7.50am- Up, showered, and dressed- ready to tackle the busy Monday ahead 8.04am- No coffee can be had today because my beloved machine is not working (I am in the process of getting it fixed). Surely I can get an extension on my PhD due to lack of caffeine? 9.08am- At work looking at my deceptively small to-do list. The […]
Hi I’m Emily and I’ll (hopefully) be finishing my PhD in July this year! I’m researching the impact of urbanisation on native plants and their insect pollinators. Because I’m mostly writing now, I like to work from home or visit local cafes. Over the last 3 years though, I’ve spent time in the field, glasshouses, labs, my office at Murdoch […]
6.00am- Early morning wake up today for research assistant work! 6.34am- It definitely feels like it is going to be a three (or four) coffee kind of day. 7.18am-Such a pretty sky over the city this morning. I love being in Adelaide early in the morning- it is a sleepy and relaxed city always, but particularly before 8am! 8.58am- As […]
Hi, I’m Philippa a second year PhD student in Geography and Heritage Studies at Newcastle University (UK) (@philippa_carter on Instagram and Twitter). I’m researching landscape and intergenerational memory in North East England, working with the Land of Oak & Iron heritage project as my collaborative partner. I’m interested in the ways in which people understand and engage with their local landscapes and […]
My name is Taylor and I’m in the final year of my PhD at Victoria University of Wellington, in New Zealand. I work in the chemical immunology team at the Ferrier Research Institute and my PhD involves designing and synthesising therapeutic cancer vaccines. The work I’ve undertaken My day’s are pretty similar and involve a lot of in and out […]
6.58am- Up, dressed, face on, and coffee in hand! 9.39am- I had to stop off to buy lunch on the way to work but got to the office just after 9. I always start the day by checking my emails and seeing what is on the plan for today. 9.53am– Unfortunately I discovered that a lot of the work I […]
Hi, I’m Stormy Sweitzer, a second-year PhD student at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Though my degree is in organizational behavior, my primary research interest is in the phenomenon of wonder and its implications for organizational life. I also study how the complex virtual and in-real-life social dynamics of activity-centric communities foster inclusion, organization, and interpersonal connection. My […]
