On February 28th, I looked at my calendar to transfer my appointments and committed tasks and timeblocks for the day into my analog agenda. To my amazement, I did not have a single Zoom call (or Teams meeting, or Webex,…
I recently ran a Twitter poll to learn more about the main struggles researchers are facing because of COVID-19. The main struggle is something I certainly recognize: no time!
Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Maxine Britto in the How I Work series, academic parents edition. Maxine is a second year doctoral student in education, based in Canada. She is studying validity and reliability of classroom assessment in…
Today, I have the pleasure of inviting Dr. Ben Purvis to share his defense experience with us. Dr. Ben Purvis is currently a research associate at the School of Architecture at the University of Sheffield, UK. His research interests encompass…
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…
To keep al my notes of a project organized, I use a notebooks for my research. For my PhD, I used a binder with different tabs. Over time, I stopped using the chunky binder(s), as these are difficult to travel…
I've mentioned the book "Why we sleep" by Matthew Walker a few times on this blog - when running a poll on sleep, and as one of my favorite books read in 2019. I also blogged about the problem of…
Some time ago, I wrote about my inability to understand why organizers are rushing back towards in-person conferences - with a pandemic that is going on, and the carbon footprint of conferences impardonable in the current climate crisis. Why are…
I recently received a question on doing a post-doc after the PhD or not (edited for anonymity): Dear Dr Lantsoght, I recently discovered your blog through the Academic Transfer website when I was looking for jobs. I really enjoyed the…
About 1-1,5 years ago, I found myself bogged down by the daily stress of work (and leaving work on time to be home with my daughter before 4pm), taking my daughter to her activities through Ecuador's crazy traffic (and, even…
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