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A few grumblings on why it does not make sense to try to speed up our literature review using ChatGPT - a little nugget of Opinions while we prepare for the next season of the podcast.

In today's episode we do a Q&A. We start with a general update on what we are working on, what is going well, and what is not going well. Then, we address the following questions that came in through the PhD Talk blog:What does your work setup look like? What does your setup look like at home and in the office, and how do you divide your time between bothHow do you take care of your mental health in academiaAdvice for transitioning in and out of academia (between academia and industry)?How can I get accepted into a PhD position?Finally, we discuss what we've enjoyed reading in this year so far, what we are listening to currently (in terms of music and podcasts), and what we particularly enjoy at the moment.References:Citavi The Making of Pro-life Activists: How Social Movement Mobilization Works - Ziad W. Munson (Chicago University Press)Kadril - La Jolie FlamandeFellowship - The Saberlight ChroniclesHaken - FaunaThe Ezra Klein PodcastWhy is this happening? - Chris HayesSelf-compassionate professorAdobe AuditionGoodway coffee

In today's episode, we interview Dr. Kalin Kiesling. She is a nuclear engineer at the Department of Energy's Argonne National Lab where she develops the software that other engineers use to design and analyze new nuclear reactor concepts. She earned her PhD in Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2022, from which she also holds a bachelors and masters in nuclear engineering. We learn about her background and career path, and how she choose to get all her degrees at the same university. We also learn about her research and the methods she used during her PhD and the programming she carries out in her job, as well as about the timeline of the PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the various milestones in the program. We also learn about how she landed her position at Argonne, and how the pandemic influenced her life values and career aspirations.Outside of her technical area in nuclear engineering, Kalin is passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the nuclear industry, broader STEM field, and academia in general. At Argonne National Lab she is on a DEI council where she advocates for her colleagues and works with leadership to make impactful changes. We learn about the state of DEI in the nuclear industry and the changes occurring in the field, as well as Kalin's best advice on how to foster DEI in STEM and academia.Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her family (husband and almost 4 year old daughter) and getting lost in one of her many hobbies (usually some form of crafting or gardening). As an academic parent of a baby, the pandemic certainly hit Kalin's research hard. We learn about Kalin's journey as an academic parent, the support provided by her university and advisor, and how her parenting journey coincided with the pandemic.We round off the episode learning about Kalin's best advice for PhD students, how she sets boundaries around work, reflecting on the impact of COVID-19 and what a day in the life looks like for her.ReferencesKalin on Twitter  Kalin on  LinkedIn 

In today's episode, we talk about special issues: what are they, what is the value of special issue, and why should you consider editing a special issue. We also discuss the caveats and increasing bad reputation on special issues related to the business model of some publishers. We look at the difference of special issues for journals directly, and those associated with events (mini symposia, session, etc). We also look at the joys and pitfalls of co-editing special issues. Next, we look at the various steps: how to propose a special issue, how to send around the call for papers, how to manage the review process, and how to wrap up everything in the end. Finally, we reflect on whether it is worth or not the time and effort of editing a special issue, and what the greatest joys are in this work.

In today's episode, we interview Emily Hoppe. Emily is a  psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner and PhD candidate at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in Baltimore, Maryland. Before starting her PhD, Emily practiced as a staff nurse and psychiatric nurse practitioner at Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Maryland for eight years. Her clinical practice focused on the mental health of young children with behavioral and emotional concerns, supporting parents, and diagnosis and treatment of children and adolescents with OCD. Before going to nursing school, Emily got a BA in English. We learn about her career path, and how she decided to return to academia while being in practice, and how she decided to go to Johns Hopkins for her PhD.Emily's research focuses on parents' adverse and childhood experiences' impact on parenting practices, and the role of neighborhood safety in parenting. We learn about her mixed methods research, and how it fits within the timeline of her PhD program. We also learn about the major milestones of the PhD program in nursing at Johns Hopkins. Emily is also an academic parent. We learn about how the birth of her child impacted her career decisions, the type of support she got as a practicing nurse, and the support system she has as a doctoral candidate and parent in her PhD program. We also discuss how the pandemic influenced her experience at the beginning of her PhD.We round off the interview with learning about Emily's best advice for doctoral candidates, how she sets boundaries around work, and what a day in the life looks like for her.References Dr. Debbie GrossJohns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins PhD program in nursing

In today's episode, Phil interviews Eva about grant writing. We learn about Eva's various sources of funding, the funding she has applied for in the past, and what has worked and what not. We also look at how helpful the feedback and grading of a proposal can be.Then, we get into our best practices for grant writing. In summary, these are:Try various different funding sourcesTry both personal and consortium grantsThink national and internationalEU funding is not impossible (although it is also really not the best-funded funding, but it is prestigious and thus good for your CV)Work with experienced grant writers in consortiumLearn from the experience of your colleaguesGet help from the grant writing office at your universityWe also look at particular advice for early career scholars on getting their research funded, and when to quit an idea. We also discuss the difference between depending on funding for our salaries versus having a tenured position where we may not need to be paying our salaries out of our project.

In today's episode, we interview Jacqueline Shaia. She is a second year PhD student at Case Western Reserve University in the Clinical Translational Science PhD program. We learn about how she decided between going into the career path of a practicing physician and researcher, and how her background shaped her choices in her research and methods.Her current work focuses on ocular disorders, especially the rare idiopathic intracranial hypertension, a vision threatening disease that mainly affects women of a reproductive age.  We learned about the disease itself, the treatment options, and how it disproportionately affects Black women.In addition to her research, Jacqueline is passionate about inspiring the next generation of scientists and showcasing the many different ways someone can have a research career. We talk about her use of social media and blogging, and the benefits of being more visible online.We round off learning about her advice for doctoral candidates, setting boundaries around work, the impact of COVID-19 on her applications and start of the PhD, and what a day in the life looks like.ReferencesJacqueline's website Jacqueline's instagram Jacqueline's TwitterInterview with Jacqueline Translational scienceCase Western Reserve UniversityClinical Translational Science PhD program.Training T32 grant within the NIH Trinetx

