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I have been in Academia for the most part of my life and plan to continue doing so. During this time, I learned a lot about being an academic, learning and teaching as well as proficiency.

Preliminary logo for DiKopA (Digital competencies in Archaeology).


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Academia Archaeology

A new project: Digital competencies in Archaeology

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2023-04-14

When doing science, you can put nearly everything into a project. Creating a bibliography for a new course can be a project or creating a course itself can be as well. Sometimes however you will try to do a proper project with funding, meetings, goals and all of that…

Amsterdam | Photo by Azhar J on Unsplash


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The CAA in Amsterdam

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2023-04-07

The CAA (Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology) 2023 was taking place in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) from the 3rd April 2023 until the 7th April 2023 and it was a wonderful experience. Some thing went pretty well, others didn’t. Let me take you with me…

The presentations and venue

The…

Logo of the University of Cologne


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Academia

Want to do my job? Now you can!

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2023-03-31

As I already mentioned last week, here in Germany, academic jobs are often not tenured and come to an end. So it is with my job, which I will do until the end of September this year. It is sad for me, but hey, life goes on. This also…

Protest showing people demonstrating. One sign in the centre shows the words "Listen to Science". Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash


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How Germany is destroying its academic future

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2023-03-24

On the 17th of March 2023, the BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research in Germany) proposed a reform of the Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz (more on that later) to make academic careers even worse than before. Although enjoying the education in Germany to the fullest degree until now, I really don’t…

Screenshot of the software Publish or Perish


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Academia Productivity

Publish or Perish

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2023-02-17

When it comes to academic publishing, it’s all about the numbers. Without a large body of published works, your chances of success can be severely limited. This is why many researchers turn to Publish or Perish, which helps them to quickly and accurately assess the impact of their work.

What…

Screenshot of the game "Excavation Manager 2022"


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Academia Games

Creating a course Pt.4: The final games!

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2022-12-23

I already wrote about creating a course Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 and this is my final Part 4. In my interdisciplinary course, different student groups did create an Archaeogame. I taught the course together with my colleague from Digital Humanities. Today, we finally release all the games and you can…

Reconstruction drawing of Nimroud


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Academia Archaeology Personal

My PhD: From Layard to Lara Croft

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2022-12-02

I published my PhD “From Layard to Lara Croft”, which feels unreal somehow, but there it is, my own work. 275 pages, 50 plates, 3 years of work. Obviously, I am very happy about this, as the process of publishing took quiet a while. Not to speak of the…

The skeleton of a Mammoth in a glas display. Photo by John Benitez on Unsplash.


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Converting to Mastodon: A much needed guide

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2022-11-11

So recent events once more triggered a mass exodus… No well, let’s call it a movement from Twitter to Mastodon. In this comprehensive article, I want to talk about some things I have learned using Mastodon and why I like it so much. The only thing missing is people,…

Random people listening to a talk on a conference


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A workshop about Virtual Reality

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2022-11-04

Last weekend, I spent my time in a little German town called Weiden in Bavaria. I participated in an interdisciplinary workshop on Virtual Reality and the potential to use it to talk about the past. Little did I know, that I was the only archaeologist there in a room…

An exit sign representing to leave


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Why I quit Academia.edu

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2022-10-28

Well it should be obvious why, right? No? Oh let me tell you, Academia.edu is not the friendly neighbour that invites you to his home. You get invited and even some food, but the good wine and the freshly made dish is for someone else. Someone who pays your…

Sebastian Hageneuer
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Hi! My name is Sebastian. I am an archaeologist, a university lecturer, freelancer, guitarist, and father. You could say I am quiet busy, so I learned to manage my time and energy to build good habits and still have space for myself and my family. Sounds difficult? Read here how I do it. Every Friday.

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