Category: Experiences

A space for doctoral researchers to share personal stories, insights, and lessons learned throughout their doctoral journey. It offers readers a unique perspective on the challenges and triumphs associated with pursuing a doctoral degree and serves as a space for researchers to connect and engage with each other.

Experiences

Motherhood and Doctoral Studies: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once

Navigating motherhood and academia can be overwhelming, especially when they happen simultaneously. I discuss my experiences, struggles, and successes as an emerging researcher and new mother, and suggestions for universities to further support these populations moving forward.

Taylor Darwin

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Managing PhD Stress And Staying Motivated.

A research journey is a rollercoaster ride with its fair share of ups and downs. If we can enjoy the happy moments, we can overcome the things which pull us down. Let us see our PhD as a solo adventure trek, rather than a track race.

Mercy Rophina

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How I Navigated my Mentor Switching Institutions During my Ph.D.

Navigating the unexpected departure of her advisor, Claire shares her tips on dealing with the challenges of this uncertainty during her PhD.

Claire Kisamore

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How to turn your thesis into a book.

Dr Due-Gundersen outlines how to publish your thesis as a peer-reviewed book.

Nicolai Due-Gundersen

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Doing A PhD Can Be A Lonely Journey. Starting A Support Group Will Make Your Life So Much Better.

Read Andrea’s journey in forming a group of inspiring women who, after struggling in their PhDs, created a support group that changed their lives. Through celebrating successes and creating a safe space, they pick each other up and help each other achieve their goals.

Andrea Perino

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Data Collection In Sensitive Situations

The ethical implications of field research require careful consideration and reflexivity. Chukwudi Njoku offers some reflections of his PhD fieldwork on the pastoralists-farmers conflict in Benue and Taraba States, Nigeria.

Chukwudi Njoku

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Pursuing a PhD as an older student – is it too late?

Adrienne Darrah discusses the advantages and difficulties of pursuing a PhD later in life, and presents reasons why you should contemplate undertaking a PhD as an older student in this talk.

Adrienne Darrah

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The Trials of the “Trailing Spouse”

Relocating for a PhD and academic career is often not only required of the candidate but their partners and/or children, too. How do we acknowledge and amplify the experiences of “the trailing spouse and families” while also creating systemic change that would make academic career moves more feasible and fulfilling for all involved?

Kate Aguilar

Experiences

My PhD took 10 years – this is why it was worth it

In this PhD Talk, Dr Richelle Clark shares important insights for her PhD journey, why it took 10 years to complete, and why it was worth it. This talk is offers encouragement for people at any stage of their PhD journey.

Richelle Clark

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