The second guest post in the Writers' Lab is by Mohamed Saeed from South Africa. He shares with us his personal story on how he found in writing a way to share his views, experiences and thoughts with the world. …
As a non-native speaker, you face additional challenges when preparing an academic publication. The author of this guest post is Evelyn Cowan from Enago, a company specialized in English editing and proofreading for scientific manuscripts. She agreed to share some…
A new year, a new series of posts!I'll be featuring a series of posts, specifically about writing: the Writers' Lab.What can you expect from the Writers' Lab?You'll find hacks, tips and tricks about writing, as well as best practices, and…
This post continues the ideas on blogging to tackle publication bias, and blogging for all academics.As USC Rossier reacted on Twitter by wondering if blogging could overtake peer-reviewed journals, an interesting discussion followed. I storified it for your interest![View the…
In my vision of the future, blogging is as much a part of the academic world as peer-reviewed journal articles. There are several reasons for blogging, and blogging as well as more online sharing, could tackle publication bias.But at the…
Mid November I finished the first draft of my thesis, printed it and handed a copy of it to my 2 supervisors. Shortly afterwards, I headed to Pittsburgh for holidays. I intended to take my thesis print with me, and…
Reading as part of the creative process? I've discussed reading, and reading loads at length in a previous series of posts discussing archiving, understanding different levels of reading and keeping up with the output. Reading a lot and keeping up…
In a first post on this series about the creative process, we looked at the conditions you need for creativity. In this post, we focus on a long-term way to find more creative solutions to research questions. Some people might…
Inspired by my recent theoretical work, I'd like to dedicate a series of posts to the creative process.The first idea I'd like to discuss is which conditions you need for creative work? Before you get started on developing a new…
My contract with the university ends at the beginning of September 2013. And no contract means no salary means Big Trouble. To avoid Big Trouble, I will finish my PhD before my contract ends. Yes, it's that easy.Well, maybe not.…
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