In today's episode, we talk about presenting at conferences. We look at what's the point of conferences in the first place, and how digital conferences can recreate the opportunities for networking (or not), and for whom.We also look at conferences as a genre, what the difference between writing a conference paper and presenting this conference paper is all about. This topic leads us into our best tips for presenting at conferences, and the use of visual information during presentations. We want to sell our research and ourselves, and have a take-home message for our audience. To round off, we find that our take home message for today's episode is that one should have a take-home message for the conference presentation.ReferencesIncrease understanding at conferences - Ep. 106Attending your first conference - Ep. 68Virtual conferences - Ep. 22

In today's episode, we talk about starting as a new faculty member. Phil interviews Eva about when she started as a faculty member at USFQ and TU Delft, and what her advice would be for new incoming faculty.We talk about how Eva found her faculty position, and how her teaching load at USFQ has changed over time. We also talk about the way in which professors are evaluated at various universities and how that reflects on how we prepare our tasks for the upcoming period of time and how we periodically reflect on our work and achievements.We also look at administrative tasks and service, and how to balance between the fact that everything gets thrown on the new faculty member and the need to find time to work on our research. Similarly, we look at what realistic expectations are for teaching material (and accepting that it won't be perfect on the first run) and setting boundaries to avoid spending too much time trying to polish things to level of perfection.

In today's episode, Eva interviews the podcast co-host for season 3: Phil Creswell. Phil has a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin, a Master of Social Sciences and a PhD from Uppsala University in Sweden. His PhD dissertation Chains of Trust: Networks of Persistent Resistance in Digital Activism is an ethnography of the hacktivist scene in (and around) Anonymous and its activism that looks at participation and collaboration in risky and costly activism online. We talk about Phil's career path so far, and what it is like to do a PhD in Sweden.His research interests have tended to coalesce around social networks and social theory. Currently, he's working on a book chapter about the Pirate Movement in Sweden, a paper with a collaborator about environmental activism, and trying to survive an intensive adjunct teaching position. We learn more about Phil's research as well as how he landed teaching positions after the PhD.He will begin a new position at the University of Gothenburg as an Assistant Professor with a focus on teaching sociology to teacher students. We learn about the process of applying for this position, and what's coming up next for Phil.He is also an increasingly distant figurehead for a highly successful metal review blog and all around nerd.

I asked ChatGPT how I can reduce my workload as a professor, and I have Some Opinions on that. Here's what AI recommended me (in italic), and what I think about that (regular).As a professor, reducing your workload can be challenging due to the many responsibilities you have. You bet, AI, there's a lot on my plate.However, here are a few tips that may help:Bring it on…Prioritize tasks: Make a list of your tasks and prioritize them based on importance and urgency. Focus on the most important tasks first. Yes, prioritizing is important – it's the only way we can make time for writing. But we need a bit more time management tools than just listing everything and adding priority categories to it. While the Urgent-Important Matrix can be helpful to evaluate how we spend our time and what we focus on, it is more a tool for evaluating if we are working on our priorities and not so much a tool that helps us to find time for these priorities.Delegate tasks: If you have teaching assistants or administrative staff, delegate tasks to them to reduce your workload. I don't have TAs nor RAs. Administrative staff can help, but only for booking rooms, invoicing and other things the central system wouldn't allow me to do anyway – so they don't really reduce the workload.Streamline your teaching methods: Look for ways to make your teaching more efficient, such as using technology or group work. I agree that streamlining teaching is important. I use checklists to do everything that needs to be done at the beginning of the semester and before classes start. Technology can help, but it can take a while to learn new tools and set these things up – so a new tool is not a direct remedy for the workload. I'm not sure how group work reduce the work load of a professor – except if it means less reports to grade (but the win is only marginal I think). Set boundaries: Establish clear boundaries with your students and colleagues, such as office hours and response times, to reduce the amount of time spent on email or other administrative tasks. AI, you have no idea how many emails I get. I also don't know how setting boundaries is going to help me reduce the amount of time spent on replying emails – stuff needs to be addressed anyway, right?Take care of yourself: Make sure to take breaks, exercise regularly, and maintain a healthy work-life balance to reduce stress levels and increase productivity. Hear hear – but maintaining that healthy work-life balance is rather hard when the workload is high.Seek support: Consider joining a peer mentoring program or working with a professional mentor to help you manage your workload more effectively. My first reaction is that most programs just take time and don't address the root cause of the problem, which is understaffing in higher education as a result of neoliberal budget cuts.Re-evaluate your workload: Regularly review and assess your workload to see if there are any tasks that can be removed or streamlined to reduce the amount of time spent working. Indeed, we can optimize some time here, by leaning out of some service work – but when it comes to research and teaching, the project deadlines still need to be met and the exams all still need to get graded.What do you think? Did ChatGPT give me good advice on how to reduce my workload?

When are growing into a position of becoming an independent scholar, an important element is to start new collaborations. You are no longer expected to work exclusively with your colleagues at your institution or with your former supervisor. You are expected instead to spread your wings and develop new collaborations.Unless you are planning to shut the door behind you and work in solitude for the rest of your days, it will become necessary to reach out to colleagues worldwide who have skills that are required in certain projects. Initiating international networks and collaborations is also important for your publications: it is generally considered positive if you get the opportunity to publish with colleagues from different institutions. So how do you initiate and build international collaborations? Do you buy a plane ticket to a colleague whose work you've read, and just barge into his/her office to make your colleague an offer for collaboration that he/she can't refuse? There's no need for such drastic ways, and there are a variety of ways indeed in which you can start working across institutions and across borders. Below, you can find a number of ideas to get started:1. Reach out to colleaguesThe colleagues you've met several times at conferences over the past years and had good talks are potential collaborators. If you have a chance to talk to one of your colleagues at a conference, propose to work on a topic together. Don't be vague, but propose a topic that is of your mutual interest, that combines both your skills. Make sure you've read some of the work of your potential collaborator, so that you have a good grasp of what he/she has been working on recently. If you want to start small, propose to write a conference paper on a certain topic first, and then see where the results take you. If the collaboration is pleasant, you can consider to apply for funding for a joint project.2. Reach out after reading a paperIf you've read an interesting paper, go ahead and reach out to the author to ask further questions. If the author proposes an interesting method, you can ask for supplementary material and suggest to implement this method to your results, and develop a publication together. You'd be surprised how often fellow researchers react enthusiastically. Don't feel disappointed if the author gets back to you making it clear that he/she does not want to share additional thoughts and insights on the topic – if that's the attitude of this person, you won't have a good collaboration anyway. 3. Service appointments An excellent way of starting international collaborations is through service appointments, and in particular through technical committees. As technical committees develop technical documents, you get the opportunity to publish these documents either as committee documents, or by working in smaller task groups. If you are in your early career, don't let an opportunity slide to work on technical documents (provided that you have the time, and can deliver what you promised). Working in technical committees also gives you an opportunity to interact with colleagues from different institutions directly. .../...Full post here

In today's episode, I answer the following questions:- How much time does it take to write a paper?- How can you remain focused on writing a paper over weeks on end?- How can you quickly pull together a conference paper when the deadline is near?This episode is loosely based on:- How to write a paper in two days- How much time does it take to write a paper?

