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director of research

director of research

7 5.0
A person who leads and manages research in an organization
  • noun
translation icon : director de investigación
  • In 2006, the market grew by 10.7 percent to reach $20.1 billion, said Ken Amann, CIMdata's director of research.
  • director of research and development

And I'll just tell you briefly that he is the CNRS Director of Research at the Institute of Biology, half English, half French, the Le conormal Superior in Paris.

Examples

  • Kim Lonsway serves as the director of research at End Violence Against Women International, where she oversees critical studies.

  • Gary Gardner is the director of research for the Worldwatch Institute.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Daniel Cox, director of research at the Public Religion Research Institute, asked.

    Blog text (15)
  • Chapman is the director of research for Valmont Industries.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Marja Liisa: I spent seven years at the United Nations as the director of research, informing delegates of new trends.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Jeremy Schwartz is the director of research at WisdomTree Investments (NasdaqGM: WETF).

    Blog text (6)
  • Jean-Francois Bayart is the director of research at the Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques in Paris and was formerly editor-in-chief of Politique Africaine.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Mike Bailey, the director of research with FBB Capital Partners, leads innovative financial analysis projects.

  • Cheng Li is the director of research at the China Center at the Brookings Institution, managing various research initiatives.

Synonyms

director
vsdirector of research
3.0

A person who manages resources and spending in an organization

concentrates on guiding scientific activity rather than general resource control
department head
vsdirector of research
20 3.0

A person who leads a department in a company or school

focuses on managing scientific work and projects rather than general unit tasks
research director
vsdirector of research
7 3.9

A person who manages research and sets priorities in an organization

is the same role but expressed with different word order
co-director
vsdirector of research
3.7

A person who shares the main job of leading a project or company with another person

is held by a single person with sole responsibility for scientific programs

How Senior

director of research
7 5.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

director + of + research

The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: 'director' (a manager or person in charge) + 'of' (linking role to domain) + 'research' (organized investigation), so a B1 learner who knows these words will understand it as the person who oversees research. This is a common, compositional English noun phrase pattern (role + of + domain) and has clear parallels in many other languages, making it immediately transparent.

Etymology

Director of research comes from the image of a director as someone who guides and research as a careful search for facts. Imagine a leader standing at the front and organizing the team's work, so the phrase means 'a person in charge of research'.