On March 26th, DTU teamed up with the Mekong Development Research Institute to hold the seminar “Experience in Publishing International Scientific Research Results in Economics”. Present were Dr Phung Duc Tung, Head of the Mekong Development Research Institute; Assoc.Prof. Dr Le Duc Toan, DTU Vice Provost; as well as many staff and lecturers of the DTU Faculty of Business Administration.
Dr Phung Duc Tung, Head of the Mekong Development Research Institute, speaking at the seminar
“It is not only professional scientists who publish scientific research results, but also lecturers, students, and other people interested in research and creative work can participate,” Dr Phung Duc Tung explained at the seminar. “I hope that the talks at this seminar will provide the staff, lecturers, and students at DTU with additional skills and information for publishing economic research results in prestigious international journals.”
At the seminar, the experts from the Mekong Development Research Institute also explained the process of writing a paper meeting international standards, from identifying a research problem and surveying the literature and contributions to the project to data analysis skills and writing the paper. They also introduced many research methods in economy and the social sciences, such as non-experimental research methods, laboratory research methods, and experimental field work methods.
Faculty of Business Administration staff and lecturers at the seminar
According to the experts, publishing a paper in a prestigious international journal requires to start from understanding the idea, understanding basic and applied macroeconomics, microeconomics, and econometrics, recognizing international research trends, and conducting experiments. Lecturers should furthermore find out how to write international-standard science papers, regularly attend international conferences to have exchange opportunities, and learn from the experience of colleagues and above all of leading experts.
(Media Center)