Being on the boundary
Just after the proclamation of a ‘hard Brexit’, I went off to the European Congress of Qualitative Inquiry in Edinburgh. Consider the irony in this travel. Traversing the boundaries of …
Thoughts on presenting a PhD proposal
The seminar room was filled with other PhD students and multiple professors. Presenting your work to an audience is not an easy task, especially if the audience consists of academics …
How are advertisers adressing new PhD students through algorithms?
Suddenly, a tablet of €599 was shoved in my face, a hi-tech device specifically designed to replace my usual pen-and-paper note-taking. Not the real device, unfortunately, but an online advert …
The IHBT blog is online!
Why ‘IHBT’?‘What do you do when you’re at work?’ someone asked me a while ago, suggesting that the life of a PhD student is somewhat shrouded in mystery behind those …