{"id":63642,"date":"2026-06-03T17:16:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T08:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rihe.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/?p=63642"},"modified":"2026-06-03T17:16:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T08:16:33","slug":"sakurais-paper-en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rihe.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/en\/2026\/06\/sakurais-paper-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Associate Professor Sakurai\u2019s paper has been featured on external websites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The paper authored by Associate Professor Yusuke Sakurai, titled \u201cHow researchers across career stages experience researcher independence: A visual collaborative autoethnography,\u201d has been featured on external websites.<\/p>\n<p>This article introduces a study which shows that researchers\u2019 independence does not end with the completion of a doctoral degree but instead develops over the long term, shaped by relationships, institutional structures and accumulated experiences. The study by Dr Sakurai and colleagues presents a method in which researchers depict their careers as a \u201criver of experience\u201d, which makes it possible to visualise a non-linear and agentic developmental trajectory. In addition, it identifies three key aspects of this process: development that involves uncertainty and setbacks, the proactive formation of capabilities, and the interaction between internal self-evaluation and external recognition.<br \/><br \/>For more details, please see the links below:<br \/><br \/>EurekAlert!<br \/>&#x1f517; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/news-releases\/1130452\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/news-releases\/1130452<\/a><br \/>Asia Research News<br \/>&#x1f517; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaresearchnews.com\/content\/why-researcher-independence-doesn%E2%80%99t-start-or-end-phd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.asiaresearchnews.com\/content\/why-researcher-independence-doesn%E2%80%99t-start-or-end-phd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Title: How researchers across career stages experience researcher independence: A visual collaborative autoethnography<br \/>Authors: Yusuke Sakurai, Jin Yu, Dangeni, Anding Shi, Wenjuan Cheng, and Kelsey Inouye<br \/>Journal: Innovations in Education and Teaching International<br \/>URL: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/14703297.2026.2666368\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/14703297.2026.2666368<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reference URL: <a href=\"https:\/\/rihe.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/en\/2026\/05\/18-associate-professor-sakurai-en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/rihe.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/en\/2026\/05\/18-associate-professor-sakurai-en\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The paper authored by Associate Professor Yusuke Sakurai, titled \u201cHow researchers across career stages experience researcher independence: A visual collaborative autoethnography,\u201d has been featured on external websites. This article introduces a study which shows that researchers\u2019 independence does not end with the completion of a doctoral degree but instead develops over the long term, shaped by relationships, institutional structures and accumulated experiences. The study by Dr Sakurai and colleagues presents a method in which researchers depict their careers as a \u201criver of experience\u201d, which makes it possible to visualise a non-linear and agentic developmental trajectory. In addition, it identifies three key aspects of this process: development that involves uncertainty and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","vk-ltc-link":"","vk-ltc-target":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-center-news-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rihe.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rihe.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rihe.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rihe.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rihe.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63642"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/rihe.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63647,"href":"https:\/\/rihe.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63642\/revisions\/63647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rihe.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rihe.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rihe.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}