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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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Tips for the tenure track

Regardless of the horror stories out there, the tenure track is not as bad as you may think. I have previously described the tenure track system in the Netherlands (which has some particularities as compared to the American system), given my tips on…

Beyond academia: How research skills open new career doors

In today’s rapidly evolving world, many of us begin to explore career paths beyond academia, either alongside our studies or after completing them. It’s natural to wonder: “What else can I do?” or “Are the research skills I gained during my PhD usef…

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Finding our expertise field as an academic

When we start our academic careers as, for example, assistant professors, we usually continue doing the research we did during our PhD and/or post-doc. At the same time, we do not have to continue in the exact same line. I remember that when I got m…

Lessons learned from failed grant applications

As I am currently finalizing my main research projects of the past years, I am in full swing of writing grant proposals and obtaining new funding. With writing grant proposals come successes and also bitter failures, including the sad failure of an …

How to prepare your PhD candidates for their defense

In the past, I have focused a lot on the doctoral defense (including doing even some research and some more about the topic, and coauthoring a book about it). But the one key party in the road to the defense I have not talked about much yet, are us,…

How to prepare your PhD candidates for conferences

Last month, we looked at how to prepare better conference presentations. But conferences are more than just a presentation. In fact, if it was only about the presentation, an online version may work just as well – and we all experienced during the p…

Ontdek waar je naar op zoek bent

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One day in the life of a PhD student in Humanities and Digital Sciences

If you’ve ever wondered what a day in the life of a PhD student looks like, you’re not alone! Between research, writing, and the occasional existential crisis, every day looks a little different. The PhD journey evolves over time, with each stage br…

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How to make better conference presentations

Your abstract or paper is accepted, your flight is booked – you are all set to attend a conference. All set, except for one thing: you still have a presentation to make. Perhaps you think it is easy to turn your paper into a presentation. Just assig…

Building a network in a new region

Moving to a new country for an academic career is exciting and terrifying at the same time. Building a professional network is a part of settling in, especially when you’re navigating a new culture, language, and societal landscape – and it is cruci…