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Parenting in Academia: Challenges and Perspectives

January 14, 2022
White print on pavement with parent holding kid by the hand
Children pave the way to the future, but the parents need support [credit: Suzi Kim at Unsplash.com]

Trying to juggle teaching, advising, publishing, finding a new (or permanent) job, relocating, attending conferences, and actually doing research sometimes requires more hours in the day than exist (oh and that global pandemic situation is sticking around). Additionally, many scientists have children or are starting a family at the same time as maintaining and building a career. In this week’s blo ...[Read More]

Do meditation and a better science correlate? – Mindfulness in Academia

March 26, 2021

We often start searching for the term “mental health” online only when mental issues are already arising. It seems to be a trendy word on everyone’s social media. Of course, you don’t have to suffer already in order to learn about, and benefit from, mindfulness – or the ability to notice the present moment and what is going on in your life. In this post, I am sharing how I became a more mindful sc ...[Read More]

Careers outside of academia

June 26, 2020
Careers outside of academia
Is it time to step into your new career? Photo credit: Maria Tsekhmistrenko, Imaggeo

You’ve just finished your PhD or postdoc… now what? Perhaps you’re thinking of a non-academic career, but don’t know where to start, or which skills you need? Up to 70% of scientists move into non-academic careers after graduation (The Royal Society, 2010). But finding useful information and advice is hard. In today’s blog, we summarise the EGU Webinar ‘Careers outside of academia’ which took plac ...[Read More]