Hi there! Welcome to The Doctorate blog. The idea to start this blog has been brewing in my mind for at least three years but I never quite had the courage or the time (!) to get it going until now. Thanks to COVID-19, I finally ran out of excuses - so here it is! … Continue reading Introduction to The Doctorate
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Year-end Resolutions
There's no doubt 2020 was difficult for most of us. Many of us started the year with new year's resolutions to get fit, have more work-life balance, finish one chapter of your thesis each month, etc., etc., etc. To be honest, even without COVID-19, many of these resolutions would have met the same sorry demise, … Continue reading Year-end Resolutions
Finding Perspective
Given all that's happened this year, I found myself coming back to this question more often than I had in past years -- why does any of what I do matter? I am an environmental sociologist and I spend most of my time collecting and analysing data on public and expert perceptions of risk of … Continue reading Finding Perspective
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