How I spent my time in 2024
2024 was a busy year, with a focus on writing proposals to get my next projects, and more conference travel after a slow 2023. I logged 2188 hours for 2022, and 2490 hours in 2023, and a whopping 2727 hours…
2024 was a busy year, with a focus on writing proposals to get my next projects, and more conference travel after a slow 2023. I logged 2188 hours for 2022, and 2490 hours in 2023, and a whopping 2727 hours…
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…
As every year, I am here with my list of favorite books I read. I read 70 books in total (or at least, I was at 70 books two weeks before the end of the year*), and I am happy…
As every year, I am here with my top 10 of albums! I am not embedding the Youtube videos anymore, as I assume most of you use streaming services anyway. Here it goes: 10. Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out…
At the end of every semester, I look at the data in my Toggl reports to see how I spent my time. Here’s how I spent my time in Fall 2024: Research proposals: 25.90% Conferences: 11.07% Teaching: 10.69% Service: 10.17%…
As always at the end of a semester, I reflect back on the goals I set for myself, and how I did on these. Here's how I did with regard to my Fall 2024 goals: Submit 4 papers: Two journal…
I have been thinking a fair amount recently about how easy it has become for me to give presentations - from webinars, via teaching, over conference presentations, and presenting at meetings, to nice keynote lectures (at least, I hope mine…
As I wrote in my previous post, I recently managed to Dock a Container Ship (i.e submit a proposal for a large, competitive grant as consortium lead). It has been a bit of a learning curve, to say the least.…
As I recently submitted a monster of a proposal, I have, as usual, spent some time navel-gazing over the experience. It was a massive project: 16 partners, a complex topic related to infrastructure resilience, and a highly competitive funding call.…
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…