This week on the SGSAH blog, guest blogger Jenny Brown shares what life is like being a PhD researcher and a parent, how her children helped her navigate the switch from full-time career professional to part-time researcher, and gives you three pieces of advice for how to navigate PhD life.
Category: My Research Life
Letting athletes lead: how elite sport inspires me as a researcher
Sometimes we find inspiration in unexpected places. This week on the SGSAH blog, resident blogger Ebba reflects on what researchers, famous for sitting so very still, can learn about resilience from successful athletes.
Going home to write about it: new blogger alert!
This week, new resident blogger Ebba Strutzenbladh introduces you to her life as a researcher, reveals what song she's been listening to in anticipation of taking up this role, and hints at some of the topics that will be dealt with by our guest bloggers this coming semester.
How do I survive … my PhD supervisors?
In this week’s blog, Meike van Lit shares her advice on how to coordinate an interdisciplinary team, how to make the transition from Master's degree to PhD, and, more importantly, how to survive your PhD supervisors!
The Practical Side of an Archive: Archiving Agnes Owens
In this week's blog, guest author Laura MacDonald shares her experience of doing a partnership PhD, working to develop a new archive as well as researching for her thesis.
Precious Persistence: Growing the Story of Shetland’s Rare Plants
In this blog, guest author Rebecca Cornwell shares her journey from a family holiday in Shetland to returning to academia as a mature student and embarking on a PhD looking at the relationship between people and wild plants.
In Defence of A.I.?
In this blog, resident blogger, Beth Price, reflects on the challenges and possibilities that the arts and humanities face from A.I., and asks whether we’re all doomed?
My Research Life: Attempting to Avoid Burnout
In this week’s blog, resident blogger Beth Price talks mental health, burnout, and the pressure to do self-care perfectly.
My Research Life: International Women’s Day as a Woman in Academia
In this week’s blog, Beth Price celebrates International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, reflecting on what still needs to be done. International Women's Day Poster, free resource from IWD website March is Women’s History Month, and this Friday, 8 March, is International Women’s Day (IWD), so naturally I have been thinking about my existence … Continue reading My Research Life: International Women’s Day as a Woman in Academia
New Year, New SGSAH Blogger
January was long enough that NYE feels like a distant memory, but Lunar New Year is just around the corner and that is enough to justify a “New Year, New Me” introduction. My name is Beth, and I am taking the reins of the SGSAH blog for the next six months. I’m a first-year SGSAH … Continue reading New Year, New SGSAH Blogger
