That it is time for scientists to move out of their ivory tower is sometimes seen as a reductive call to action. Yet as the topic of science communication emerges as a focal point of Read More
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I wanted to write a few words about doing a PhD with depression, but I didn’t think a detailed guide with the specific survival strategies I use was appropriate. Not the least, because all Read More
When I am feeling my most discouraged and whipped by this PhD I tend to start listing mentally, everything that has happened in my life over the past 2.5 years that have made it impossible for Read More
1: Longyearbyen, with the glacier Longyearbreen just visible looming over the town. Arriving in the remote Arctic Archipelago of Svalbard was like crossing a threshold into my childhood dreams. The many books on polar exploration I Read More
Take a look at an actual to-do list, based on the writing phase of my PhD (Only while working at home – my office schedule is different. Will post one about that some time). So far, Read More
Well, this is a long time coming, isn’t it? It has been on my mind for some time, but I haven’t been sure whether I should post it. I decided today that I Read More
I presented this paper at Drew University’s Crossroads: The Future of History Graduate Education The call for papers for this (thus far fantastic) conference asked for graduate perspectives. I am a first-year PhD student, Read More
This is the clearest memory I have of the first eight weeks of my daughter’s life: I am standing at the kitchen counter, my child nestled close to my chest in a carrier. She Read More
Academic publishing company Springer Nature has signed new open access deals with the Swedish and the Norwegian consortia. The publisher has now signed a total of 10 read-and-publish deals with consortia of various nations. Springer Nature’Read More
University Grants Commission (UGC), India’s higher education regulatory and funding agency, has recently removed over 4,000 journals of Indian origin from its list of approved journals for publishing. In 2017, the UGC had initiated its ‘white Read More
