Release Date: 2025-11-21

【Pioneer Guidance · Brilliant Postgraduate Journey】Series Activities of the 2025 "Zhiyuan Guidance" Scientific Ethics and Academic Style Construction Month of the School of Economics and Management (II)

Peer Lecture Series “Guide the Research Journey and Scale New Heights Together”

To foster a sound research ecosystem and innovative cultural atmosphere in the university, optimize the academic integrity environment for postgraduates, effectively strengthen research conduct and academic style development, and guide all faculty and students of the school to return to the essence of academia and fasten the “first button” of their academic career, the School of Economics and Management recently held the second event of the 2025 “Zhiyuan · Guidance” Scientific Ethics and Academic Style Construction Month for all postgraduates at the Hexi Campus, namely the peer lecture series “Guide the Research Journey and Scale New Heights Together”. Representatives of the school’s master’s supervisors, young doctoral teachers and all postgraduate students attended the activity, which was hosted by Pang Shuyu, postgraduate counselor.

This peer lecture series featured four speakers from the school’s Postgraduate Spirit of Scientists Publicity Group: Gu Ruina, Li Man, Mao Yiyan and Ma Wenjie.

Gu Ruina, a postgraduate student of Management Science and Engineering (2023 cohort), introduced the textual logic and key points of thesis writing from five dimensions: introduction, research ideas and methods, modeling and analysis, empirical result analysis, and conclusion and prospect. Her sharing aims to strengthen postgraduates’ academic capabilities in thesis writing and innovation. With guidance on topic selection, she helps students define research directions and priorities to guarantee the innovation and scientific validity of research topics. Gu Ruina emphasized the importance of data acquisition and instructed postgraduates on data processing and analysis, which is critical to the quality and reliability of empirical analysis.

Drawing on her abundant research experience, Li Man, a postgraduate student of Business Administration (2023 cohort), shared precautions for project participation and application, the process of topic selection and thesis writing, commonly used research tools, journal selection for submission, and postgraduate career planning. Her sharing helps postgraduates better carry out research work, improve academic competence and clarify future development paths.

Based on personal experience, Mao Yiyan, a postgraduate student of Management Science and Engineering (2024 cohort), introduced various competitions available for postgraduates and relevant notes for participation. The session helps students understand academic contests, arrange competition schedules during postgraduate studies, boost enthusiasm for competitions, cultivate comprehensive literacy, improve academic performance, enhance capabilities and broaden horizons.

Ma Wenjie, a postgraduate student of Management Science and Engineering (2024 cohort), elaborated on the complete workflow of policy recommendation writing, journal submission and academic conference participation. The sharing helps postgraduates master writing skills for policy recommendations, core principles of academic publishing and academic exchanges, and avoid common pitfalls, so as to raise the success rate of paper publication and conference presentation. He also stressed that attending academic conferences serves as an important way to build academic networks. Through journal submissions and academic conferences, postgraduates can expand their academic influence, which benefits future applications for academic positions and career development.

The peer lecture series conducted in-depth discussions and mutual exchanges centered on scientific ethics and academic style construction. Outstanding postgraduate representatives shared their research experience and growth paths, offering valuable references and inspiration for all participants. The School of Economics and Management will continue to promote role-model education as well as scientific ethics and academic style development for postgraduates. The school will integrate relevant activities into daily postgraduate education and classroom teaching, and actively guide postgraduates to learn from role models and strive to be pioneering young scholars.

Source: School of Economics and Management

Writer: Fei Shanshan

Three-Round Review and Three-Round Proofreading: Li Wenfu, Liu Tong, Pang Shuyu