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Academia

Getting funding for science or doing science for funding?

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2024-04-05

Lately, I am very much concerned with getting funds to finance my life, but also my research ideas. It is a pretty normal thing to do after your PhD…

Productivity

Agile Practice

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2023-04-28

I recently learned, that I have an agile approach to work. I didn’t really know what agile practice was until recently and now can call myself an agile practitioner….

Academia

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…

Productivity

Idea Napkins

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2022-09-02

So from time to time, I write about some productivity stuff. Today, I want to introduce you to Idea Napkins. The Idea Napkin is a very simple concept, but…

Personal

Reading as an academic

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2021-12-17

Recently I stumbled upon an article by Astrid Schmölzer (@AstridSchmolzer) about “Academic reading and the curse of staying on top of literature”. This article made me think about how…