Life in Research
Explore the personal experiences of life in research - from conferences to field work and beyond.
Reforming PhD system to suit contemporary realities
World as of 2025 doesn't need thousands of philosophers but hundreds of revolutionaries.
A response to “What makes PhD students happy? Good supervision”
The recent article on PhD scholars satisfaction published by Nature highlights an important aspect of doctoral life. It is the link between supervisor support and student well-being.
Fighting darkness under the Sun: the story of melanoma research (1)
Preface: a journey through dark and sunny days
Rediscovering the Alpha Helix in a World Obsessed with the New: What It Means to Be an Early-Career Researcher Working on a Classic Subject
There’s something poetic about the alpha helix: its repeating pattern and its balance between stability and motion. In some ways, it reflects what life as an early-career researcher feels like: an underlying sense of order even when the path seems uncertain.
