation
Drawing from my experience building an international career, I guide you through the essential steps of establishing yourself in French academia.
- How to integrate successfully into French research groups
- Techniques for masterful presentations
- Publication strategies that work in our system
- Personal brand development approaches I have seen succeed
- Public speaking methods I have refined over years of academic presentations
- Print Exclusive Chapter 11: Productivity Life Hacks
About Me
I am a senior researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Paris, France. With over thirty years of experience in conducting and supervising research, I served as Lead Author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, co-awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2007.
License
I have made chapters 1-10 freely available under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license, as I believe in making academic knowledge accessible. The productivity life hacks in Chapter 11 are exclusive to readers who support this work by purchasing the print edition.