As part of my goals for 2019, I (attempted to) quit added refined sugar for 40 days. The first two days I also stayed away from bread and potatoes, which I did not like (those foods are my staples!).Since people…
On April 30th, I gave an online lecture for ANEIC Ecuador about my perhaps unusual trajectory as a researcher with a heart for music. You can find the slides here: The road to breaking bridges and stereotypes from Eva Lantsoght
Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing El Profe Ivan for the series "How I Work as an Academic Parent". Ivan is a professor at the Department of Informatics and Computer Science of Escuela Politécnica Nacional in Quito, Ecuador. He…
Dear readers,One of my hobbies (the doctoral defenses around the world) has leveled up into a research project.I'm analyzing the (potential) relationship between doctoral defense formats and the perception of doctoral students on their defense. I'd appreciate if you could…
Some time ago, I did a fun little interview with NaturalScience.Careers on blogging and tweeting as a scientist. You can listen to the interview on Soundcloud or right here: NaturalScience.Careers · [2] Social Media for Scientists: Interview with "PhDTalk" blogger…
As a number of conferences are postponed for the fall, I wonder if that is not too soon. I tend to be a Debbie Downer about this whole situation, so I asked on Twitter when other academics think we will…
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…
You may have noticed that I'm less active on social media these days. I maintain my Facebook page, I reply to tweets, I send articles to those who request them on ResearchGate, and I reply messages on LinkedIn - that's…
About one month into the covid-19 lockdown, I ran out of ideas of what to do with my daughter (or better: how to keep her entertained the whole day inside the house), so I turned to Twitter for advice.I combined…
Here's what my days look like at the moment during the work week:6:00 wake up6:20 sunrise meditation on the roof of my building6:40 prepare breakfast for everybody and quickly eat mine7:00 start work8-ish (but different every day): my daughter wakes…
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