The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) recently adopted the Global Code of Conduct for Research in Resource-Poor Countries (GCC) to counter the unethical practice of ethics dumping. UCLan is the first European university and the Read More
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The Hungarian parliament passed a law on July 2 that will transfer the control of academic institutions under the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), the country’s oldest scientific institute, to the government, in spite of Read More
I wanted to write a few words about doing a PhD with depression, but I didn’t think a detailed guide with the specific survival strategies I use was appropriate. Not the least, because all Read More
When I am feeling my most discouraged and whipped by this PhD I tend to start listing mentally, everything that has happened in my life over the past 2.5 years that have made it impossible for Read More
1: Longyearbyen, with the glacier Longyearbreen just visible looming over the town. Arriving in the remote Arctic Archipelago of Svalbard was like crossing a threshold into my childhood dreams. The many books on polar exploration I Read More
Take a look at an actual to-do list, based on the writing phase of my PhD (Only while working at home – my office schedule is different. Will post one about that some time). So far, Read More
Well, this is a long time coming, isn’t it? It has been on my mind for some time, but I haven’t been sure whether I should post it. I decided today that I Read More
I presented this paper at Drew University’s Crossroads: The Future of History Graduate Education The call for papers for this (thus far fantastic) conference asked for graduate perspectives. I am a Read More
This is the clearest memory I have of the first eight weeks of my daughter’s life: I am standing at the kitchen counter, my child nestled close to my chest in a carrier. She Read More
Academic publishing company Springer Nature has signed new open access deals with the Swedish and the Norwegian consortia. The publisher has now signed a total of 10 read-and-publish deals with consortia of various nations. Springer Nature’Read More