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Q&A: Selecting a research topic, when to contact advisors, podcasting, skills & struggles as researchers, and favorite books and albums of 2021 so far
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Today's episode is a Q&A episode. We received questions about how to select and narrow down a research topic, when to contact potential advisors, and what our major skills and struggles as researchers are. In addition, we discuss what we've learned from the last 4 months of podcasting, as well as our favorite books and albums of 2021 so far.
If you have questions for us for a future episode, feel free to send them in!
Here are the resources we mentioned in the recording with regard to defining a research topic and contacting possible advisors:
- Creative research methods by Helen Kara
- How to choose your research question, a guest post by Helen Kara on the PhD Talk blog
- When to contact possible advisors
Books mentioned in the podcast:
- Anne Brontë - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
- Lode Zielens - Moeder, waarom leven wij
- Bridges of Madison County - Robert James Waller
- Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
We both follow the Modern Mrs Darcy 2021 reading challenge.
Albums and playlist mentioned in the podcast:
122 episodes
Manage episode 289978169 series 2833360
Today's episode is a Q&A episode. We received questions about how to select and narrow down a research topic, when to contact potential advisors, and what our major skills and struggles as researchers are. In addition, we discuss what we've learned from the last 4 months of podcasting, as well as our favorite books and albums of 2021 so far.
If you have questions for us for a future episode, feel free to send them in!
Here are the resources we mentioned in the recording with regard to defining a research topic and contacting possible advisors:
- Creative research methods by Helen Kara
- How to choose your research question, a guest post by Helen Kara on the PhD Talk blog
- When to contact possible advisors
Books mentioned in the podcast:
- Anne Brontë - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
- Lode Zielens - Moeder, waarom leven wij
- Bridges of Madison County - Robert James Waller
- Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
We both follow the Modern Mrs Darcy 2021 reading challenge.
Albums and playlist mentioned in the podcast:
122 episodes
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