Sometimes, They Just Can’t Handle the Truth

Sarah Kaplan is a Professor of Gender and the Economy at the University of Toronto whose research focuses on the emerging field of gender and finance. We asked her everything from what inspired her to dive into research to her favourite European getaways in hopes of giving you a better understanding of what goes on outside the lab for one of the best minds in Canadian research.

“The truth is, organizations are complicated. People are complicated. So, my goal is to get inside that complexity and generate insight from it.”

What do you like most about being a researcher?

Having the time to dig deep into the issues. Not going with the easy answer or the answer people want to hear, but with the truth, based on rigorous research.

What advice would you give young researchers?

You have to be in it for the long run. It often takes years or even decades to generate breakthrough ideas. Every paper and project is a puzzle piece in the larger picture you will create over your career, so you have to persist over very long periods of time.

Read the full interview here: Sometimes, They Just Can’t Handle the Truth