Academic Writing, Visualization, Presentation, and Publishing of Research (New Methodologies of Research for PhD and Beyond)

Academic Writing, Visualization, Presentation, and Publishing of Research is a comprehensive guide to scholarly communication in a digital research environment. Written for PhD candidates and early-career researchers in the social sciences and management, it shows how to write with clarity, visualize data with accuracy, present findings with confidence, and navigate publishing with integrity.

Rather than treating these as separate skills, the book links them as one workflow: how arguments travel from a dissertation chapter to a figure, from a slide deck to a manuscript, and into peer review and open-access (OA) publication. It also addresses the realities of modern research communication, including collaborative writing platforms, virtual conferences, preprints, and responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools.

Written for PhD candidates, early-career researchers, and methods instructors in the social sciences and management, this volume also supports research support staff and supervisors who need a course-ready reference on communicating research well across written, visual, and spoken formats.

Łukasz Sułkowski is a professor of economic sciences and humanities specializing in higher education management, social science methodology, HRM, and organizational culture, and serves as President of WSB University.

Joanna Kurowska-Pysz at WSB University serves as director of the Institute of Studies on Territorial and Interorganizational Cooperation and director of the Technology Transfer Centre, specializing in cross-border cooperation strategies.

Katarzyna Szczepańska-Woszczyna holds a postdoctoral degree in economic sciences and is a Vice-Rector for Research and Education at WSB University, specializing in management and quality sciences, with a focus on HRM, innovation, knowledge transfer and sustainability.