We all know that professors teach and do research. We may have the idea that professors have oceans of time to think deep thoughts and read leisurely in their armchair. In reality, professors juggle a lot of tasks - and…
When you are new to teaching, preparing class, and making sure you stay up to date with everything related to your class, may seem like a daunting task. You have new material to prepare, a course to structure, exams to…
I recently published another paper on the topic of the doctoral defense. In this paper, I analyzed how different choices for the building blocks of the doctoral defense influence the perception of the doctoral candidate. To my surprise, I found…
Some time ago, I received the following question: I want to be a researcher when I get my PhD in Psychology. Any advice on how to get a job in that field now as a student? First of all, let's…
Over the past year, I have had a number of minor health issues that took time to deal with. Last November, I had a tear in my meniscus, and after some doctor's visits, I was sent to 10 sessions of…
On August 16th 2021, I returned to my campus office for the first time since March 2020. Almost 1,5 years of working from home have passed, and finally we are back to our university offices. The measures at our campus…
As I was writing my parts for our co-authored book about the doctoral defense, it struck me how little research has been done on the emotional dimension of the defense. So, I set out to gather data on the topic.…
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…
While I haven't been posting on my blog about recent publications anymore, I would like to make an exception for our recently published article "Challenges and Opportunities for Academic Parents During COVID-19". The article is published in the journal Frontiers…
I used to schedule my time using the same template for most days. My standard formula was: two hours of writing, two hours of research, two hours of teaching, and two hours for emails, admin, and service. As my number…
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