wise words on who the bionote is for – the reader and the publisher, not the ego
their Dr F. E Line is researching which humans are attracted by a fixed gaze.
Most of us have to produce bio-notes. The bio-note is a little verbal selfie that goes with a book chapter, a journal article, or sometimes a conference presentation. Book authors also have to provide brief bio-notes which might go in their book as well as on the publisher’s website. The bio-note tells the reader some key information about you, the writer.
Most bio-notes are short. They often have a word limit of 100-150 words. So there is not much space in a bio-note to communicate a lot about you. And there’s not much room to be creative with them either.
Many doctoral and early career researchers struggle with bio-notes – they think that they have nothing to say about themselves that is particularly noteworthy.
But quite often, when you look at bio-notes, say in the…
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Digital learning PD Dr Ann Lawless 