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…
My Fall 2024 Weekly Template
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…
How I spent my time in Summer 2024
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…
Evaluation of my summer 2024 goals
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…
Summer 2024
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…
A defense in Spain
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…
Q&A: Speeding up the publication process
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…
PhD Talk for AcademicTransfer: Opportunities and challenges with ChatGPT in education
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…
The next years of work
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…
Living with a high sleep need
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…