
Internasjonal PhD erfaring (International PhD experience)
My Phd supervisor (Carl May) helped me discover a research group at the University of Stavanger (UiS) who were also doing work to...


Re-frame Failure
Over the summer I went to watch a PWA wave competition in Pozo. It was inspiring and you can watch the highlights on windsurfing.tv! For...

Heart Failure Sucks
SYMPACT is going well, but my life is now insanely busy. Between running my PhD study (#SYMPACT), keeping the other work of my PhD...

More about my "new" identity
It has been too long. I have been swamped with my "new" identity. Last time I blogged about getting my "eye mask" as a research...


Getting the research badge
So a while back a fellow PhD friend and I were chatting and we giggled about how getting a PhD is like a series of "tests" or "trials"...


REJECTED
"Every rejection brings you one step closer to publication" "Rejection is the norm in academic publishing" "30-50% of articles don't even...


Fear of Failure
This year has been challenging as I write my protocol and prepare to role out my research study. At times the fear of failure threatened...


Room to Grow: Presenting to authors in your bibliography
In February I had the most amazing and simultaneously nerve wrecking experience. I opened an email from my supervisor which asked me if I...


Finding a Silver Lining
At the beginning of my PhD my University had previous PhD candidates share with us newbies their PhD journey. They were full of words...


Don't look back look forward
'Tis the season to review the year in order to plan the upcoming year. PhD work requires me to motivate myself. This is harder than it...