[Book Review] A world without email
Today, I want to give a brief reivew of Cal Newport, A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload (Penguin 2021, see also the author’s website). The summary situates the...
How to Academia - A blog on academic selfhelp
Today, I want to give a brief reivew of Cal Newport, A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload (Penguin 2021, see also the author’s website). The summary situates the...
I was motivated to write this blog post because I watched this YouTube video of a PhD student who is thinking about quitting because “academia with its networking isn’t for them”. If that’s you,...
I have considered chairing panels at academic conferences for a while as a topic for a potential blog post. This aspect of academic life isn’t self-evident and there are only a few guides on...
This is just a quick post to tell you, in case you needed to hear, that it’s completely natural to ever be grappling with performance pressure in academia. And why advice like “just do...
In this series, I explain how you can get better at academic job applications (see the first part Applications in Academia 101: A Survival Guide (Part 1)). Now I’m going to provide some more...
In the last post, I outlined how you can get better at academic job applications (Applications in Academia 101: A Survival Guide (Part 1)). Now I’m going to provide some more detail on what...
In the last post, I outlined how you can get better at academic job applications (Applications in Academia 101: A Survival Guide (Part 1)). Now I’m going to provide some more detail on what...
Applications in an academic context are hard. And confusing if you don’t have lots of experience. How are you supposed to know what people are looking for? This blogpost will provide you with lots...
I’m currently travelling for a teaching gig and just had this epiphany (which ultimately was a long time in the making, I guess). The PhD phase is the most un-zen thing you will ever...
In a post last year about Post PhD Submission Fatigue I promised to follow up and then I never did. Post Phd Submission fatigue got me 😀 So now, you’ll get both an update...
Our posts on “wisdom from bouldering” have turned into quite a series. I’m surprised myself each time that bouldering has something more to teach me about life. But I guess you’ll always take away...
As you all probably don’t know yet – I’m a huge travel gadgets nerd. I own tons of them and spend way more money than I should testing the newest fancy shit from Kickstarter....
Today’s post is on how to not go crazy in crazy times. Don’t be afraid. It’s not a rant full of negativity. It’s not about quarantine or lockdown or vaccination or any of those...
This is the second part of our “why you didn’t hear from us much this past summer” series and you’ve got a lot to catch up! I have been quite busy this summer too....
In today’s post, I wanted to address the important topic of academic societies. You can learn about what they are and what benefits they offer in case you don’t have a clear picture of...