I'm invited to be jury of a #PhD thesis in #Porto 🇵🇹 which defence could be attended either in person or remotely. I find a decent route by #train from #Marseille 🇫🇷 , via #Madrid 🇪🇸 for a total of 4 trains to reach the destination and about 2 days in the train / stations, both ways for 2 days in Porto.
Regardless of the cost,, and considering the potentiel benefit in terms of exemplarity, would you attend in person ?
En route to #Geneva to attend a #PhD jury at the Geneva #observatory, which is located near the French border outside Geneva.
Instead of renting a #car, as I used to do in the past, this time I’m renting… a bike to go from the station to my #hotel (about 16km away) and the diary to the observatory.
“When you say there aren’t enough jobs, it’s because we’re training so many Ph.D.’s and convincing them all that the only way to remain a scientist is to stay in academia. It’s not, and that hasn’t been true for a long time.”
@academicchatter
In 2010, McSweeney's answered the question about snake fights at thesis defenses
Q: Do I have to kill the snake?
A: University guidelines state that you have to “defeat” the snake. There are many ways to accomplish this. Lots of students choose to wrestle the snake.
Another exciting opportunity to join our department: Incoming Prof. Dr. Jing Zeng is looking for a #PhD student with a background in #computational#communication science 👩🏻💻
Dear #anthropologists - @anthropology
I'm seeking for help!
I'm doing my #PhD to #socialAnthropology. It is an #ethnographicresearch with #children and #families that are seeking #asylum in Finland.
I want to use #newMaterialist theories,but my supervisor is worried that I wont find anthropological discussions with this theme & theoretical approach.
If you are or you know someone who is an anthro, working with migration issues and using am. theoretical approaches, please let me know!
Last week, I had the privilege of joining the @TUMAppliedSE doctoral seminar in the Dolomites, where I delved into the topics of Design Science and Empirical Evaluation Methods. It was a joy to reconnect with the research group and spend time with my mentees, discussing their research proposals.
This week, I had the opportunity to present my #PhD research at the UCF Research Symposium 2024. It was great to see so many people showing the interest in my work on assessing the socio-economic impacts of compound #flooding for U.S. coastal communities. It’s always rewarding when your work sparks genuine interest and discussion. I appreciate the thoughtful feedback that will surely refine my future research.
Hi, I'm Laura and I study #pollen, reconstructing prehistoric #landscapes, using #FTIR#microspectroscopy to identify grass pollen and also enjoy using different coding languages such as #R and #Python ^.^
My hobbies include #DJ ing, watching #anime and collecting #Pokemon cards (thrilling I know). Very happy to be here :3
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"Portraying Unease: the Art and Politics of Uncomfortable Attachments" by Ellen Suneson (Doctoral thesis, #LundUniversity, 2022, #OpenAccess)
"Portraying Unease critically discusses a tendency amongst politicized scholars to endow artworks with traits of subversion and political productivity. Artworks that address structural discrimination, such as heterosexism, racism, or ableism, are often described as possessing qualities that can challenge unjust systems or initiate political change. This thesis considers hope and belief in the political utility of visual art in terms of an emotional attachment: an anticipatory emotional bond to a set of promises concerning art’s abilities".