How I tamed my smartphone
As much as I've always embraced computers, the internet, and then web 2.0, I was never a cell phone fan. I got my first cell phone when I was 15 years old, and the thing only served for making phone…
Where are all the women in science?
Last year, The New York Times published an important article asking "Why Are There Still So Few Women in Science?". If you haven't read it then, go ahead and read it (I'm even keeping my post extra short today, so…
Long overdue update on the VeganChallenge
For those of you who follow me on Twitter or Instagram, you might have noticed that in April this year, I joined the VeganChallenge. I mostly joined out of curiosity (I'm always in for doing a little experiment here and…
Scrambling yourself together and making big changes in your research
I recently wrote a post on How to know when to change course in your research, and I got the following question from a reader:interesting (and helpful) comments. however, once you recognize that there is a 'problem' how do you…
Digging for gold in the literature review
Another great question from a reader - and one that will certainly sound very familiar to all of you starting your research journey. Here's the question:i want to start over research work on child labour, but i do not how…
A nomad’s life: on working in two continents
Now that I'm combining duties in Ecuador and the Netherlands, I've been spending some time thinking about how I streamline the process of dividing my time between two parts of the world - without having to be missing documents all…
The GRE as preparation for graduate school
Time for more Q&A again today (and don't be shy to drop me a question, I'll answer it in a Q&A - it sometimes takes a bit more time, but I always answer!).Here's today's question:Hi there, Do you think that…
Back in the Netherlands
After my super-busy first semester of teaching, I'm quite happy that my teaching-free summer semester is here.More than just not having classes, I'm also away from USFQ this summer, and spending time doing research in my good old research group…
PhD Talk for AcademicTransfer: How to know when to change course in your research
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…
Software review: TuneUp
A couple of months ago, I started using TuneUp on my personal laptop. Since it is taking ages to get the desktop computer in my office first delivered and then buffed up with all the software I need (7 months…