A 10-year scoping review: an inspirational or cautionary tale?
Ever started a project that was meant to be ‘quick and straightforward’? In this webinar, Associate Professor Nikki McCaffrey will share the story behind a scoping review that took almost a decade to complete before publication in Social Science & Medicine. The talk offers a candid, slightly irreverent look at scope creep, opportunity cost, and the hard calls around when to persist, pivot, or cut losses. Short, honest, and practical, with reassurance that messy research journeys are far more common than we admit.
Speaker:
Associate Professor Nikki McCaffrey is a health economist at Deakin University, Victoria, Australia and Head of Cancer Economics. She works at the intersection of health economics, outcomes research and policy, with a particular focus on cancer, palliative and end‑of‑life care, and the often‑overlooked role of informal carers. Nikki has published 100+ peer‑reviewed papers and secured over $20 million in competitive research funding, leading multidisciplinary teams across Australia and internationally. She is a co‑founder and co‑lead of the International Health Economics Association Special Interest Group on the Economics of Palliative & End‑of‑Life Care, and is a strong advocate for applied, decision‑relevant research that actually gets used.