I'm experimenting with some new boundaries around email. In particular: I have deactivated work email from my phone. I know that this is not a major thing and a lot of people (also on the PhD Talk podcast) have mentioned…
Writing is still one of my top priorities, but the way in which I write papers has changed over time. During my PhD and post-doc years, I would work on a first draft and then send this to my coauthors,…
As I recently served as a committee member for a doctoral defense, I thought it would be valuable to share here the various steps I went through in examining the thesis and the candidate: Read the thesis: I guess this…
I've been writing about the insights I get from time tracking for quite a while. Recently, I was asked to tell a bit more about how I actually track my time. So, let's discuss the ins and outs of time…
Working in the Netherlands and Ecuador is different. I even feel different in these two places. Today, I am not bringing you an extensive analysis of the work life of employees across these countries. I will just share a few…
I recently read the book "De Professor als Proefkonijn" in which economy professor Irene van Staveren details her study of the literature around migraine, and her own implementations of possible solutions. What called my attention is the way in which…
COVID-19 has had us switching to working from home in a way that we had never seen before. Since Fall 2021, my university's policy is that we should be working every day from the office again. However, since Fall 2021,…
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…
I recently published a paper about my research on preparing for the doctoral defense. Here are some important takeaways from this research: Read your thesis: When you prepare for your defense, read your thesis. This approach is also the most…
I've been writing about the tools and setup that I use for planning regularly over the past years, with a critical reflection on how one can select their tools for planning and some older posts on how I was managing…
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