I recently received a question on doing a post-doc after the PhD or not (edited for anonymity): Dear Dr Lantsoght, I recently discovered your blog through the Academic Transfer website when I was looking for jobs. I really enjoyed the…
As I'm chewing over some questions on how to make a bigger impact with my work, I am exploring the possibilities to receive individual coaching. At the same time, I have joined the DrivenWoman network, to get group coaching, and…
On April 30th, I gave an online lecture for ANEIC Ecuador about my perhaps unusual trajectory as a researcher with a heart for music. You can find the slides here: The road to breaking bridges and stereotypes from Eva Lantsoght
Q&A time! Some time ago, I received the following question from a reader (edited for Anonimity):Dear Eva,I really like your blog. As a PhD student who doesn't want to stay in Academia, some of your articles are really helpful for…
I recently ran a poll on Twitter to learn more about the most common career paths after the PhD. While three of the options that I listed are perhaps the textbook options (postdoc, assistant prof - directly assistant prof -…
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 was recently asked to give a presentation about myself and my scientific successes at WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) at Universidad San Francisco de Quito. Talking about myself is not really my strength - I ended up spending…
After my recent guest post for Topuniversities.com, I was contacted by QS again, this time to see if I could answer a few questions about finding a job after the PhD.The information from my interview and many others will be…
It's time for a (long overdue) Q&A again! Some time ago (I'm sorry it took so long for me to write this post!), I received the following email (I left out some details that could point to the identity of…
Today, I have the pleasure of hosting Seán Mac Fhearraigh, who will discuss his thoughts on life after the PhD - a topic on which I've seen a lot of discussion here on the blog as well as on Twitter…
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