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I recently ran a poll about publishing expectations on the Tenure Track, trying to see how many papers TT scholars are expected to publish per year. Whereas in Delft, the expectation is about 2 per year, I've heard (horror) stories about much larger pressure too. The "more than 10" category certainly seems very high, but for some that seems to be the standard. [ View the story "Expectations for publishing on the Tenure Track" on Storify ]

Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Ghayda Aljuwaiser. Ghayda is a doctoral student @ SHU (Sheffield Hallam University), 4th year, in the C3RI (Communications & Media Department). Her thesis is exploring Saudi women’s online practices on social media platforms . She worked as a lecturer between 2009 - 2013 @ KAU (King Abdulaziz University), Jeddah - Saudi Arabia, taught several modules in Sociology and Communication, to - female - bachelor students. In her free time she Tweets , writes/ blogs , reads and goes to the Theatre! General: Current Job : I hold a position as a T.A @ Media & Communication Faculty - KAU in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, granted a scholarship from the department of communication skills to pursue my PhD in the UK since 2013 . Current Location : Sheffield, UK Current mobile device : iPhone 6s plus Current computer : MacBook, 12 inches Can you briefly explain your current situation and research to us? Currently a PhDeir @ SHU (Sheffield Hallam University), C...

Today, I am interviewing Dr. Susan Thomson for the "How I Work" series. Susan Thomson (sthomson@colgate.edu) is Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies. Her research is dedicated to understanding how systems of power structure the lives of individuals in so-called times of peace. She also studies the practical and ethical challenges of doing field-based research in post-conflict settings. Thomson is the author of Whispering Truth to Power: Everyday Resistance to Reconciliation in Post-Genocide Rwanda (University of Wisconsin Press, 2013); and co-editor of Emotional and Ethical Challenges for Field Research in Africa: The Story Behind the Findings (Palgrave, 2013). Her latest book, Rwanda: From Genocide to Precarious Peace is forthcoming in February 2018 with Yale University Press. General: Current Job : Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, and director, Women's Studies Program, Colgate University Current Location : Hamilton, NY Current mobile devic...

Today's guest post is written by Dr. Laura Pipoly. Laura earned a bachelor's in psychology and a master's in both school counseling and community counseling. Laura graduated from Nova Southeastern University with a doctorate in both special education and in Instructional technology and distance education (ITDE). Her dissertation focused on Counselor Education Curriculum and Online Counseling and was published in part in the Journal of Instructional Research . Laura has also published and presented at the national level. Her most recent work is Meeting the Challenge of Bipolar Disorder: Self-Help Strategies that Work . Laura is both a Licensed Professional Counselor and a certified School Counselor. Throughout the years, she has worked as a school counselor, psychotherapist, behavior specialist, mentor, dissertation chair, methodologist and clinical site supervisor. Laura currently works for University of Phoenix as a full time faculty member. As a dissertation chair, method...

I recentlly ran a poll on Twitter to see how much or little academics publish open access. I had just learned that TU Delft wants to publish 60% of articles open access this year, and that open access publishing fees are waived for TU authors and authors based in the Netherlands by a number of publishers. As such, I decided to look a bit deeper into the topic. And the result is that the opinions and practices are divided. Here are the results of the poll: Which percentage of your journal articles do you publish open access? #acwri #openaccess — Dr Eva Lantsoght (@evalantsoght) December 9, 2017 Here's a pearltree collection of the tweets of this topic (note: now that Storify has called it quits, I'm still looking for an alternative that works well and trying out pearltree for the first time): Open Access , by evalantsoght

I recently ran a poll on which time of the day is the best for meetings. Some time ago, I wrote a post about how certain times of the day may not work for your colleagues. You may not have thought about this, but one colleague needs to leave early to pick up his kids from school, and the other colleague gets anxious when a meeting involves food... Moral of the story is that you best ask your colleagues which restraints they have. If you are a supervisor, create a climate within your research group that allows your colleagues to speak up and tell you about the restraints they face regarding a meeting time. Out of curiosity, I ran a poll - and the opinions are divided. The most popular time slot is in the early afternoon, but there is no clear winner. You can find the Storify about the poll below: [ View the story "On finding the right time for meetings" on Storify ]

This post is part of the series PhD Talk for AcademicTransfer: posts written for the Dutch academic career network AcademicTransfer , your go-to resource for all research positions in the Netherlands. These posts are sponsored by AcademicTransfer, and tailored to those of you interested in pursuing a research position in the Netherlands. If these posts raise your interest in working as a researcher in the Netherlands, even better - and feel free to fire away any questions you might have on this topic! In graduate school, you typically need to get buy on a small budget. If you are hired as an employee for your PhD, you will be earning a small salary and have social security and other benefits. If you are on a scholarship, your finances may be very tight. In the past, I have shared some quick fixes that I used to save money while I was in graduate school and I discussed the importance of logging and analyzing your budget Today, we are looking at changes you can make to cut your expenses...

Today, I am interviewing Kerry McCullough in the "How I Work" series. Kerry is a finance lecturer in the School of Accounting, Economics and Finance at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Her research interests fall into two broad areas: finance and education. Her doctoral thesis considered the manner in which information is assimilated into stock prices, and proposed a latent variable approach to determining which specific types of information are relatively more important to certain assets. The educational aspects of teaching finance, including an ongoing project aimed at helping first-time researchers manage their first full research project, are key interest of hers. General Current Job : Lecturer (Finance) Current Location : KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Current mobile device : Samsung A5 Current computer : Acer Aspire V3 i7, 17.3”, 16GB Memory, 1750GB HDD. I used real time financial trade data in my PhD and so needed the more powerful computer to manage the la...