A PhD can be a time of immense emotional as well as intellectual change. Following last week's post about falling in love, resident blogger Ebba writes this week about being heartbroken as a PhD student.
Tag: PhD life
Creating Change: Switching Supervisors in the Middle of My PhD Project
Guest blogger Julia Vallius writes about how she tackled one of the most difficult things a PhD student can go through within their project: changing supervisors. She shares the thought process behind this decision and how instigating this change empowered her and helped her project move forward.
Falling in love during the PhD
A PhD can be a time of immense emotional as well as intellectual change. This week's bonus post is about taking the time to fully process how you feel even when it seems easier to postpone these aspects of life until the thesis is out of the way. This is the first of a two-part series about emotion in the PhD by resident blogger Ebba, the second one about heartbreak coming out on 26 December.
Lifestyle and Gift Inspiration from Medieval Material Culture
There comes a point when your research and your life are so intertwined that the décor in your home and the presents you buy for others are directly inspired by your PhD. This week, resident blogger Ebba, in the hopes of becoming a medieval influencer, shares the hottest trends straight from the medieval period that she has been implementing in her own life - in case anyone is in need of last-minute gift inspiration ahead of the holidays.
What does it really mean when I feel ‘stupid’?
Imposter syndrome is widespread in academia. Resident blogger Ebba gives her perspective on what's actually going on in those moments when you feel like what you're saying is marking you out as a fraud, when you can't make your way into an academic discussion, or plainly when you start to harbour a secret suspicion that you're not smart enough to do a PhD.
Teaching & being taught; perfectionism & AI
Resident blogger Ebba reflects on two sides of the same coin: teaching and being taught. She writes about the authority and meaning of the teaching figure in the classroom, the educator's perceived power to exercise control over students' written and spoken voice, and of the potential in developments surrounding AI engines to transform the role of education.
Navigating Disability and Chronic Illness During Your PhD: A Conversation
Dialogue is vital to the research community. This week, PhD researchers Emma McCabe and Eeva Savolainen speak about navigating PhD life with disability and chronic illness, the labour of locating and gaining access to health resources, and the importance of connection and solidarity among chronically ill and/or disabled scholars.
The University as Tourist Attraction
Resident blogger Ebba reflects on the tourist/student lifestyle. Are our campuses there to be admired, or are researchers in a unique position to shed light on power and placehood?
Moods and Menstruation During the PhD
This week, resident blogger Ebba writes about an often hidden struggle: the management of menstruation and PMS during the PhD. The reader is advised that the post deals with depression symptoms, pain, and blood.
Armchair experts and saving the world: disillusionment about academia and philosophy
This week, Joyce Fungo reflects on the inequalities that inevitably shape knowledge production within the field of Philosophy and in academia more generally, which became evident to her when she moved from the Philippines to Scotland to do her PhD in 2021.
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