The Quiet Pressure to Publish A reflection on how publication expectations shape research agendas, intellectual risk-taking, and the everyday experience of academic life. RFP Editorial Published: March 2026 Category: Academic Life Universities often describe research as a process of discovery driven by curiosity, intellectual ambition, and the pursuit of knowledge. Yet within academic life, the act of publishing rarely feels as simple as curiosity alone. For many scholars, pu

When an Idea Is Not Yet Ready for a Journal A reflection on the early stages of scholarly thinking, when research questions begin to take shape but have not yet become formal publications. RFP Editorial Published: March 2026 Category: Research and Scholarship Research rarely begins with a finished argument or a clearly defined research question. More often, it starts with a small observation, a puzzling result, or a conversation that sparks curiosity. These early moments of i