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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...

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Back to Basics: Demystifying Publications

September 25, 2025Leave a comment

This week, Resident Blogger Emma unpacks everything you need to know about academic publishing...

Debunking the Progression: Here’s Why it Really Matters

June 5, 2025Leave a comment

End-of-year progressions, annual reviews, and 'updates' hang over the heads of many researchers this month. This week, Resident Blogger Emma shares her insights on the Annual Progression and why you should take it seriously...

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Summer School Preview: ‘Zine Your Thesis

May 28, 2025May 27, 2025Leave a comment

This week, guest blogger Dr Iain Taylor shares the curious intersection between 'zine-making and cultivating academic arguments...

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Archiving as You Go Along: The (Un)expected Performativity of Documenting the PhD

May 21, 2025May 27, 2025Leave a comment

Many PhD researchers decide to document their PhD research, but what about the PhD journey itself? This week, Emma shares how she's capturing #phdlife through a durational digital performance she calls 'Snippets of a PhD'...

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Introducing Emma Dorfman, SGSAH’s New Resident Blogger

May 7, 2025May 7, 2025Leave a comment

This week, new resident blogger Emma Dorfman introduces herself as an interdisciplinary researcher and self-proclaimed theatre nerd who is no stranger to putting down new roots time and time again...

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Beyond the Thesis: Engaging Ways to Share Your Research

March 24, 2025March 24, 2025Leave a comment

If you’re looking for practical tips and inspiration on how to share your research—whether beyond your supervisory team or outside the academic sphere altogether—read on!

How do I survive … my PhD supervisors? 

July 24, 2024Leave a comment

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!

Writing Retreat with a Beat: Harmonising Productivity and Creativity 🎵🎶 

July 8, 2024July 5, 2024Leave a comment

In this week’s blog, guest author Eneida García Villanueva shares her reflections on organising and running a series of online writing retreats, and the surprising power of music to help you find your writing groove.  

Enhancing Your Voice: Reflections on Social-Justice Informed Voice Training 

June 25, 2024Leave a comment

In this week's blog, Adam Nasser Benmakhlouf and Marta Duran Arranz reflect on the SGSAH workshop, Speak and Be Heard. They talk about the practicalities of organising the workshop, the emotional experience of attending, and the importance of having a so-called Good Voice.

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