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Lees alles over het doen van een PhD en het opbouwen van een wetenschappelijke carrière in onze blog. Wetenschappers Eva Lantsoght (professor) en Pranav Kulkarni (PhD) delen hun ervaringen en geven je concrete tips.

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Thriving on the tenure track in the Netherlands

What is it like to be on the tenure track in the Netherlands? Generally, the tenure track system is similar to the system in other countries. Perhaps one of the differences with the tenure track system in the United States is that the decision to re…

10 steps to find a job after your PhD (part 2)

In ‘10 steps to find a job after your PhD (part 1)’ I shared five first steps to prepare yourself for your next career step after your PhD graduation. Today I would like to add five more to get you fully prepared! Step 6: Assessment tests Sometimes,…

Pranav S. Kulkarni

10 steps to find a job after your PhD (part 1)

I am currently on the last leg of my long and wonderful journey of pursuing a PhD in the Netherlands. Looking back, I can say that it has been a rollercoaster with some pleasant and some hard times. Looking forward, I now need to decide on what to d…

Pranav S. Kulkarni

Supervising PhD students in the Netherlands

When you are a new faculty member in the Netherlands, or if you are considering to apply for a faculty position there, it is good practice to inform about how PhD students are being supervised. Similarly, this information is useful if you are consid…

Supervising Master's students in the Netherlands

When you are a new faculty member in the Netherlands, or if you are considering to apply for a faculty position there, it is good practice to inform about how master’s students are being supervised.Some of the aspects of supervision of Master’s stud…

Making a research and publication plan around a new research topic

When you are a new faculty member, you may have ideas on topics you’d like to research (and publish about), but setting up a plan for research and publication may seem like a daunting task. Most likely, during your PhD (and post-doc, if you did one)…

PhD researcher: employee or student?

PhD researchers all over the world fall into the gap between being formal students and full-time researchers/ professors. Depending on the system of academia followed by the country where you are pursuing your PhD, you can be regarded as a student o…

Pranav S. Kulkarni

Data Management for Researchers

We all know somebody with a data horror story. We’ve seen the announcements of the desperate researcher pasted all over campus, begging the person who stole their laptop to just return the hard disc that contained crucial data of their PhD – necessa…

How to cold email a professor for information

In the ideal world, you have somebody who can introduce you to a professor you want to contact. In reality, you will need to cold email a senior colleague, which I’ll refer to as a professor, at some point during your doctoral years or beyond.Let’s …

A Beginner's Guide to Dutch Academia

A beginner's guide to Dutch academia discusses Dutch attitudes to work, employment contracts and the structure of academia in the Netherlands, with its universities and research organisations. Research funding The guide also surveys the various…

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