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Andrew MillarPersonal history of a great young scientist's journey to discovery: I posted earlier about the science. Here you feel the struggle, the thrill, the emotional commitment. @uurquiza.bsky.social<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/uurquiza.bsky.social/post/3limuewz5z22j" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/uurquiza.bsky.social/post/3limuewz5z22j</a><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AcademicChatter</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PlantSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlantSci</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhD</a>

Víctor Vicente-PalaciosGreat episode of <a href="https://dair-community.social/tags/TechWontSaveUs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechWontSaveUs</a> with <a href="https://dair-community.social/@timnitGebru" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@timnitGebru</a> It's a real pleasure to listen to such a rich conversation on such diverse topics.I especially liked how the topic of how the <a href="https://dair-community.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> industry labels people and methods was addressed.It's the same for me, I've ended up assuming I'm a <a href="https://dair-community.social/tags/DataScientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DataScientist</a> when I'm actually a <a href="https://dair-community.social/tags/mechanical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mechanical</a> <a href="https://dair-community.social/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#engineer</a> with a <a href="https://dair-community.social/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhD</a> in <a href="https://dair-community.social/tags/statistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#statistics</a>. But the industry has decided that what I am is something I haven't studied about.<a href="https://www.techwontsave.us/episode/267_ai_hype_enters_its_geopolitics_era_w_timnit_gebru" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.techwontsave.us/episode/267_ai_hype_enters_its_geopolitics_era_w_timnit_gebru</a>

Kathy ReidIt's taken me a little while to realise just how much my library will do for me as a <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhD</a> researcher - they just digitised a journal article from 1989 just for me. For free. Thank you, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ANU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ANU</a> library xx

thomas lenormand🚨If you fancy evolutionary genomics, theory, my lab now offers *two* fully-funded <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhD</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/genomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genomics</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/popgen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#popgen</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#evolution</a> ℹ️One on sex-asex transitions with Christoph Haag bit.ly/4hp1q1A ℹ️One on allele-specific expression with Sylvain Glémin bit.ly/4iuKLuQPart of <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/ERC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ERC</a> RegEvol In <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/CEFE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CEFE</a> lab, Montpellier

Markus Szaguhn :verified:Hi <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/fediscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediscience</a>! Last month for the doctoral thesis here. 🚀 What advice do you have for the final phase of a <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/phd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#phd</a>?<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academic</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a>

NicoleAnyone know someone with an MA in Musicology/Theory/etc? Stockholm U has a 4 year funded PhD spot at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, starting this fall. Swedish language skills are NOT a prerequisite.I’m thinking this could be a good opportunity to get out of Dodge for anyone stuck in the US…Ask me questions if you’re curious.And please <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/PassItOn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PassItOn</a><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhD</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Music</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Stockholm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Stockholm</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/GetFediHired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GetFediHired</a> <a href="https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:798975/where:4/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:798975/where:4/</a>

Sasha AkhaviI can beat your price for PhD agency. <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/phd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#phd</a>

Daniel ReedersI met with my supervisor yesterday and she is cautiously confident that I will be able to re-enrol to finish off my <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhD</a>.I have an appointment on Monday with my psychiatrist to get the necessary letter that explains why I was so unproductive in 2024.Slowly things are moving forward... please cross your digits for continued progress as I stagger towards the finish line in my ninth year of PhD study!

Nami Sunami 🟥I gave a presentation about my experience re-visiting my dissertation after 4 years at the last Open Science Community Eindhoven meet-up.In the end, I was able to set up my dissertation to reproduce with 3 lines of code—after 4 years.Better late than never. 😎Check out my follow-up blog post so that you won't repeat my regrets 🤞<a href="https://blog.namisunami.com/b38e5ff5/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.namisunami.com/b38e5ff5/</a><a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/OpenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenScience</a> <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhD</a> <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/Dissertation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dissertation</a> <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/OSC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OSC</a> <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/reproducibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reproducibility</a>

Alx 🐈The sketch has evolved and I added some marks and thoughts but hey, this is a visual ethnography workshop and I use graphic ethnography so I guess this can count as learning-by-doing<a href="https://mastodon.design/tags/OnlineMeeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OnlineMeeting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.design/tags/Hybrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hybrid</a> <a href="https://mastodon.design/tags/drawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#drawing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.design/tags/sketching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sketching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.design/tags/ethnography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ethnography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.design/tags/journaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#journaling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.design/tags/journal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#journal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.design/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> <a href="https://mastodon.design/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhD</a>

Dr Dionysios KyropoulosA new systematic review on neurodivergent PhD students analyses 31 peer-reviewed articles, highlighting key challenges and strengths. Executive functioning difficulties, time blindness, task switching, and overwhelm, pose significant barriers, while hyperfocus, creativity and deep thinking are clear strengths. Unspoken academic norms, the hidden curriculum and inadequate support remain major hurdles. Read the preprint here: <a href="https://osf.io/preprints/osf/cs9ub_v1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://osf.io/preprints/osf/cs9ub_v1</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ADHD</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neurodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neurodiversity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhD</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a>

Daniel ReedersFronds writing or having written <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhD</a> theses, I need your input.I use Ulysses to write, which uses MarkDown (MD) for editing but capably outputs Word and PDF files. (I use a Ulysses->Pandoc->Zotero workflow designed by Raphael Kabo aka <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@lown" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lown</a> to replace citation tokens with fully formatted citations. It's magic and I don't pretend to understand it.)Problem I need to solve: I need to share drafts with my supervision panel and receive feedback via Word comments and track changes. This is not negotiable.I have heard and politely rejected (lel) <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FOSSLords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSSLords</a>' encouragement to use Git to track changes in raw MD files.Has anyone tried pointing their supervisors at a folder in Google Drive and asking them to use Google Docs to give feedback? I'd need to do version control manually but this would keep all their feedback in one place, at least.

