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When you are starting a career in academia, you are inevitably going to be working on a couple of short-term contracts. And these contracts can make you feel out of sync…
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  • May 20, 2019
In this blogpost, we’ll explore different types of cluster analysis, its real-world applications, and its pros and cons as a tool to navigate the complex landscape of…
The Joint Commitment for Action on Inclusion and Diversity in Publishing, led by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), recently published a new set of guidelines for the…
This is an excerpt from an article by a researcher who had an interesting and humbling cultural experience while pursuing her postdoctorate in a native English--speaking…
As we stand at the midpoint of the journey to the 2030 deadline for attaining the SDGs, it is worthwhile to take a moment to see how academic publishing is supporting…
Fieldwork is full of dichotomies. It can be exciting but exhausting, fun but frustrating, challenging and yet calming. Work in my last field site ended up being both the…
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  • June 3, 2019
This blogpost covers things you might want to consider if you want to be involved in SDG research, and provides resources that offer a wealth of information, data, and…
How to create global impact through SDG-related research: A beginner’s guide
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For an academic, the significance of both reading and writing literature reviews cannot be overstated. Writing effective literature reviews needs precision, clarity, and…
I always pictured a “career” as a series of steps leading up a mountain. The journey is sometimes tiring and tough, but there are exciting things to see and do along the…
Meet Sudeshna Dasgupta, a PhD in experimental high-energy physics, who started working as a postdoctoral researcher for an experiment at the Large Hadron Collider in…