70% of people openly admit that they did not have a clear career path in mind when they started a PhD (see the blog post by Mili) but the decision to start a PhD studies was a decisive career step. Not to mention that many people changed their idea about their dream job for various reasons over… Read More Making Career Choices
”I’m gonna abseil down my Ivory Tower And buy myself a jaguar I’m a bad ambassador For that elusive place you’re looking for…” These are part of the lyrics of a song I named this blogpost after, and they explain everything. Yes, I am abseiling from the Ivory Tower. For those of you who still… Read More Bad Ambassador
A few weeks ago, I stumbled upon a list of Sweden’s Ideal Employers in 2014, and there it was, at nr #5 – Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). I thought – hey, I worked for them for a while this spring! So I should definitely write a blog about it! And list several amazing… Read More 7 Key Aspects of Supporting Research in Developing Countries
… is what a friend once told me in high school (yes, in English!), and I’ve been trying to live with this motto in mind ever since. I always thought those to be the words of a famous wise person, but to this day I couldn’t identify their rightful owner. Maybe it’s just one of… Read More Fight Your Fears, Live Your Dreams
”In a world, where science entertains… Meet Dr Multitask, a (re)searcher, balancing on the edge of academic and beyond, teaching AND learning valuable lessons about life, science and human existence…” Imagine this world, designed as an amusement park, with a purpose to both educate and entertain – the name is: SCI-WORLD. This spring, a job… Read More SCI-WORLD
Life as a scientist has many advantages. As Jakub has written in August, one of the greatest ones is the fact that you can travel for international conferences and meetings! While the weather in Stockholm seems to be a bit cold and wet, and the sky quite gray, I was given the opportunity to spend… Read More Lisbon immersion
Did you hear the recent announcement about the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014? It was awarded with one half to John O’Keefe and the other half jointly to May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser “for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system, an “inner GPS” in the brain”. And you know what? Last year, Edvard Moser… Read More What’s Nov2k – and what’s so “Nobel” about it?
In the sunny autumn day with crystal clear air, we gathered for the last time in beautiful Sigtuna, for the course “From Research to Business”. It is has been a wonderful journey for the year. I would like to talk some facts and reflections about the course – because the same course will be held… Read More From Research to Business
”I should go clean out my locker… she said at the age of 33.” – I’m quoting Britta Perry, a character from a TV show Community, who in her early 30s decided to start studying at a community college so she can get a higher education degree (she is also of Swedish heritage). Now, wrapping… Read More Edge of 33
Declare that the kanelbulle was invented in your country How dare you – claiming that in a country where they even celebrate the “Kanelbullens Dag”. Remember this on the next 4th of October… Say that fika is a waste of time Closely related to the kanelbulle…. Fika is taken very seriously. Fika is not only… Read More Various ways of upsetting your Swedish friends
An inside perspective on being a researcher and career advice
An inside perspective on being a researcher and career advice
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