In this episode, I talk about good habits to develop during the PhD, the post-doc years, and the tenure track years.You can find the associated posts here:- Good habits to develop during the PhD- Good habits to develop as a post-doc- Good habits to develop on the tenure-track

Another bonus episode!We've all been in this awful situation: you need to write a paper or work on a chapter of your dissertation, but 20 minutes pass, and you can't write anything. You go surf the internet for a little bit, return to your white screen and blinking cursor, and quickly get sucked into the internet again. Suddenly it is 5pm and you have not done anything. An entire day wasted without doing anything…Writer's block – it can strike us all at any given time. If you feel that your writing is not moving anywhere, don't sit through the day hoping that things will change. Take action, make some course-corrections, and save the remaining hours of your day.Here is a list of 30 things you can try to get your juices flowing again:1. Reuse some old materialYour first draft is not the paper that you are going to submit. Feel free to copy and paste some material from a previous paper or report, and start from there. I usually write down the research steps that I followed in a research report, and use that as the rough basis for my papers. Not using research reports? How about browsing through your lab book and just typing out some of the material that is in there? You will edit later anyway.2. Go for a walkIf you look at the habits of highly creative people from the past, you will see that almost all of them made time to go for a walk and sort out their thoughts during the day. So, leave your desk and enjoy a brisk walk around campus.3. Try pen and paper insteadAre the internetz distracting you too much? Why not ditching the text processor software, and writing by hand? Some (older) researchers still write their papers entirely by hand first, and then either type up the material themselves or give it to a secretary/typist. Since most of us don't have a typist handy, you might have to type it up afterwards, but really, just typing goes super fast. Typing is a different action than writing.4. Talk out loudStuck on forming sentences? Why don't you try talking out loud instead? Talk to a friend or office mate, or even an imaginary friend and explain what your paper is going to be about. Try the same technique when you can't find the right words for a sentence: just talk out loud: “What I want to say here in my own words is,… “..../...Full post on PhD Talk

In today's episode, I share my methods for staying engaged with the presentations at conferences.Here are my seven strategies:Schedule smart: We all have a maximum capacity of how much learning we can do without a break, and how much learning we can do in a day. Ideally, we have this information available because we know how we study. If not, run an experiment at a conference and track your attention per half hour increments. When do you start to have difficulties staying with the presenter? How many hours of listening on a day can you stomach? Then, use this information to plan which sessions and presentations you will attend.Take notes: For me, taking notes is key. I've learned over the years that taking notes by hand (or on a tablet with pencil) works best, as I like sketching things and drawing arrows in my notes. Typing out notes works much less for me.Think of questions: To engage more with the contents, you can think of questions you'd want to ask the presenter. You don't need to actually ask these questions, but just identifying questions will already help you understand the material at a different level.Relate to research: Try to find out how this research is interesting for your research. Are the findings directly relevant for your work? Is the methodology something that can inspire you? Could you use this information for teaching?Note down action items: What will you do with what you've learned? Maybe you want to try out the methodology they propose on your data, or check their test results against your model, or maybe you want to read the full paper after the conference. Jot down at least one action item for each presentation, and put this task on your schedule for after the conference.Follow up: If a presentation is particularly interesting for you, go talk to the presenter afterwards or send them a follow-up email after the conference. As you get to talk more about their research, you'll gain an even deeper understanding of the work and its implications.Sleep: If you want to be fresh and able to learn, get enough sleep. Getting enough rest at a conference can be particularly challenging if the social program runs late into the enough. I will often have to make a conscious choice between attending an early session and attending a dinner, to make sure I don't get too drowsy for the actual conference. I also try to add a buffer day when I have a difference in timezone between home and the conference to adjust to the jetlag (and to have a buffer in case something goes wrong with the flights).This episode is based on an earlier blog post.

I've found what really works for me to write an abstract in roughly 30 minutes. As I was googling “How to write an abstract” in the past, I came across this article by Philip Koopman which caught my attention.What I most like about this website is the questions it has in the different sections your abstract should contain:Motivation: Why do we care about the problem and the results?Problem statement: What problem are you trying to solve?Approach: How did you go about solving or making progress on the problem? Did you use simulation, analytic models, prototype construction, or analysis of field data for an actual product?Results: What's the answer?Conclusions: What are the implications of your answer? Is it going to change the world (unlikely), be a significant “win”, be a nice hack, or simply serve as a road sign indicating that this path is a waste of time (all of the previous results are useful)? In fact, whenever I now write an abstract, I simply copy and paste these questions into a new document. Then I start answering them one by one. Sometimes I just talk out loud and write it down. Style and grammar don't matter to me at that point – I just need to get the ideas out first. These answers then make up the first draft of my abstract. I simply delete the questions, and print out this first version. At that point, I start manipulating the abstract into a readable text, in correct English (as good as possible in my case), and making sure the entire piece flows from its starting point and background description towards the results and conclusions.Do you have a method which helps you to write abstracts?

A very quick bonus episode today to thank all of those who made season 2 possible!

In today's episode, we interview Jenny Orlando-Salling. Jenny is a PhD Fellow in Law at the University of Copenhagen.  Originally from Malta, Jenny has lived, studied and worked in a number of countries eventually settling down in Copenhagen, Denmark where she raises her children. Prior to her PhD, Jenny served as a diplomat in Brussels (at the EU) and Egypt. She holds degrees in Law and Political Science from UCL and the LSE.  We talk about her career path, and how she returned to academia after a number of years in the foreign service. We also zoom in to her PhD program, which is combined with an LLM, and the structure of this program, as well as its requirements with regard to courses, teaching, international fellowship, and other milestones in the program.Jenny's research focuses on colonialism in EU Law. We learn about how her experience as a diplomat shaped her research interests, as well as how the experience of always being on-call as a diplomat influenced how she set boundaries around work when she returned to academia. Jenny is currently pregnant with her third child and has two daughters (a four year old and a 10 month old). She is married. We learn about her experience as an academic parent, and the differences in support she experienced as a new parent in the foreign service and as a parent pursuing a PhD at a university in Denmark.To round off, we learn her best advice for PhD students, how Jenny sets boundaries to her work, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on her research and PhD, and what a day in the life looks like for her.ReferencesJenny's TwitterReimagining a European ConstitutionUnderstanding Identity and the Legacy of Empire in European Constitutionalism: The Case of Hungary

In today's episode, we interview Dr. Malorie Albee. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Northern Michigan University with a PhD from Ohio State University. We learn about her career path, and the various moves she and her family have made over the course of the past years. We learn about the PhD program at Ohio State, and the structure of coursework, candidacy exam, proposal, and dissertation. We were surprised to learn about the written part of the candidacy exam, which requires the candidates to write five 20-page essays between Monday 8am and Friday 5pm of the exam week.She studies the bioarchaeology of the human foot skeleton. We learn about what the bones in skeletal feet can teach us about the impact of our sedentary lifestyles, and why bioarchaeologists have perhaps not spent as much time on exploring this part of skeletal remains. We talk about Malorie's experience in applying for a job after the PhD: when she started to apply, the type of positions she applied for, and what the campus interview is like for the academic positions she interviewed for. Malorie also has a 6-year-old son, and we discuss how her experience as an academic parent has shaped some of the work she has done in her campus community: from advocating for lactation spaces that are not on the other end of campus, to setting an example as a mother and academic to her son and others. We round off with her best advice for PhD candidates, how she sets boundaries to work, the impact of COVID-19 on her PhD and data collection, and what a day looks like in the life for her.ReferencesDiagnosing tarsal coalition in medieval ExeterTarsal metric trends over the Medieval-Post-Medieval transition in London

In today's episode, we interview Maria Balaet. Maria is a computational neuroscientist at Imperial College London (final PhD year).  We learn about how she has wanted to become a scientist from a very young age and how she achieved moving from Romania to the UK for her studies.Her research focuses on using large scale cognitive testing and machine learning methods for understanding how cognitive processes differ relative to the general population in people affected by neurological conditions or who are drug users. We learn about the methods she has used in her research, and how her methods were adjusted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Maria is also a mentor for In2Science UK, teaches and supervises students part of the Imperial College London Translational and Experimental Neuroscience Masters courses. We learn more about the PhD program at Imperial College and the tasks PhD candidates typically take on.Maria is very passionate about public engagement with science, having delivered over two dozen public lectures across the UK just in the past three months. She also worked as a scientist for the TV show the Family Brain Games. We learn about her experience working on the TV show and giving public lectures, and how this engagement has made her PhD experience richer.We also learn from Maria's experience as an academic mother, and how she has been balancing motherhood and her research during the pandemic.Finally, we learn about her best advice for PhD candidates, how she sets boundaries to work, the impact of COVID-19 on her research, and what a day in the life looks like for her.ReferencesFind Maria on TwitterMaria's profile  

In today's episode, we first catch up on what we are working on, what is currently going well, and what we are currently struggling with.Then, we dive into the four questions that we received to address:In the spirit of the Holidays: How can one just unplug from work? I used to say there is no holidays for grad students”, but that is bad work culturesWhat is your WFH setup?How can you attract differently-abled people to work for you?Which country provides maximum employment after a PhD degree?We also discuss which books we enjoyed reading in 2022, and what we are currently appreciating.ReferencesThe Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre DumasThis tender land - William Kent KruegerLauren Groff - MatrixHela Haasse - OeroegHaruki Murakami - Norwegian wood 

In today's episode, we interview Jen Loch.  She grew up in Florida (USA) which encouraged her focus on a profession in marine science from a young age. She completed her B.S. in Biology from Florida State University, and M.S. in Marine Biology through the Three Seas Program at Northeastern University. She completed her PhD in conservation biology at the University of Central Florida. We learn more about the PhD program she followed, and the milestones along the way. In between her masters and doctorate, she spent several years teaching biology at local colleges, worked at an aquarium, and as a biologist for a local government.  We talk about her career path and how it took a while for all conditions to line up for her to get started with a PhDJen's research has focused on predatory fishes and their habitats, as well as how they are influenced by anthropogenic pressures (e.g., fishing and habitat alteration). We learn about her research, how she used fieldwork, and some of her main insights.She is married to her husband of 11 years and they have two daughters, who were born during the course of their doctorates, and are now 3 and 5 years old. We learn about their experience being doctoral candidates with children, the support Jen's university offered, and how she combines academia and parenting.Finally, we will hear Jen's best advice for PhD candidates, how she sets boundaries around work, the impact of COVID-19 on her doctorate, and what a day look likes in the life for her.

In today's episode, we look back on 2022 on a month-by-month basis. We reflect on what we have learned this year, what we would have done differently in hindsight, and what we hope to change in 2023. Finally, we also look at what we have upcoming as major milestones in 2023.

In today's episode, we interview Chantelle Taylor. Chantelle is a second year Phd student at Loughborough university. She is the mother of 3 boys and uses her experiences of mothering as a springboard for her research. We learn how motherhood influenced her choices with regard to studying, and going for a PhD, as well as how her research is influenced by her own experiences with postnatal depression. We also learn about the institutional and personal support she has received from her university as a mother, and as a mother of children with additional needs.Chantelle's interest in self reflexivity and autoethnography as well as her critique of what it means to be a mother has led her to a fascination of challenging the unchallenged both in terms of motherhood and good academic research. We learn about the methods she uses for her research, and the entanglement of feelings of adequacy surrounding doing a PhD and motherhood.We also learn more about the length and format of the PhD at Loughborough, and how the annual review takes place.Finally, we round off with learning about Chantelle's best advice for PhD candidates, how she sets boundaries around work, how COVID-19 impacted her daily work, and what a day looks like in the life for her.ReferencesLoughborough UniversityChantelle's Twitter profile

In today's episode, we talk about how to decide on where to publish or present research. We first look at how we decide whether work is suitable for a conference paper or a journal paper.Then, we zoom in further on conferences. We discuss the differences between big and small conferences, how many conferences to shoot for on a yearly basis, and how to get funding to attend conferences. We also learn from Sarah's and Eva's past experiences.Then, we look at journal papers. We discuss how to select the right journal, how to identify the right audience for a paper, and look into the discussion on publishing open access or not. We also discuss when we know when work is ready to be sent to a journal, and Eva shares how she usually works with her PhD candidates through various versions of a manuscript. 

In today's episode, we interview Charles Grimm. Charles is an assistant professor of English at Georgia Highlands College and a Ph.D. candidate at Georgia State University. Charles uses a heavy focus on literacy and metacognition in his two-semester composition courses. We talk about his career path, and the unique insights he gained as a PhD candidate while also teaching at a community college.His dissertation focuses on the levels of oppression present in current ideas of "Authorship," especially as practiced with freelance ghostwriters and first-year composition students. We learn about the methods he used for his research, and the findings about the perception of credibility of writing depending on who it is attributed to.He has been married to his best friend for 13 years and they are raising two children the best they can to live life and each other. We talk about when during his career and PhD the children were born, and what his experience of being an academic parent has been - especially with a newborn during the COVID-19 pandemic.Finally, we hear from Charles about his best advice for PhD candidates, how he sets boundaries around work, how COVID-19 impacted his work and daily tasks, and what a day in the life looks likeReferencesThe rise of writing: redefining mass literacy - Deborah BrandtThe ghostwritten op-ed: an unacceptable deception - Dan Gillmor Secrets of a Ghostwriter: The Step-By-Step Guide to Mastering the Theory, Skills, and Politics of Ghostwriting - Claudia SuzanneLove is blind

In today's episode, we talk about academic commutes. Sarah lives in Amsterdam and works in Brussels (and also stays in Brussels during parts of the week) and Eva divides her time between Quito and Delft. We talk about the practical aspects of our commutes, and how we divide our time between both places. We discuss what has changed over the years and what the impact of COVID-19 has been.Then, we look at our experience with working in two places: the strategies we use for working at distance, the strategies we use for working at two places, and what some of the challenges are when working and living in different countries.

In today's episode, we interview Dr. Cathy Mazak. Cathy was a tenured, full professor when she founded a writing-focused professional development company for women and nonbinary academics. Cathy and her team are dedicated to changing the way that academics leverage writing and publication to create the careers and lives they want through courses and group coaching programs. We learn from her experience in how she pivoted from being a tenured full professor to a business owner, as well as her focus in her business on empower academic womxn and the ways in which academia tends to thwart the progress of those of minorities.She has a PhD from Michigan State University and is the editor of several scholarly collections and the author of numerous textbooks and academic journal articles. In her work as a professor at The University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez she attracted external funding for her work in bilingualism and higher education and co-founded a research center. We learn from her experience in how she crafted her PhD research journey towards her position at The University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez and how she could get her dream job after her PhD.Her popular podcast, Academic Writing Amplified, teaches how to use writing to resist the racist, ableist, patriarchal culture of academia. She is the author of Making Time to Write: How to Resist the Patriarchy and Take Control of Your Academic Career Through Writing - part manifesto and part writing advice book, and we get to hear Cathy's advice on how to decide which writing projects to take on.Finally, we learn about Cathy's experience as an academic mother of three and how she balanced academia and motherhood, as well as her best advice for PhD candidates, how she sets boundaries to work, how COVID-19 impacted her work, and what a day in the life looks like for her.ReferencesCathy Mazak's websiteMaking Time to Write: How to Resist the Patriarchy and Take Control of Your Academic Career Through Writing Academic Writing AmplifiedNavigate - course for writingAmplify - pre-tenure programElevate - post-tenure programAcademic mission statement CalendlyAcuity

In today's episode, we talk about finding time for reading and writing throughout the PhD, and as a faculty member. We look at how we can stay up to date with the literature after finishing the literature review, and how to write regularly.We share the strategies we use, and how these strategies may evolve over time.References:- Ep. 54: Interview with Dr. Anna Clemens

In today's episode, we interview Dr. Rasheda Weaver, who turned her dissertation into a business. Rasheda is one of the world's leading experts on social and commercial entrepreneurship. She conducted the first large-scale empirical study on the social, economic, and legal activities of social enterprises in the United States and is the Founder of Weaver's Social Enterprise Directory, Inc. As a Professor, she has taught entrepreneurship to over 1,000 students globally. She served as the first Assistant Professor for the Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation that was established with a $15 million donation at Iona College in 2017, helping to build its teaching, research, and service foundation. We learn in the interview how she transitioned from her faculty position to her business, as well as how the skills she learned during her PhD helped her start a business. We also hear from her about the skills she acquired as an entrepreneur which she had not developed in academia. Dr. Weaver's forthcoming textbook is entitled “Social Entrepreneurship: A Practical Introduction.” It is being considered a seminal work in the field of social entrepreneurship and will be published in January 2023. We talk about the book itself, her research and writing process, as well as finding a publishing deal.Rasheda is also an academic parent, and we talk about when her children were born during her research career and how she balance research and motherhood. We round off with her best advice for PhD candidates, setting boundaries to work, the impact of COVID-19, and what a day in the life looks like for her.ReferencesWeaver's Social Enterprise DirectoryRasheda's website5-day online bootcamp Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship and InnovationSocial Entrepreneurship: A Practical Introduction.Raul Pacheco-VegaGet a life, PhDThe most powerful weapon on earth is a human soul on fireBusiness instagramPersonal instagramWinter always comes: Social enterprises in times of crisis. Introduction: Social entrepreneurship education special issue. Putting the commercial in social enterprise education: Employing the for-profit to nonprofit business model in the classroom. Facilitating business online: The utilization, benefits, and challenges of online social enterprise directories. The impact of COVID-19 on the social enterprise sector. 

In today's episode, we do a Q&A. We start with discussing what we currently are working on, what is going well, and what we are struggling with. Then, we address the following questions from readers:- How can I select the right journal for my article?- How do you handle recommendation letters, and what if the student is not good?- Postdoctoral research- How to develop technical writing?- Will you start a podcast for MSc students in civil engineering?We round off by discussing books we've enjoyed reading this year, as well as our love of the moment.ReferencesTranscendent Kingdom - Yaa Gyasi Sunken red _ Jeroen BrouwersA Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life - George Saunders Crying in H-mart - Michelle ZaunerA visit from the goon squad - Jennifer Egan

In today's episode, Eva interviews Dr. Gayannée Kedia. Gaya is a researcher and teacher in psychology and neuroscience at the University of Graz, Austria. She owns degrees in biology and psychology and has worked for several universities in France, the UK, Germany, and Austria. Parallel to her academic activity, she works as a writing coach and scientific trainer. She is also the founder of abrilliantmind.blog, a blog aimed at helping scientists be more productive and happier at work.We talk about Gaya's career trajectory and research path, and how she came to teach workshops on academic writing as well as blogging. We then zoom in on the common difficulties PhD candidates encounter with academic writing and productivity in general, and what supervisors can do to better support their candidates. We also hear from Gaya about her best tips for academic writing and productivity, as well as her best tip for PhD candidates.Finally, we hear about how she integrates work and life, how COVID-19 impacted her work, and what a typical day in the life looks like for her (even though she does not have typical days).ReferencesGaya's blogGaya's portal at the University of GrazGaya's FacebookGaya's TwitterGaya's InstagramGaya's YouTubeGaya's LinkedInTranquillity by Tuesday: 9 Ways to Calm the Chaos and Make Time for What Matters - Laura Vanderkam168 hours: You have more time than you think - Laura VanderkamFocusmate

In today's episode, we look at Sarah's expectations for the second year of her PhD, and what her main points of action and milestones will be. We look a bit further at the process of getting ethics approval at her university, and her plans for data collection. We also get an update on her proposal, and what getting this funding would mean for her for the rest of her PhD years.We then look at the second year from a bit of a broader perspective: how is it different from the first year, and what are some of the common struggles in the second year of the PhD. We also talk about the famous two-year dip, and how COVID-19 has disrupted this (or not).Finally, we look at what Eva remembers from her second year (which was 12 years ago). As she started to use a simple planning system in MS Word (with things she wanted to achieve on a monthly and weekly basis, as well as a log of what she did), she was able to browse these files and refresh her memories of what she did during the second year.ReferencesData collection - Ep. 72Data management, as part of the interview with Dr. Lena Karvovskaya - Ep. 45Defending a proposal - Ep. 84The valley of shit, or the dips of the PhD

In this week's episode, we interview Malwina Gudowska.  Malwina is a Polish-Canadian writer and linguist based in London, UK. Her academic background includes a BA in International Relations, a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism and the Columbia Publishing Course. In 2018, she completed an MA in Linguistics at University College London and is now pursuing a PhD in Applied Linguistics at Birkbeck, University of London. Her research focuses on the emotionality and emotional communication of mothers raising multilingual children.We talk about her career path, and how she moved from journalism to linguistics, and how this change was intertwined with her parenting journey. We also learn more about how she combines her work as a journalist and her part-time PhD studies, while also parenting. We dive deeper into multilingual parenting, and our own experiences with this topic, as well as the institutional and emotional support Malwina observed (or not) when her children were born.References Malwina's websiteMalwina's instagramMalwina on LinkedInMalwina on TwitterBirkbeck, University of LondonOne parent one languageA Mother's tongue: The complexity of raising multilingual children

In today's episode, we talk about doctoral defenses. We start by looking at the differences between defenses in the Netherlands and Belgium, and then we zoom into the defenses we have attended (and, in Eva's case, her own defense experience). We look at the various functions defenses in their different formats have.Then, we look at some findings from the research on effective methods to prepare for the defense, how Eva prepares to be a committee member, and what has changed as a result of COVID-19.ReferencesHow to prepare for a doctoral defensePlanning and passing for your defense: a global toolbox for success

In today's episode, we interview Dr. Nathan Henton. He completed his PhD in Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication at the University of Memphis in the U.S. state of Tennessee in 2019 while teaching full-time at a small, private university in the state of Arkansas.  Nathan's teaching emphasis was first-year writing and linguistics, and his research focused on writing pedagogy and writing program evaluation. W  We learn about his career path and what it was like to combine teaching and doing a PhD. We also zoom in on the field of Writing Studies, and the research Nathan carried out for his PhD.He raised two young children during his PhD years. We learn about his experience as an academic parent (or should we say: academic family), and what he has learned from juggling these various roles.He has worked outside academia for the last year, currently as a paralegal at a small immigration law firm. We talk about the shift from academia to industry, and what helped Nathan find a position in industry.Finally, we talk about what a day in the life looks life, the impact of COVID-19 on his work and daily life, his best advice for PhD candidates, and how to set boundaries.ReferencesNathan Henton on LinkedInNathan Henton on TwitterSouth Mississippi writing projectThe History of English as a Tool for Teaching GrammarThe development of writing studies in the US

In today's episode, Eva catches up with Sarah as she is preparing to defend her proposal for funding for her research. We start with a recap of the proposed project and the steps in the process of obtaining the funding. Then we look at how Sarah is preparing to defend her proposal: how she is preparing for her presentation and how she is preparing to answer questions. We learn about the practice defenses she has been using to practice.Finally, we look at some of the practical aspects that can go wrong (such as national strikes with the trains), which led to Sarah traveling a day in advance to Brussels.ReferencesWriting a research proposal  - Ep. 56

In today's episode, we interview Dr. Heather Walker. She is a senior people scientist at Culture Amp, who recently switched from academia to industry. She has a PhD in disability studies from the university of Illinois at Chicago.We learn about Heather's career path - from the PhD in Chicago via being an instructor at the University of Utah and a social scientist at the health system to her current position at Culture Amp. We talk about how she is using her research skills in her current job, and how she navigated the transition from academia to the industry.Next, we talk about Heather's experience as a person with diabetes - how she experienced her studies, her PhD, and her work (as an academic and currently). We also talk about how universities can welcome their disabled and chronically ill students and faculty. Then, we learn about Heather's parenting journey and how it was interwoven with her academic career, and the COVID-19 pandemic. We learn about the support she received from her university, and how she worked for a long period of time without childcare.Finally, we round off with her best advice for PhD candidates, how she sets boundaries to work, the impact of COVID-19, and what a day in the life looks like for her.ReferencesThe Chronic Scholar blogHeather's LinkedinUniversity of UtahUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoSaaS Software as a ServiceCulture AmpUngrading - Susan BlumCreating accessible teaching materials

