Dr. Gillian Russell advocates for imaginative research approaches by academics studying trans and non-binary communities. With declining rights for these groups, particularly after critical reviews and judicial rulings, innovative contributions to academic discourse are required to support societal understanding. Russell founded the Trans+ Research Conference to promote novel insights and evidence-based discussions in response to growing misconceptions and societal challenges faced by the trans community, emphasizing the importance of impactful and relevant doctoral research.
The point of doctorates is about how you make a contribution to learning. That's the point of it. And if you're doing a doctorate, that's saying the same thing or using the same data sets or the same research part ... that's a problem.
I thought at the time it didn't seem that we had anything that was used to rebut what was going on. But the thing is that if you have something succinct and evidential and really punchy, that becomes what's going on.
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