I recently ran a poll on Twitter to learn how much time it takes it get a PhD - in number of years. The results are sort of expected: 1/3rd takes less than 4 years, 1/3rd between 4 and 5…
Today, I have the pleasure of hosting Yvonne Tse Crepaldi, who shares her insights from the PhD defense. Yvonne Tse Crepaldi obtained her PhD in Linguistics 2017 from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her doctoral research was about how a two-year-old…
Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Caitlyn Cardetti. Caitlyn is a 3rd year PhD candidate who outside of her research loves promoting science communication, science policy and women in STEM. She is the administration for the rotational curator (#rocur)…
A few readers have contacted me after they've seen on the news the situation in Ecuador. Thanks for caring!So, I wanted to give you an insight in how things are here at the moment.The good news is: we are all…
I wrote a letter to the editor for the journal Vínculos. In this letter, I reflect on the words of Fulbright, who wanted to bring "a little more knowledge, a little more reason, and a little more compassion into world…
Poll for PhD students only! Are you:— Dr Eva Lantsoght (@evalantsoght) January 20, 2020 I recently ran a poll on Twitter to see which percentage of PhD students are parents, as Olga and I were wondering about this data for…
I gave a presentation titled "Load rating using load testing: introducing the new bridge load testing e-circular" at the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. In this presentation, I speak on behalf of the working group that developed this…
I recently received the following question from a reader:I hope you are well. I would appreciate your insight on how to transition from postdoc to becoming an online part-time lecturer. I look forward to collaborating with you. Have a great…
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…
Some time ago, I received a question from a reader via the AcademicTransfer website (edited for anonymity):Hi Eva- I’d like to get into editing conference papers and presentations if you have leads or advice of how to do so. I…
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