In today's episode we talk about teaching. We start from the practical aspect of teaching loads and the various contracts PhD candidates tend to have (and the role of teaching in these contracts), as well as the various teaching assignments that faculty members can get. We learn about Sarah's experience and expectations with regard to teaching during her PhD and Eva's various teaching loads over the years.Eva also shares the main lessons she has learned over the years: to balance teaching and active learning activities, to provide the same idea in different formats, and to understand that every group is different and what works one semester or in one country may not work in a different time or place.We round off by looking at what we learned from teaching online and what we will take into the classroom.ReferencesEp. 24 - Online teachingPhD Talk for AcademicTransfer: 10 Ways for more Efficient TeachingThe first semester of teaching, and my current struggles (Eva's blog post from 2014)

In today's episode of the podcast, we interview Raghavi Viswanath. She is a PhD researcher at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence and also works as a senior research associate at the Public International Law and Policy Group in Amsterdam, a consultant for cultural rights collectives in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, and a lecturer in human rights law at the University of East London, as well as a careers coach at the St. Anne's college in Oxford and  a moot court mentor.We learn about Raghavi's career path and PhD research, as well as what the PhD is like at her university and how far along the journey she currently is. Since she is also our first guest doing a PhD in law, we learn a bit more about the different doctoral degrees in law, and in particular the difference between the JD and PhD in law. We also look at the future prospects of those who select this doctoral journey, and what Raghavi has learned so far on her doctoral journey.We round off the episode learning about a day in the life of Raghavi, the impact of COVID-19 on her PhD and daily tasks, her best advice, and how she sets boundaries around workReferencesEUI University of East LondonOn the northbound gaze, see Mogobe Ramose, ‘“African Renaissance”: A Northbound Gaze' (2000) 19:3 Politeia 47, at 47-61.On breaking form/genre/language conventions, see Gloria Anzaldua, Borderlands/La Frontera (2nd ed., Aunt Lute Books, 1999). See also Mackda Ghebremariam Tesfau and Marie Moise's Italian translation of Grada Kilombo's Plantation Memories for disrupting language conventions.  On the Irulars, the semi-nomadic community, see Thanaraj, ‘Jai Bhim Portrays The Injustices Faced By The Irular Tribe Of Tamil Nadu, But Who Are They?', Adivasi Lives Matter, 19 November 2021On the need to visibly center collaborative praxis in academia, see this thread by Rohini Sen.  Some scholars are compiling a resource on caring as a research ethic/methodOn challenging Eurocentric epistemologies, see this interactive Walking Together guide put together to incorporate First Nations, Metis, and Inuit perspectives into the University of Alberta curriculumOn Global North scholars ceding space, see Dr. Ibram X Kendi's How to Be an Antiracist (One World, 2019). See also Dr. Tara Van Ho's scathing twitter thread  Scholars whose work on working against Eurocentric epistemologies, decolonizing curricula and academia which have really inspired me: Lotika Sarkar, Gayatri Spivak, Foluke Adebisi, and Clelia Rodriguez, amongst others.Devon Price  - Laziness does not exist

In today's episode, we do a Q&A session. Before diving into the questions, we give a general update on what we are working on currently, what is going well, and what we are struggling with.Then, we answer a number of questions from our listeners. The first question deals with how to select a research problem. The second set of questions deals with writing the review of a paper - how to write a good review, what to include in the review, and how much time we spend on reviewing papers. The third set of questions deals with motivation: if we should have a lot of energy to do a PhD, and how to find motivation for the PhD during the summer time.We round off today's episode with what we are currently "loving". ReferencesHow to select a thesis topicHow to review a paper

In today's episode, we look at how we prepare for an upcoming semester. Eva explains which tasks she usually carried out before each semester, in terms of getting all material ready for teaching and in terms of planning.We dive further into the topic of reflection on progress, and how often we (would like to) do so. A monthly review may be over a time frame that is too short for the nature of research. But when we don't teach, we also don't really feel the structure of the semesters.Finally, we also discuss how each semester is different, and how the semester itself has its ebb and flow.ReferencesPlanning a pandemic semesterEva's weekly template from Spring 2022Eva's semester prep task list

In today's episode, we talk about holidays, taking time off, and boundaries around work. First, we look at the regulations different universities have around taking time off for their PhD candidates and faculty. Then, we discuss how we take time off and how we disconnect from work. Finally, we discuss how we set boundaries around work, some "rules" we have for ourselves with regard to boundaries, and how our boundaries may have changed over time.

In today's episode, we interview Dr. Martijn Molenaar. Martijn obtained his bachelors in Chemistry/Life Science in the Netherlands in 2006. After that, he worked in industry for a while as a lab technician, after which he moved to Utrecht University for a position as research technician. He fell in love with science and transitioned from technician to PhD candidate at Utrecht University. Martijn tells us about his experience and his perhaps unconventional career path.During his PhD, Martijn studied the role of lipids in liver health and disease. He studied how the fat-soluble vitamin A is stored in liver cells and also built a computational pipeline to analyze lipidomics data. Martijn tells us about his research, and how he followed his interest to go from bench-focused research to computational work.To further his interest in computational biology, Martijn did his postdoc at EMBL in Heidelberg (Germany) between June 2020 and June 2022. By chance, we interviewed Martijn on the final day of his postdoc. In the interview, he reflects on his experience during the postdocs and his next step, back in the Netherlands, where he will start as a project leader in data science research at an applied university.Martijn is also an academic parent. His son was born in summer 2019, so he navigated writing his PhD thesis and being a new parent. Moreover, he got the chance to work part-time (4 days a week) when his son was born. We talk about what it is like to work part-time to get an extra day a week to spend with your child, and how to manage the workload while being part-time.Finally, we round of the interview with Martijn's best advice for PhD students, what a day in the life looks like, how to set boundaries, and the impact of COVID-19 on his work and daily tasks.ReferencesFind Martijn on TwitterMartijn's publications Retinyl esters form lipid droplets independently of triacylglycerol and seipin:  biochemistry/cell biology of vitamin A storage in liverLION/web: a web-based ontology enrichment tool for lipidomic data analysis: a web-tool that we built to perform lipidomics analysisLipidontology websiteUtrecht university EMBL HeidelbergLipidomicsMolecular dynamics

In today's episode, we talk about how we plan our days, and how our summers may be different from the rest of the years.We discuss when we decide what needs to be done when, the various levels of planning we use, and what a typical day or week looks like for us.

