Using future research suggestions as a basis to come up with a dissertation topic idea

To use future research suggestions as a basis to come up with a dissertation topic idea, you need to have read a journal article on a topic that interests you. Having read this journal article, focus on the section at the end of the article, often called Future Research (or Discussion/Research Limitations), where the authors not only tend to criticise their work, but also propose future research that could address such problems. Now, follow the five steps below:

STEP ONE
Identify the types of future research suggestion discussed by the authors

Authors of good journal articles will make a number of future research suggestions in their work. These may include one or more of the following types of future research suggestion:

For a more detailed overview of these future research suggestions, see the article: Types of future research suggestion. Within the Research Limitations section of this website, we also go into more detail on each of these types of future research suggestions. Reading these articles will help you to identify what types of future research suggestions are being discussed by the authors in the journal article you are interested in.

STEP TWO
Understand the potential relationship between these future research suggestions and what makes a dissertation topic significant

Whilst dissertations are rarely "ground-breaking" at the undergraduate or master's level (and are not expected to be), they should still be significant in some way. When coming up with a dissertation topic idea, you need to be able to explain how your idea is significant. Your research may be significant in one or a number of ways. It may:

Since this section of the article deals with using future research suggestions as a basis for coming up with a dissertation topic idea, just two of these aspects of research significance are relevant:

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