{"id":3278,"date":"2019-12-30T10:05:55","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T10:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/a-round-up-of-12-great-twitter-discussions-in-2019\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T07:47:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T07:47:42","slug":"a-round-up-of-12-great-twitter-discussions-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/a-round-up-of-12-great-twitter-discussions-in-2019","title":{"rendered":"A round-up of 12 great Twitter discussions in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you been on Twitter lately? If you have, I\u2019m sure you have seen some of the great conversations researchers are having on that platform. Academics are no longer sitting in tall, inaccessible ivory towers, talking mostly and infrequently only to each other. Thanks to platforms like Twitter, there is now a constant exchange among academics across disciplines, cultures, languages, etc. They\u00a0seem to have embraced Twitter to “follow discussions on research-related issues, comment on research that is relevant to their field, share links to authored content and post work content<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u201d as well as to share their views on topics that are close to their heart and connect with others in the virtual space. In fact, today, almost anyone can initiate a discussion on anything! <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So what kind of discussions were academics having on Twitter in 2019? To know more, I dug deeper and found several interesting and thought-provoking discussions that ranged from humorous and quirky to serious and personal. I decided to put together a round-up of some of these conversations by picking one for each month of the year gone by. I hope you enjoy catching up with these. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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January<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

2019 started on a high note with many great discussions. Among those, I noticed a Twitter thread that covers one of the first and most important steps of the PhD journey\u2014 choosing the right advisor. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

PhD candidate Jorge J Rodr\u00edguez V (@JJRodV)<\/span><\/span><\/a> shared his views <\/a>on what constitutes a good advisor and how kindness is an essential quality in a potential academic advisor. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The advice I continue giving folks looking into PhD programs is to look for an advisor who is kind.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t look for the \u201cmost brilliant\u201d advisor. Look for the person who is kind, who mentors you, lifts you up.<\/p>\n

And pro-tip: kind folks are usually the most brilliant. #PhDChat<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jorge J Rodr\u00edguez V (@JJRodV) January 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n