In today's episode, we interview Dr. Marta Porniece Kumar. Marta by training is a neuroscientist and currently in a wrap-up Postdoc phase at the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research. During her doctoral and current postdoctoral research phase in a strategic partnership with industry she is excited to understand how hormones access the brain to control systemic metabolism and ultimately lay the foundation for development of brain-specific targets to treat obesity and diabetes. In this episode, Marta tells us more about her PhD research, what it was like to do a PhD in partnership with industry, and what the structure of her PhD program looked like.Since 2018 she has been actively involved in Max Planck PhDNet network at different roles and working on several career related projects, e.g. raising sponsorship funds for N2 event in 2019, hosting online web-series talks with speakers and alumni of MPS, being founding member of Career Evolution web series, and leading the Career Development & Conference working group. At the end of her PhD she continued the momentum and brought her experience and network into Max Planck PostdocNet, where she now serves as a spokesperson. In the interview, Marta tells us about how they pivoted to very successful online events during COVI-19.Marta enjoys exploring new places and spaces through running, she regularly competes with her colleagues at the local running events. Lastly, she balances her research and voluntarily work with parenthood of two school-aged children and is currently working on solidifying the next steps in her career. We talk about her experience as an academic parent of primary-school-aged children, and the support she appreciated as a parent during her PhD.We round off the interview with the questions we ask all our interviewees about their best advice to PhD candidates, how to set boundaries to work, how COVID-19 impacted their work, and what a day in the life looks like.ReferencesFind Marta on LinkedInFind Marta on TwitterMax Planck Institute for Metabolism Research websiteMax Planck Institute for Metabolism Research on TwitterPhDNet on TwitterPhDNet on LinkedInMax Planck PhD Net Career Development & Conference working groupPhD Net websitePostdocNet on Twitter PostdocNet on LinkedINPostdocNet websiteLearn more about Marta's researchFamily trees of scientists in neuroscienceNovo Nordisk

In today's episode, we talk about supervision: both from the perspective of developing a good relationship as a PhD candidate with your supervisor, and from the perspective of being a good supervisor (as a PhD candidate) for master's students.We talk about the importance of setting clear expectations, and getting to know the working style of your supervisor so that you can work together optimally.  We also look at realistic expectations for how and when to receive feedback, as well as strategies for effective communication with your supervisor and as a supervisor,  as well as methods for having fruitful supervision meetings that both touch upon the contents of the research and the overall progress.Then, we look at the topic of feedback: how to give feedback, and how to receive feedback. Finally, we look at how conflicts result in supervision relationships, how such conflicts can be solved, and what to do when the conflict cannot be solved.ReferencesSupervision issues - Ep. 18

In today's episode, we interview Dr. Chrysan Mohammed. Chrysan is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Global Medical Affairs and Scientific Evidence at Johnson and Johnson Vision Care in Jacksonville Fl. She obtained her PhD in Molecular Medicine from The University of Toledo, College of Medicine and Life Sciences.We learn about Chrysan's career path before the PhD, how she applied and got into a PhD program, her experience during the PhD as well as what the PhD program is like at The University of Toledo, and how she then landed her post-doctoral fellowship in exactly her field of interest. She also gives us insights into doing a lab-based PhD, and how she found the lab she wanted to work in. Finally, we look at how the skills she learned during her PhD are essential to her current work.At the end, we round off with the questions we ask all our interviewees: on the impact of COVID-19 on Chrysan's research and personal life, her best advice for PhD students, how she sets boundaries to work, and what a day in the life looked like for her during the PhD.ReferencesUniversity of ToledoA PON for All Seasons: Comparing Paraoxonase Enzyme Substrates, Activity and Action including the Role of PON3 in Health and DiseaseTargeted Disruption of Paraoxonase 3 in a Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rat Model of Chronic Kidney Disease Increases Renal Cortical Pro-Inflammatory EicosanoidsParaoxonase-3 Regulation of Cardiotonic Steroids Mediates Renal Injury and Dysfunction in a Dahl Salt Sensitive Model of Chronic Kidney DiseaseCirculating lactonase activity but not protein level of PON-1 predicts adverse outcomes in subjects with chronic kidney disease

In today's episode, we learn about Sarah's preparation for the data collection of her PhD. We talk first about the research itself and the research question that the experiments will address. Then, we address the data collection methods that she will use, and the tools she will use for the data collection. We dive a bit deeper into the participant recruitment, which is of particular importance in Sarah's experiment.Then, we look into things to consider: data management, and ethics approval, which are also important elements of the preparation for data collection. We then look at what will happen after the experiment: how the data will be analyzed, and how Sarah can make part of her research data open.Ultimately, we look at the interaction with others: the role of Sarah's supervisor in preparation for data collection, how PhD candidates in her research group support each other, and how she exchanges ideas with peers.ReferencesData management - Episode 45

In today's episode, we interview Harsha Sheelam, our first guest from India. Harsha is a PhD candidate, published author of children's books and juvenile fiction, business owner, social worker, and business graduate. She shares her story of how her career path developed and how she decided to go do her PhD, as well as the various topics she has been researching from her overall perspective of a marketing researcher.Looking at the various topics Harsha has researched, we learn more about the methods that she has used so far: action research, and quantitative methods. We also hear from her literature recommendations on qualitative methods. Then, we learn more about the structure of the PhD program at IFHE University in India, and how far Harsha is on her PhD journey.We also learn about Harsha's award-winning paper on superheroes, and what helped her achieve this success, and what she has learned so far on her PhD journey. We wrap up the interview by looking at Harsha's best advice for PhD students, the impact of COVID-19 on her PhD, how she sets boundaries to her work, and what a day in the life looks like for her.ReferencesEditorial ArticlesA Study on Marketing Strategies for Self-Published Authors through Online PlatformsA study on the market and competitor analysis for hospitality industry Cleaning chemicals usage for house keeping with special reference to hospitality industry: a study Rural Marketing Scenario in India -The Online Village Ahead | Harsha Sheelam (2020)Tutorial in CR: Process Theorization in Cultural Consumer Research by Giesler and ThompsonAlternative ways of seeking Knowledge in Consumer Research by Hudson and Ozanne