Academic Writing
Book reviews are among the easiest pieces for early-career researchers to publish, yet many turn into chapter-by-chapter summaries. Here is how to get commissio
Academic Careers
Many candidates accept an academic offer during the first phone call for fear of losing it. Yet teaching load, start-up funds and start date often matter more t
Academic Careers
Proposal writing is widely taught; managing a grant after you win it hardly at all. The result: budgets out of line, unreported missed milestones and panicked f
Academic Careers
A three-month visiting position abroad can launch years of collaboration, or pass like a long holiday because nobody knew what you came to do. The difference is
Academic Careers
Your paper might be read in full by a few hundred people. A good public piece can reach tens of thousands, but only if you reverse the structure you are used to
Academic Careers
Many early-career researchers wait for one mentor who can help with everything: research, teaching, funding, life balance. Such people are rare. Five or six peo
Academic Careers
New group leaders often keep working as if they were alone: everything in their heads, every question answered by message. Three simple tools let a small team r
Academic Careers
After the defence, many researchers hit a gap: dig deeper into the thesis topic or strike out in a new direction? A five-year agenda with three risk levels give
Research Integrity & Open Science
Accepting a review invitation means holding unpublished work in confidence. When to decline, how to involve a PhD student properly, and the things a reviewer mu
Publishing & Peer Review
Your first review invitation arrives unannounced, along with the question “am I qualified?”. A two-pass reading method, a five-part report structure, and the ph
Academic Careers
Plenty of people return from conferences with a certificate and some photos but no useful contacts. The real value lies in three things: choosing the right even
