“I am going to be a university teacher…”
… and no, I have actually never done that before. I mean, all by myself. Alone, in front of students. Give me a room filled with international experts in my field, let me present...
Loving bones, climbing stones. Stories of everyday phdlife
… and no, I have actually never done that before. I mean, all by myself. Alone, in front of students. Give me a room filled with international experts in my field, let me present...
Today, we wanted to share with you a list of things to do while on Corona lockdown, except for well the obvious thing – that is WRITE YOUR DISSERTATION. So without further ado, here’s...
I have talked about digital detoxes and work life balance a lot on this blog over the past year (such as this, this, this or this). But I haven’t stopped there. In fact, I’m...
You may have seen our recent posts and you may have noticed our emphasis on all the stuff of academia that can scare the hell out of us – failing, how to get a...
We have read and loved Karen Kelsky’s The Professor Is In (NY 2015), so this is the start of a series of book review blog posts. The book is so rich in information and...
Today I wanted to address a pretty vulnerable topic which is especially virulent in women in Academia: feeling paralyzed by your own high expectations and the fear of failure they induce. Academic failure, even...
Today I want to talk about motivation and the last long days of corrections, revisions and re-writing of your thesis or dissertation. When I first stumbled on the #100daysofdissertationchallenge on Instagram, I thought about...
Hey there, guys! It’s time for part II of our PhD/Life Wisdom series concerning wisdom learned from bouldering. In Part I, Sarah told you about the following points we learn from climbing walls: 1....
Recently, I had this career planning workshop for high-performing young female researchers. We talked about many things like time management, finding our values, preventing burnout and so on. But one very common theme, at...
Okay, I am actually feeling like Frodo, except for not standing on Mount Doom and being totally wrecked by an evil power. I am actually feeling like Frodo, sitting at my desk, enjoying some...
Which doctoral student has not yet heard the infamous sentence “You just focus on your PhD”? Of course, this advice is given in all sorts of contexts and I can’t talk through them all...
Recently I witnessed a class at our climbing gym. It was about which strength training exercises you can do for antagonist muscles which are neglected in climbing. But those are not what I want...
Today I wanted to tackle a common fear, i.e. that you will be disadvantaged and disliked once you let your inner feminist out. While I can’t speak for everybody and my environment certainly isn’t...
This is it. This is the last month of my intensive writing bootcamp to finish my dissertation. That was the reason why you have not seen any posts from me recently… I was busy....
Yet another post which almost became a book review but ended up becoming a reflection! I really wanted to do something else, like a tutorial along the lines of “Transkribus for Dummies”, but since...