In my vision of the future, blogging is as much a part of the academic world as peer-reviewed journal articles. There are several reasons for blogging, and blogging as well as more online sharing, could tackle publication bias.But at the…
Mid November I finished the first draft of my thesis, printed it and handed a copy of it to my 2 supervisors. Shortly afterwards, I headed to Pittsburgh for holidays. I intended to take my thesis print with me, and…
Over the last few months, I have felt that I gradually started to slip my PhD down on my priority list.While finishing is still one of my top priorities (don't get me wrong), I've finally managed to let more important…
I recently tweeted and wrote on Facebook about a paper rejection. Afterwards, I heard the comment that I should not write about those things, for several reasons:- People will only remember my bad news and not my good news.- You…
Recently, I was asked in the comments of my post on motivation for my input on concentration. I've quickly given an answer in the comments, but I'd like to expand on the topic in a full post.Concentration is not my…
Over the past 10 years, I've been a student, and thus living as a student in shared houses. In total, I've had 36 housemates so far (if I didn't forget to count anyone), and I have lived with different characters.…
When I went for my PhD Start-Up training course, I learned to know the expression "Science is fun".In the end, as a researcher, you are in the privileged position to play around with ideas, use your time to explore different…
I recently feel very inspired by an article and a TED talk that I came across.The article gives advice on how you can succeed at conferences as an introvert. As an introvert myself, going to a conference can feel like…
On Monday October 8th, I gave a short PhD pitch at the kick-off meeting for 3TU.Bouw Center for the Built Environment, which combines the four academic Built Environment faculties of the Netherlands. My PhD pitch (5 minutes presentation) represented the…
This post is part of a series on reading loads, in which I discussed the different levels of reading and keeping up with the output previously.What do you do after you finish reading a paper? Do you simply throw the…
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