The Honest Path to Publication
Rigorous research takes methodological structure, ethics, and peer review. Here is our operational roadmap.
Philosophy & Questions
Paradigms, positionality, and formulating a precise research question you can actually answer.
Literature & Ethics
Systematic database searching, critical appraisal, ERC pathways, and transparent authorship criteria.
Review Completed
Protocol registered, literature screened, charted, and methodologically synthesised.
Manuscript Submission
Drafted according to PRISMA reporting guidelines, peer-reviewed journal selected, and submitted.
Peer Review
Navigating formal journal peer review with ongoing studio assistance and editorial support.
Constructivist, Pragmatist, Dialogic
Knowledge is built here through active studio practice rather than passive lectures.
Read First
One assigned reading and a written response before each seminar. Preparation turns every class into a productive seminar.
Studio Time
Dedicated hands-on studio time working on your own live project alongside instructors and teaching assistants.
Free & Open Tools
Zotero, Rayyan, jamovi, Taguette, R, OSF, and KoboToolbox. Proprietary software paywalls are never required.
What We Will & Will Not Do
Research training in this region faces a widespread predatory-course problem. The clearest way to be different is to state our explicit boundaries in public.
WHAT WE DO
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Meet you at zero: Start wherever you are without making you prove or justify yourself in front of anyone.
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Free & open tools: Teach strictly using open-source software (Zotero, Rayyan, jamovi) and state clearly when external databases are paywalled.
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Transparent metrics: Publish annual completion rates, registered protocols, and submitted manuscripts—including when numbers are low.
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Funded equity seats: Reserve a dedicated share of every cohort for need-based equity positions.
WHAT WE NEVER DO
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No fake guarantees: Never promise guaranteed publication—no legitimate educator can, and doing so points to predatory practices.
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No forced authorship: Instructors are never added to student work unless ICMJE co-authorship criteria are fully met and agreed in writing.
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No participation trophies: Certificates are never issued merely for attendance; competencies must be actively demonstrated.
Unlearn the dogma. Reclaim the science.
Ontology is the study of being—what is real, what exists, and who holds the authority to say so. A verse is a universe: a space of loss and renewal. Ontoverse is where the two meet.
Before liberatory knowledge can be built, institutionalised assumptions must unravel. That loss is not damage; it is the unlearning of constraints that dictate whose knowledge counts. What follows is the recovery of agency—the shift from passive recipient of academic dogma to author of one’s own scientific identity.