On a lighter note, I recently ran a poll on Twitter to see what most of us use for writing - and, not surprisingly, the ballpoint pen won the poll! I like writing with a fountain pen and until the…
I recently ran a poll on Twitter to learn how we start our days in the office. I usually make my coffee (I have to hurry so much to get out of the door in the morning that I don't…
Eleven countries in Europe formed cOAlition-S, with as its basic principle: "After 1 January 2020 scientific publications on the results from research funded by public grants provided by national and European research councils and funding bodies, must be published in…
I recently ran a poll on Twitter on how many hours academics work per week. As I've gone from 30(ish) hours per week for a year back to 40 hours - after always having worked 6 days a week for…
A post about summer holidays in December? Why, Eva, why? Well - I ran a poll about summer holidays a while back and I schedule posts months ahead of time, so that's why this post is here. but let's take…
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 -…
Some PhD students wait until the very end of their studies to spend three (miserable?) months writing their thesis. Others work in a more gradual way. I spent about 1,5 years on writing (while still finishing up research tasks as…
I recently ran three combined polls trying to understand if we are applying for enough funding for our PhD students to actually do their PhD research. I've heard a number of stories about professors relying on unemployment benefits for their…
I recently ran a poll on Twitter asking if people are first generation academics, or if they come from a more privileged background. The results are interesting, with the majority of votes coming from first generation students. I certainly come…
How prevalent is gmail in accademia? I was wondering and decided to run a poll! What I learned is that most academics have several email addresses, and use these depending on the purpose. I too have four email addresses that…
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