category archives: academic career

merry xmas to myself!!!

Posted on December 20, 2011 by astrid

Just before xmas I got the great great news that my 2-year research project “Glocal Search. Search technology at the intersection of global capitalism and local socio-political cultures” got funded by the Österreichische Nationalbank (OeNB). YAY. I’m really looking forward … continue reading →

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goodtosee #8: academic role model

Posted on August 21, 2011 by astrid

I’ve been thinking about my job lately. And my life. Or how to bring the two together more specifically. The “work-life balance”, as they call it nowadays. Looking around me I see young academics struggling to get their papers out, … continue reading →

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nasty peer-reviews or “never enough”

Posted on May 28, 2011 by astrid

If you’re an academic you most probably know these nasty peer-reviews rejecting your hard work. These reviews written by your „peers“, who are supposed to make a responsible decision, but use their powerful role to let off steam instead. Reviews … continue reading →

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Publish or perish?

Posted on September 15, 2010 by astrid

The new level in this game of academia – the postdoc level – seems to include making a decision on getting the PhD published as a book or not. Encouraged by one of my PhD reviewers, Michael Nentwich, I started to … continue reading →

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