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Posts by: Raul Pacheco-Vega

  1. Finishing a dissertation, thesis or book manuscript: A few tips and ideas to help with completion April 6, 2020

    Posted in academia, writing.

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  2. On the importance of individual infrastructure in remote learning and teaching – what role for the university? April 4, 2020

    Posted in academia.

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  3. Project management for academics II: Tracking and managing your time April 2, 2020

    Posted in academia.

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  4. Mathematical epidemiology, the COVID-19 pandemic and the limits and uncertainties of models March 18, 2020

    Posted in academia, research, research methods.

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  5. Fieldwork in the Times of COVID-19: Doing Ethnography During a Pandemic March 17, 2020

    Posted in academia, qualitative methods, research, research methods.

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  6. A sequential framework for teaching how to write good research questions March 4, 2020

    Posted in academia, research, research methods.

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  7. On the responsibility of crafting a syllabus February 23, 2020

    Posted in academia.

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  8. Writing in Social Spaces: A social processes approach to academic writing (my reading notes) February 21, 2020

    Posted in academia, reading notes, writing.

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  9. How Writing Faculty Write: Strategies for Process, Product, and Productivity (my reading notes) February 20, 2020

    Posted in academia, writing.

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  10. Writing the dissertation (thesis) I: Structure, timing and content February 19, 2020

    Posted in academia, research, writing.

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  11. On themes, codes and the importance of doing analytical writing in qualitative research methods February 2, 2020

    Posted in academia.

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  12. On the importance of good record-keeping, considering notes as records, and the searchability function in note-taking February 2, 2020

    Posted in academia, productivity.

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  13. What’s the difference between the Everything Notebook and the Commonplace Book? February 1, 2020

    Posted in academia.

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  14. Developing a coherent argument throughout a book or dissertation/thesis using The Red Thread (Throughline – Global Narrative) January 26, 2020

    Posted in academia.

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  15. On the value of writing retreats January 21, 2020

    Posted in academia, writing.

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  16. The Global Dissertation Narrative (GDN): a strategy to develop a final doctoral dissertation story January 17, 2020

    Posted in academia, graduate school.

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  17. What are the differences between the Everything Notebook and the Bullet Journal? January 14, 2020

    Posted in academia, research.

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  18. What kinds of things do we (I) write in the Everything Notebook? January 14, 2020

    Posted in academia, research, writing.

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  19. Making Social Science Matter: Why Social Inquiry Fails and How it Can Succeed Again (my reading notes) January 13, 2020

    Posted in academia, research, research methods.

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  20. How to Fix Your Academic Writing Trouble: A Practical Guide (my reading notes) January 1, 2020

    Posted in academia.

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  21. Human Right to Water and Bottled Water Consumption: Governing at the Intersection of Water Justice, Rights and Ethics (new chapter) December 29, 2019

    Posted in academia, bottled water, research.

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  22. On “impostor syndrome” and “FOBMO” (Fear Of Being Missed Out) – the “Publish A LOT” strategy December 28, 2019

    Posted in academia.

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  23. On the importance of rest and recuperation (R&R) over the holidays December 28, 2019

    Posted in academia.

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  24. On the importance of teaching robust work using qualitative methods in the social sciences December 27, 2019

    Posted in academia, qualitative methods, research, research methods.

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  25. On the importance of cultivating a network of friends and colleagues OUTSIDE of academia December 27, 2019

    Posted in academia, networking.

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