My goals for Fall 2024
As always at the beginning of a new semester, I have outlined my goals for the upcoming semester. I will be traveling to two conferences, so there will be some time spent away form my office. Here's what I will…
As always at the beginning of a new semester, I have outlined my goals for the upcoming semester. I will be traveling to two conferences, so there will be some time spent away form my office. Here's what I will…
My Fall 2024 template looks quite similar to my Spring 2024 template. As I am not preparing any new courses at the moment, the block of time for class preparation is gone, and I kept open space for the meetings…
At the end of every semester, I look at the data in my Toggl reports to see how I spent my time. In general, this semester had three parts to it: time in Ecuador, time in Delft full of meetings…
As always at the end of the semester, I am taking some time to reflect on what I achieved of the goals I set out at the beginning of the semester. Without much further preamble, here's how I did: Here’s…
My summer schedule is just that - a summer schedule. I have spent a good part of my summer in Delft, and the second half of my research stay in the company of my daughter. While the hours I can…
I was recently invited to form part of the committee for a doctoral defense in Spain, so that made for an excellent opportunity to observe the format of the doctoral defense. A few months in advance, as the candidate was…
I recently received the following question from a reader (anonymized of course): Dear Professor Eva, I hope this email finds you well. I am currently pursuing my PhD at an XX university and have written an article on YY. Due…
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…
I've been spending quite some time recently thinking about what I want my next years of work to look like. There are a few reasons for this: I recently got promoted to associate professor in the Netherlands; I've been a…
You may have heard academics talk about the allnighters they pull to get a proposal done, or how they soldier through after a red-eye flight. It has taken me a few years (or better: decades) to come to terms with…