Field and lab-based research during a pandemic!!!!

Jan 21, 2021

By Biplabi Bhattharai (University of Tartu) The scariest word of 2020 for me was “stay-home”. Last winter had me itching to get back to travelling and see the world, to visit my family, or just to hang out with friends. I had been waiting for the spring/summer to come...

Keeping a sharp mental edge during a PhD in a pandemic

Jan 14, 2021

By Argus Pesqueda (CREAF) A Pile of PhD Pandemic Pointers – Creativity and how it can shape your morale and mental sharpness  You’ve been there. You’ve hit that rock bottom that you’ve seen exaggerated on TV, like Homer Simpson does so often in The Simpsons. You...

Tools for Surviving a PhD during a Pandemic

Jan 4, 2021

By Bart Bussmann (imec) Doing a PhD is challenging. Doing a PhD in a new country is difficult. Doing a PhD in a new country during a world-wide pandemic is seriously hardcore. PhD students are prone to procrastination? Why not try working from home where distractions...

Meet Virginia Vargolskaia (ESR15)

Dec 10, 2020

Hi! My name is Virginia, and I was the final Ph.D. student to join the project this summer, perhaps because I’m the only social scientist, and I’ll be the one researching the researchers. In any case, I feel lucky for the chance to work alongside all of the...