摘要：A frequent question raised by new doctorate holders is “how do I go forward from here to build a research career?” In addressing the question, this brief essay attempts to establish a context that includes three inter-related research frameworks. The first level is the broad structure provided by the subject field and its sub-areas. The second level, which nests within the first, represents the key researchers who contributed fundamental work to a given subject area. It is suggested that from these leaders, there is often a whakapapa of people who developed from each of them. The final level is the individual who is in the early stages of are search career and who may represent an end-point of the previous whakapapa. Given this context of a layered whakapapa, it is suggested that one way for an individual to ‘go forward‘is to begin by creating a model of what one’s own research whakapapa might look like over a number of years, and then using it as a guide for research activity.
关键词：Career development ; planning ; research frameworks ; whakapapa of research
