40 blog postings January 2025 - December 2025

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Academic well-being: resources for physical & mental well-being and energy management

Collates various resources on academic well-being for easy acccess and reference

03 Dec 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

How click-bait was transformed into “fact” through poor academic referencing practices

Introducing my new white paper - Myth busted: most academic research DOES get cited

25 Nov 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: The many shapes and forms of service & leadership

Reports on our 67th CYGNA meeting - where we shared our experiences with a wide range of leadership and service roles

19 Nov 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Goslings: a researcher development metaphor?

Reflects on the parallels between young animals and early career academics

12 Nov 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA - 11+ years of supporting women in academia

Reviews our bumper crop of CYGNA activities in the 2024-2025 academic year

05 Nov 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Be a book fairy!

Suggests a very simple way in which you can make a junior colleague or PhD student happy

29 Oct 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Using Publish or Perish to remember our field's key contributors

Shows you how you can use Publish or Perish to assemble a complete publication and citation record when writing academic obituaries

22 Oct 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Value for money in the UK Research Excellence Framework

Short summary of my white paper: Value for money in the UK REF: Why invest in post-92 Business Schools and sector-wide collaboration?

15 Oct 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Finding Balance in the Buzz of AoM as a Strong Introvert

Presents Christa's reflections on participating in a big conference as a strong introvert

08 Oct 2025 - Christa Sathish

Why did I take early retirement & farewell messages

A year after retiring from Middlesex University I have finally managed to write up a post about this; it includes the many lovely farewell messages of my wonderful MDX colleagues

01 Oct 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Every little action counts booklet now available

Announces the publication of Positive Academia's first booklet

24 Sep 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Our Positive Academia Manifesto now published as a provocation essay

Launches our brand-new Positive Academia manifesto - our first in a series of publications to build a foundation for Positive Academia

17 Sep 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

AoM 2025 - Copenhagen - Positive Academia was there

Reports on our Positive Academia Professional Development Workshop at the Academy of Management meeting

10 Sep 2025 - Christa Sathish

Everything you always wanted to know about impact...

New edition of book chapter providing a quick overview of the what, why, how and where of research impact

30 Aug 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Getting creative with qualitative research methods

Reports on our 66th CYGNA meeting - an on-campus meeting in Oxford where we learned about a range of creative research methods

02 Jul 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

The ABC of research across career stages - Late career

Last of four posts on navigating the sometimes choppy waters of research (and academia) across career stages

25 Jun 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Research networking meeting in gender & diversity

Reports on our 65th CYGNA meeting where we shared our research interests in the general area of gender & diversity with the aim of building research collaborations

18 Jun 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Help!!! Meeting an important visitor? Only have 10 minutes?

Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to prepare for a meeting with an important academic visitor in no time at all

11 Jun 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

EIBA @50 - And a CYGNA panel on academic career transitions

Brief write-up of our CYGNA 10 year anniversary panel at the 50th EIBA meeting

04 Jun 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

The ABC of research across career stages - Mid career

Third of four posts on navigating the sometimes choppy waters of research (and academia) across career stages

28 May 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Using Publish or Perish as Research Dean or Research Manager

Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to find out what a particular author has published while affiliated with a particular university

21 May 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Why we should support Business School research

Short summary of my white paper: In defence of the Business School

14 May 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

The role of GenAI in academic interactions

Introducing two recent white papers about the use of GenAI in academia

07 May 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

The ABC of research across career stages - Early career

Second of four posts on navigating the sometimes choppy waters of research (and academia) across career stages

30 Apr 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

What has a university published in a (set of) journal(s)

Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to find out what a particular university has pubished in a specific set of journals

23 Apr 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Leading as a Woman: Owning Our Successes in a World That Overlooks Them

Good work isn’t always enough—especially for women in leadership. But by speaking openly about our wins and the barriers we navigate, we create space for one another and challenge the silence that too often surrounds our success.

16 Apr 2025 - Athina Dilmperi

CYGNA: The good, the bad and the ugly of editorial and reviewing responsibilities

Reports on our 64th CYGNA meeting where we shared experiences about reviewing, special issue editing and other editorial roles

09 Apr 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Where are you from? Not “just” a conversation starter

What you mean and what your conversation partner feels are not always the same thing.

02 Apr 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

The ABC of research across career stages - Introduction

First of four posts on navigating the sometimes choppy waters of research (and academia) across career stages

26 Mar 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Conducting bibliometric research on specific research topics - an example for Green Finance

Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to do analyses by keyword or title word

19 Mar 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Harzing.com blog 9 years old!

Celebrating my blog's ninth anniversary with a recap of the most read posts

12 Mar 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Sustain Motivation in Change Processes (2): Reframing our Actions

Second of two blogpost with seven tips on how to sustain your own motivation when leading change efforts

05 Mar 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

On kindness and gratitude in academia

Argues that thank-you messages are always welcome and should be sent far more often than we do

26 Feb 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Co-authorship patterns across disciplines over time

Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to study co-authorship patterns across various disciplines and make your case for disciplinary impact

19 Feb 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Have you thought of LinkedIn as your teaching resource?

How LinkedIn can be a pedagogical treasure trove, an instrument of gratitude, and a teaching blog

12 Feb 2025 - Tatiana Andreeva

Sustain Motivation in Change Processes (1): Reframing our Mindsets

First of two blogpost with seven tips on how to sustain your own motivation when leading change efforts

05 Feb 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Co-authorship patterns across countries and time

Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to study co-authorship patterns across countries

29 Jan 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: End of 2024 celebration - ABC of research careers, Christmas carols and more...

Reports on our 62nd CYGNA meeting - two hours filled with learning and fun

22 Jan 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Does your research have policy impact? Introducing SAGEPolicyProfiles

Short summary of my white paper: SAGEPolicyProfiles - a treasure-trove for discovering policy impact

15 Jan 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing

How do you find the time to do all of this?

Last of nine posts based on my webinar for Georgia State University's CIBER - Interview by Tamer Cavusgil

08 Jan 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing