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Narcissistic abuse in academia

June 1, 2021
Narcissistic abuse in academia
Echo remained unheard. This doesn't have to be your story. Echo and Narcissus (1903), a Pre-Raphaelite interpretation by John William Waterhouse (Source: wikipedia.org)

Let’s talk about narcissistic abuse in academia. Many of us have become scientists out of passion and curiosity. Such mental resources are crucial in research, where working hours can get long, experiments can fail, career prospects and funding are scarce. However, even the most passionate may not withstand all of the possible difficulties thrown their way — especially workplace abuse, which may t ...[Read More]

Git or Perish: First commit

December 22, 2020
Git or Perish: First commit

Maria, a member of our ECS team, recently interviewed Dr Eric Daub from The Alan Turing Institute, London, UK. Here the Seismology ECS Team wants to know how we can do code better. Together. This is the first interview with software engineers explaining the importance of good practices in software development. Dr Eric Daub received his PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in compu ...[Read More]

Seismology throughout the years: from blown pre-amplifiers to the internet of things — a technician’s view on seismology

November 3, 2020
Seismology throughout the years: from blown pre-amplifiers to the internet of things — a technician’s view on seismology
Left: Arie, Guust and Bernard. Right: Setup of the first NARS array deployment (1983-- 1988). Images are historical.

An interview with Arie van Wettum In many universities, students and staff will go out into the field to deploy seismometers, collect data, and service instruments. Students get a sense of the area their data is coming from, the difficulties that are involved with deploying and recording data, and although inexperienced at the beginning, they are a relatively low-cost way of getting equipment out. ...[Read More]

The Journey of an Antarctic Seismologist

October 12, 2020
The Journey of an Antarctic Seismologist

Thwaites Glacier is a massive region of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet on par with the size of Pennsylvania or the island of Britain and is over a mile thick in many places. It is currently retreating rapidly and is a likely candidate to contribute the most to rapid sea-level rise over the next few decades to a century. That’s the most important point there is to make. I’m part of a large internatio ...[Read More]