First week on a postdoc project
September 16, 2026Greetings 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. I will write more about all of that later, including how to wrap up a PhD while starting a postdoc, but first I wanted to note down my experience during my first week on a postdoc project. Officially, my first week was during the BAAL 2026 conference; therefore, I arrived at the office a week later. So let’s start the…
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…
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 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…
Getting started with academic writing
Scientific writing can be a scary thing for a new PhD student, at least that was the case for me. I wrote my research plan for a couple of years and once I was accepted into the program, I mostly…
