Category Archives: Academic Life

Sometimes an opinion piece is carefully planned. This was not one of those times; it was written in the moment when the need for another perspective became immediately clear. The opinion piece article was written in response to Dutch news coverage celebrating the Tulip Fund, a €50 million initiative that has already attracted several researchersContinueContinue reading “Behind the article on the Dutch Tulip Fund”

Have you ever been asked to peer review a paper and found yourself thinking, “What exactly am I looking for?”You’re not alone. Recently, while working through another review, I started wondering whether I had developed my own internal process — or if this was what everyone does. I also started digging through editorial guidelines, andContinueContinue reading “Peer Reviewing Without the Guesswork: A Practical Protocol for Climate Science”

If you’re in the thick of writing up your PhD thesis, you know how intense the final stretch can be — long hours, staying indoors, and barely any social life (sound familiar?). I went through this myself during the pandemic, and I found a blog by my colleague Kaja Milczewska that really helped structure thoseContinueContinue reading “Writing Up Your PhD Thesis? Here’s a Blog That Helped Me (and Might Help You Too)”