Recently, I had the opportunity to review more than 20 proposals submitted for a funding call. The funding available through this program is limited, which means the competition is fierce: only a handful of projects will ultimately receive support. As…
Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) is an educational approach that connects students and faculty across institutions and countries through structured online collaboration. Rather than relying only on physical mobility, COIL creates opportunities for internationalization within existing courses by allowing students…
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…
Since Q4 of 2025, I’ve been supervising more and more Bachelor Final Project students from TU Delft. At TU Delft, this project is often referred to as the BEP (Bachelor Eindproject), and it has a very particular characteristic: it only…
In January of this year, something happened to my blog that every blogger quietly hopes will never happen: it got hacked. At first, I did not even realize it. There were no dramatic warning signs, no flashing red alerts, and…
Fieldwork is one of the most exciting parts of research, but it is also one of the parts that requires the most preparation. A fair amount of my research is fieldwork-based, and even more so now that my work increasingly…
During summer 2022 and 2023, I let go of my weekly template. In summer 2024 and 2025, I used my template in a flexible way, which is what I will do this summer as well. This summer is split into…
As always at the beginning of the semester, I set my priorities. Summers are shorter semesters, but without teaching, so I adjust accordingly. Here's what I will focus on: Submit 3 journal papers EU project next (and last) deliverable progress…
Over the past months, I have been delighted to see my poetry find its way into new spaces and reach new audiences. One of my poems was selected for the Hesiodos Flow Festival at the For Love of the World…
As always at the end of the semester, I check in on my goals. Here's how I did: Submit 3 papers: Ended up submitting 5 Submit EU proposal in February (if I get the consortium to work out): done and…
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