Overseas research: a practical guide

Scholars and students engaged in overseas research projects often spend much of their time worrying about mundane details never reported in published research. In fact, quality of scholarship often depends on researcher's ability to navigate a bewildering array of social, financial, bureaucratic, and logistical obstacles encountered in preparing for, working in, and recovering from the field. 'Overseas Research: A Practical Guide' is first book designed explicitly to prepare scholars and professionals for real-life challenges of living and working abroad. Opening with a discussion of site selection and project funding, authors advise researchers on preparing for departure, setting up residence in field, conducting research in an unfamiliar environment, employing field assistants, and organizing for and adjusting to return home. The text is supplemented with insights, anecdotes, and tips from more than sixty scholars in a wide variety of disciplines who conducted research in more than forty countries.