The PhD Research Journey

This month, we introduce you to the journey through which PhD students arrive at The Open University and go on to develop insights into leadership and collaboration in voluntary organisations and social movements. Below, you can find out more about the experiences of former PhD student Daniel Haslam and Akash Puranik.

The Role of the Voluntary Sector in Cross-Sector Collaborations: An NHS Multispecialty Community Provider

Daniel has also blogged about his research throughout the PhD process, including:

• An overview of the initial research focus – this evolved over time!
• The approach to analysing data
• One of the key findings from the research around the voluntary sector’s role as ‘transmission belts’.

The human work of collaboration: Towards an understanding of informal unstructured collaborative projects

Watch Akash discuss his research in the following video. You can find out more about Akash's research here.

5th December 2019