• PhD Studies,  Postdoc

    First week on a postdoc project

    Greetings from Austria! A lot has happened since I wrote about my third year as a PhD student in February. I received a postdoc offer in April and moved with my whole family to Graz in Austria, the cats included.…

  • PhD Studies

    Third year as a PhD student – done!

    The first year of the doctoral degree program was memorable because it was exciting just to get started. The highlight of the second year was the PLL5 conference in Madrid, where I felt I had found my community. Now it…

  • PhD Studies

    How to write a conference abstract

    Conferences are an important, and a fun, part of being a phd student. You get to showcase your research and make important connections. As an introvert, I enjoy conferences as you can often skip the small talk and get to…

  • PhD Studies

    PHD Year Two – Done!

    The first year of my PhD was full of refining my research plan, rewriting most of it, and conducting interviews for my empirical article known as Article 2. I also started a systematic review known as Article 1. During the…