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Looking Back to Look Forward: Conversations on Living Proof: A Climate Story (2021) at the University of Edinburgh

November 25, 2025November 25, 20251 Comment

In the first post of the ecologies strand, guest blogger Anna Stacey reflects on an Environmental Humanities Film Screening in partnership with Dr. Emily Munro and the National Library of Scotland.

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‘Really, that’s it?’ The under- and overwhelming experience of finishing your PhD

November 14, 2025November 17, 2025Leave a comment

Guest bloggers Julia Römer and Marly Muudeni Samuel reflect on their experiences of completing a PhD.

What is Academia’s Role in a ‘Post-Literate Society’?

October 30, 2025October 30, 2025Leave a comment

This week, Resident Blogger Emma discusses James Marriott's "The dawn of the post-literate society" and its implications for the work of academic researchers.

AI, Attention, and Academia

October 16, 2025October 16, 2025Leave a comment

This week, Resident Blogger Emma discusses generative artificial intelligence, 'cognitive offboarding', and the implications of this on academic publishing and thinking at large...

Reflections on a SGSAH-funded Internship tro mheadhan na Gàidhlig

October 8, 2025Leave a comment

This week, guest blogger Rebecca Madlener reflects on her 6 month-long SGSAH-funded Internship with Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba (Gaelic Place-names of Scotland)...

On Side Projects: How Much is Too Much? And Other Questions to Consider

September 18, 2025September 17, 2025Leave a comment

This week, Resident Blogger Emma talks about side projects: When should I take them on, and when should I leave them be?....

A Letter to My First Year Self: Part 2

September 4, 2025Leave a comment

This week, a group of 3 doctoral and early career researchers share what they wish they would have known going into the first year of their PhD...

A Letter to My First Year Self: Part 1

August 28, 2025August 28, 2025Leave a comment

This week, Resident Blogger Emma shares what she wishes she had known when she started her PhD by writing a letter to her 'first year self'...

Back to Basics: Conferences, Presentations, Networking – Oh My!

August 21, 2025Leave a comment

This week, Resident Blogger Emma prepares for her very first conference as a PhD Researcher, reflecting back on mistakes from her first conference experience prior to the PhD...

Coming Off SSRIs During the PhD

August 14, 2025August 14, 2025Leave a comment

This week, Resident Blogger Emma writes candidly about her experience of being weaned off anti-anxiety medication amidst the PhD...

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