Seven a.m. and I cannot sleep. Very happy to say that my doctoral defense yesterday went as well as it could.
So, as my co-supervisor put it, I'm now "on the academic market" :D
I think the best part of this (except for my wonderful colleagues and friends, who celebrated me yesterday) is that I may now write about whatever I feel like (after finishing the projects I'm already involved in …)! #PhDlife @academicchatter
The semester is already well under way and I was too busy to do so earlier. However, still proud to announce I am leading a student research group this semester, funded by #BerlinUAlliance. Together with students from all 3 Berlin universities, we're investigating #LandUseConflicts and the motivations behind #protests, applying a creative #photovoice method. Already loving the input and ideas from the students and super excited to see first results in a couple weeks! #PhDLife@academicchatter
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In 2010, McSweeney's answered the question about snake fights at thesis defenses
Q: Do I have to kill the snake?
A: University guidelines state that you have to “defeat” the snake. There are many ways to accomplish this. Lots of students choose to wrestle the snake.
Photos are coming in from the #IN2FUTURE Boot Camp, #IN2PAST's first doctoral school, which began on Saturday in Évora.
Experimentation, immersion, collaboration, sharing, reflection — that's what we are offering PhD students from the seven research centres that make up the Associated Lab.
"She criticized my organizational skills and told me that she didn’t see a passion or spark for doing research in me."
Pleading to passion are cop outs for not paying your, or providing sufficient guidance. This was squarely on the PI to begin with, by not reading the room or asking for timely feedback on workload. The the response left a culture of fear (nor one of responsibility and disclosure). Poor management as ever.
I am looking for journals to publish in. I’m only picking the journals which publish the best papers in my field. I think it’s a fair method, so I guess I don’t have to look at the metrics, right? #AcademicChatter#PhDLife
⚠️ There are only two days left to send us your ideas for a PhD project to be submitted to the Call for the Award of Studentships for Doctoral Research in all Scientific Domains.
🚨We continue to receive proposals for the Call for the Award of Studentships for Doctoral Research in all Scientific Domains promoted by the FCT, both in the General Line and in a Non-Academic Environment.
🛎️ We have just opened our mailbox to receive your PhD project proposals, to be submitted to the FCT's Call for the Award of Studentships for Doctoral Research, both in the General Line and in a Non-Academic Environment.
Morning. Sleepy again. Having so much trouble getting up in the morning, I went through a long phase where I could get up and exercise and shower before work, but that seems like a dream now. Anyway I am up and ready to continue work on my ethics application. So much paperwork involved! I’ve already done my interview schedule, participant information sheet, risk register and consent form, now I need to complete my study protocol, which is a very lengthy document. How are we all? It’s a wet Wednesday in Wales #PhD#phdlife
👨🎓 We wish Paulo Alexandre Alves the best of luck as he defends his doctoral thesis on the episcopate in the Portuguese Constitutional Monarchy tomorrow, 13 March.
My PhD course on "The Role of Social Sciences and Humanities Research in Sustainability Action" just went up on the Danish national PhD course-database. It will, among other things, teach you how to turn your research into a joke. So it's my kind of course.
Do boost, please. It will help me greatly and be much appreciated.
Hey, @academicchatter people, do you use #obsidian for your academic work? Care to throw all your useful #obsidianmd tips into this thread to share with others?
(This will be a very long list by the end of the year if I keep it up. We'll see.)
Your statements are basically done after the first few deadlines. I always thought I'd customize extensively for each school.
Nope.
On a week like this (with so many apps due Sep 15), you just don't have time. You have to trust that you already put in the work with your base template. It's a mental shift from fellowship apps.
A few weeks ago someone told me your first practice job is always trash (so don't stress and rip off the bandaid).
I gave my first practice job talk yesterday. Calling it trash might be a little too self-deprecating... but let's just say I've got a LOT of revisions to make. Whew.
Going back to the #JobTalk, I like Betty Lai's advice emphasizing the need to tell a story with your talk.
I generally enjoy presenting my research to an audience (mostly as an escape from writing), but the job talk is a completely different genre. Still learning the rules but getting better.
An offer is great, but then you have a decision to make. Fast.
And I gather that it's not uncommon to have to make that decision before you hear about other options.
Generally, I try not to post about a stage (i.e., job talk) until a few weeks after I've experienced it. Time to process and such. But this one is in real-time. And boy it's tough.