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Category: gap-spotting

March 3, 2025 pat thomson

literatures – look for blind spots

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making the case for your research

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the problem with gap talk

March 11, 2019March 11, 2019 pat thomson

addressing ‘the gap’ in the field

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a different approach to research questions: a useful holiday read

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