Nika ShilobodLooking for more good content on the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a>? Find other <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Shovelbums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Shovelbums</a> with the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Academics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Academics</a> of Mastodon <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Archaeology</a> List 🏺<a href="https://stark1tty.github.io/Mastodon-Archaeology/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stark1tty.github.io/Mastodon-Archaeology/</a>An extensive list of more <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academic</a> disciplines here:<a href="https://nathanlesage.github.io/academics-on-mastodon/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nathanlesage.github.io/academics-on-mastodon/</a>Please spread the word!<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Archaeologist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Archaeologist</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Archaeodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Archaeodons</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Prehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prehistory</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AcademicChatter</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhD</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Histodons</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/twitterMigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#twitterMigration</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#introduction</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/introductions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#introductions</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GLAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GLAM</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Heritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Heritage</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/archaeodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@archaeodons</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/anthropology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@anthropology</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@academicchatter</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/phdlife" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@phdlife</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@histodons</a>

Mike Prior-JonesI have a PhD studentship available for a UK-resident mechanical engineer, physicist or engineering-minded geoscientist - developing a free-floating probe that'll travel through water channels inside glaciers in Greenland!<a href="https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/developing-a-wireless-sensor-for-measuring-water-storage-in-glacier-moulins/?p174230" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/developing-a-wireless-sensor-for-measuring-water-storage-in-glacier-moulins/?p174230</a>Please contact me directly (prior-jonesm@cardiff.ac.uk) if you are interested, I'm very happy to provide a briefing on the project and help with the application process.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/glacier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glacier</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/phd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#phd</a>

SeaFury 🦜🍉Sent my first paper in for review to my supervisor. W00t! Looking at my second paper now, I've already started need to get back into Python to run my sensitivity analysis. I have four papers to write within my thesis <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PhDLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhDLife</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhD</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#work</a>

Jan MidtgaardRaphaël Monat has a PhD position open to work on static analysis with him at Inria in Lille 🙂 <a href="https://recrutement.inria.fr/public/classic/en/offres/2025-08545" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://recrutement.inria.fr/public/classic/en/offres/2025-08545</a> <a href="https://types.pl/tags/phd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#phd</a>-position <a href="https://types.pl/tags/abstract" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abstract</a>-interpretation <a href="https://types.pl/tags/static" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#static</a>-analysis <a href="https://types.pl/tags/ocaml" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ocaml</a>

MPI for Gravitational PhysicsNarjiss Messied is a PhD student in the “Space Interferometry” group.Her PhD work is in the context of the <a href="https://astrodon.social/@LISA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@LISA</a> project, which is a planned gravitational-wave observatory mission. Her work aims to test one of the essential devices for the mission: the Phasemeter, which is responsible for recovering the information that confirms the presence of a gravitational wave in the signal.She conducts ground-based laboratory optical experiments to subject the Phasemeter to a series of tests, attempting to make the experimental conditions as realistic as possible within certain limitations. This approach not only allows to ensure the instrument’s reliability under mission-like conditions, but also evaluates the efficiency of post-processing analysis techniques that are crucial for distinguishing the gravitational signal from the overwhelming noise embedded in the measurements.ℹ️ <a href="https://www.aei.mpg.de/889079/narjiss-messied" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.aei.mpg.de/889079/narjiss-messied</a><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/IDWGS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IDWGS</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/WomenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WomenInSTEM</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/WomenInScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WomenInScience</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Physics</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhD</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Research</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Hannover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hannover</a>

Duncan Yellowlees 🎓💬I’m going to call it out… just stop putting lots of text one your slides. You know its bad, I know its bad, everyone knows its bad… so can we just not?<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PHD</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Research</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Academic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Presenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Presenting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PHDChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PHDChat</a>

NeurofrontiersIt’s been more than a year, but I’ve finally started writing again. Since this time has been spent intensely PhD-ing, it seems only fitting that the first post should be about one of the questions I was asked most often: should one do a PhD? Most of it was written shortly after my defense and I’ve debated for some time whether to publish it, as it’s a bit more strongly worded and a lot more opinion-based than what I’m used to putting out in the world. Then again, maybe that kind of rawness will be helpful to someone. Of course, this is just my experience and it doesn’t mean yours will be anything like it: <a href="https://neurofrontiers.blog/should-you-do-a-phd/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://neurofrontiers.blog/should-you-do-a-phd/</a>And as usual, there’s an accompanying Romanian translation: <a href="https://neurofrontiers.blog/ro/ar-trebui-sa-faci-un-doctorat/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://neurofrontiers.blog/ro/ar-trebui-sa-faci-un-doctorat/</a><a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neuroscience</a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhD</a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a>

Indy Richard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿My arts degree is now done as a mature student and I am now wondering what next. I could use my skills and make art and do some research or continue my studies. I been looking at some masters courses or it been suggested that I skip that and work on a PhD. Sounds a little daunting. Any advice would be welcome <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Research</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PHD</a>

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