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Category Archives: academia

How to write the introductory chapter to a thesis or doctoral dissertation May 26, 2020
Posted in academia, writing.
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A typology of academic (daily) work: “runway work”, “grunt work” and “writing/research” work May 17, 2020
Posted in academia, productivity, writing.
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Time spent “on the runway” is time well spent May 2, 2020
Posted in academia, productivity.
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Writing to understand: A personal tale of my journey to become an academic writer and overcome impostor syndrome May 2, 2020
Posted in academia, writing.
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On why I love libraries so much (an ode to librarians, libraries, and library science) May 1, 2020
Posted in academia.
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Writing by memorandums April 29, 2020
Posted in academia, research, research methods, writing.
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Toilet paper hoarding, reverse quarantining and individual responses to governmental inaction April 18, 2020
Posted in academia, research.
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On the value of annotated bibliographies as scholarly outputs April 17, 2020
Posted in academia, research, research methods, writing.
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What are the differences between a Research Trajectory, a Research Programme and a Research Pipeline? April 17, 2020
Posted in academia, planning, productivity, research.
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Staying in touch with your writing: Opening the document on a regular basis April 17, 2020
Posted in academia, writing.
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Writing and revising I: Write to withstand scrutiny from an audience that cares April 12, 2020
Posted in academia, research, writing.
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Pivoting away from specific research topics when fieldwork is impossible to do April 6, 2020
Posted in academia, research, research methods.
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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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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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Project management for academics II: Tracking and managing your time April 2, 2020
Posted in academia.
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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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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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A sequential framework for teaching how to write good research questions March 4, 2020
Posted in academia, research, research methods.
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On the responsibility of crafting a syllabus February 23, 2020
Posted in academia.
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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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How Writing Faculty Write: Strategies for Process, Product, and Productivity (my reading notes) February 20, 2020
Posted in academia, writing.
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Writing the dissertation (thesis) I: Structure, timing and content February 19, 2020
Posted in academia, research, writing.
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On themes, codes and the importance of doing analytical writing in qualitative research methods February 2, 2020
Posted in academia.
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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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What’s the difference between the Everything Notebook and the Commonplace Book? February 1, 2020
Posted in academia.
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