At the beginning of 2015, I share my list of goals for the year with you, and now it's time to see how much I've failed again at all my ambitious goals...To my defense, I'm still on a heavy teaching…
Today, in the "How I Work" series, I have the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Robin Price. Robin is senior lecturer in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management at the QUT Business School. She came to academia after a career in…
I published my list of 10 favorite CDs of the past year for the first time in 2014. Since I'm constantly listening to review copies of CDs, since this year for Darkview, I like looking back on the year and…
Recently, I was contacted by a scientist who uses the pseudonym Joseph Helpman to review his book, "How to get a PhD effectively". The subtitle of the book is "The untold time-management secrets of the most successful scientists" and the…
Today, in the "How I Work" series, I am interviewing Helena Hendrika. Helene, 24 years old, is an Illustrator & graphic designer, teacher and student. Time management is something she works on a lot because she's always busy. Besides that…
This post is part of the series PhD Talk for AcademicTransfer: posts written for the Dutch academic career network AcademicTransfer, your go-to resource for all research positions in the Netherlands. These posts are sponsored by AcademicTransfer, and tailored to those…
Today, I am inviting T. Eugene Day in the "How I Work" series. Eugene has a Doctor of Science in Electrical and Systems Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, where he also attended undergrad. From there, he moved to…
I recently traveled to Leipzig, Germany to present a paper at the 4th International Conference on Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting. The research I presented was the result of the project I worked on during Summer 2014 in Delft, where…
Today, I am inviting Matt Lawson in the "How I Work" series. Matt is about to submit a PhD thesis in musicology at Edge Hill University, UK. His doctoral research, which examined the use of film music in German Holocaust…
Today, I'd like to invite you all to have a look at the QS GradSchool Guide for the academic year 2015/2016. It is 128 pages full of great information for anyone considering to do a PhD, as well as for…
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