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I am struggling. And, until a few days ago, the fact that I was struggling – especially that I was visibly struggling – was making me struggle that much more. It was a…
- PhDoing Life
- May 21, 2019
This is for my friends, colleagues and students who are in ‘a world of thesis pain.’ As your supervisors, we do get it. Being a part-time PhD student and balancing…
Undertaking a PhD can feel sometimes like one of those impossible tasks set to unfortunate protagonists in fairy tales. You can never read every book, every article, or…
- Kevan Manwaring
- May 31, 2019
Last month, academic Twitter was abuzz with conversations around topics such as Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month, the March for Science Movement, and the…
- Andrea Hayward
- May 9, 2018
I’m nearly two months into my PhD in a new university, in a new city. So you would think I’d be getting settled right about now. At least I would think I should at least…
- Shruti Turner
- May 21, 2019
This is an interview with Shingo Ebata, a Ph.D. in cosmochemistry from Hokkaido University, about his journey from being an assistant professor to becoming a Senior Aide…
- Mriganka Awati
- January 31, 2023
While I certainly would call myself a procrasti-baker in the most obvious sense of the word – I am certainly guilty of spending my time baking to avoid the mounds of…
Why is the PhD, more often than not, framed as a long, arduous, lonely trudge, as opposed to a challenging, stimulating, and ultimately empowering thing? Why isn’t there…
- Sherran Clarence
- May 21, 2019
We kicked off the Peer Review Week 2022 celebrations (Sep 19-23), powered by Editage and Researcher.Life, with an exciting panel discussion: “Perspectives from the…
- Kakoli Majumder
- September 21, 2022
Alessandro Checco is Assistant Professor at computer science department, University of Rome La Sapienza (https://alessandrochecco.github.io/). He’s a mathematical…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- November 1, 2022