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Male Cat: Wassup doll?
Catgirl: Mrrp. I need to brush up my methodology …
Male Cat: (reads, then yawns) … u up for that nonsense again?! You‘re neglecting me, brushing furs is high.
Catgirl: Purr … 🤷🏻‍♀️ … but I love theory.
Male Cat: STFU. You need to brush my fur. Now!

#catgirl #catsplaining #cat #phdlife

Learning from cause and consequence 🤖🔎
Gabin Agbalé, PhD student in Alexander Marx ’s Causality group at RC Trust, attended the Reinforcement Learning Summer School 2026 in Milan. 🇮🇹🎓
The program connected directly to his work on causal representation learning and offered space for feedback, exchange, and future collaborations. 🌍🤝
https://rc-trust.ai/news/news-detail/learning-from-cause-and-consequence
#ReinforcementLearning #Causality #ArtificialIntelligence #PhDLife #TrustworthyAI
Photo: RLSS 2026/ELLIS Unit Milan

I went down the airtightness rabbit hole today to try to disentangle the different units used by researchers, industry and standards. So we can talk about them in a meaningful way. GAH! Blower doors need the 50Pa but buildings don't operate there. In all fairness. I LOVED IT! I am such a building geek 😍 #PhDLife

I went down the airtightness rabbit hole today to try to disentangle the different units used by researchers, industry and standards. So we can talk about them in a meaningful way. GAH! Blower doors need the 50Pa but buildings don't operate there. In all fairness. I LOVED IT! I am such a building geek 😍 #PhDLife

Having a low work day today. Need to recover from the syncope last night. Will finish methodology today (1 page left 🤣🤣) Then maybe take it easy if my brain needs it. But more often than not, I get into a track and keep going. This will end soon and I will be editing my novel instead of my thesis 🥰 #PhDLife

Having a low work day today. Need to recover from the syncope last night. Will finish methodology today (1 page left 🤣🤣) Then maybe take it easy if my brain needs it. But more often than not, I get into a track and keep going. This will end soon and I will be editing my novel instead of my thesis 🥰 #PhDLife

I spent 8 hours on two pages today. So dense SIGH #PhDLife

I spent 8 hours on two pages today. So dense SIGH #PhDLife

Omg my first article is finally out! 🎉

Making Space: a case for unruly food pedagogies

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15528014.2026.2697126

This paper explores the intersection of food pedagogies and disability by considering what happens when disabled bodies are centered and made space for in pedagogical approaches to food and cooking.

Using Carla Rice's concept of the "unruly body" and Manning's proposition for an affect-driven "radical pedagogy", we acknowledge the fragility of learning and its often meandering trajectory, paying particular attention to the embodied experiences of unruly bodies and their interactions with other bodies and objects in space.

#phdlife

Omg my first article is finally out! 🎉

Making Space: a case for unruly food pedagogies

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15528014.2026.2697126

This paper explores the intersection of food pedagogies and disability by considering what happens when disabled bodies are centered and made space for in pedagogical approaches to food and cooking.

Using Carla Rice's concept of the "unruly body" and Manning's proposition for an affect-driven "radical pedagogy", we acknowledge the fragility of learning and its often meandering trajectory, paying particular attention to the embodied experiences of unruly bodies and their interactions with other bodies and objects in space.

#phdlife

🎓Congrats to Kenneth Chan on successfully defending his PhD!🎉
In his thesis, “Metre-Scale Radiative Effects at the Stratocumulus Cloud Top”, Kenneth investigated radiative effects that were previously overlooked on the meter scale in the cloud top region of stratocumulus clouds & their significance for the stratocumulus-topped boundary layer. He uncovered a warming layer above the stratocumulus cloud tops, the "W-layer," & we are very proud of his discovery! ☁️
#PhDlife #ClimateScience

🎓Congrats to Kenneth Chan on successfully defending his PhD!🎉
In his thesis, “Metre-Scale Radiative Effects at the Stratocumulus Cloud Top”, Kenneth investigated radiative effects that were previously overlooked on the meter scale in the cloud top region of stratocumulus clouds & their significance for the stratocumulus-topped boundary layer. He uncovered a warming layer above the stratocumulus cloud tops, the "W-layer," & we are very proud of his discovery! ☁️
#PhDlife #ClimateScience

naturally the only time my psychiatrist office is running behind is when i have a deadline 🥲 #PhDlife

📢 Join us for the General Circulation Student Meeting (GCSM) at MPI-M, Hamburg, Sept 1st-3rd, 2026! This 3-day student-led conference will focus on topics like land-ocean heating contrast, climate feedbacks, & idealized experiments. MSc students and PhD candidates interested in large-scale atmospheric circulation are invited to apply.

➡️ Apply here by July 14, 2026: https://events.mpimet.mpg.de/event/134/overview

#PhDlife #networking #sciconference #climatescience

📢 Join us for the General Circulation Student Meeting (GCSM) at MPI-M, Hamburg, Sept 1st-3rd, 2026! This 3-day student-led conference will focus on topics like land-ocean heating contrast, climate feedbacks, & idealized experiments. MSc students and PhD candidates interested in large-scale atmospheric circulation are invited to apply.

➡️ Apply here by July 14, 2026: https://events.mpimet.mpg.de/event/134/overview

#PhDlife #networking #sciconference #climatescience

My supervisor has finished reviewing my thesis, he said it is VERY GOOD I just need more references 😅❤️🥰 feeling relief #PhDLife

My supervisor has finished reviewing my thesis, he said it is VERY GOOD I just need more references 😅❤️🥰 feeling relief #PhDLife

Für Promovierende und Forschende in wissenschaftlichen Qualifizierungsphasen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften. Gefördert werden Forschungsaufenthalte in 2 bis 3 Gastländern der Max Weber Stiftung zur transnationalen und transregionalen Forschung.

📅 Bewerbungsfrist: 4. Oktober 2026

🔗 https://www.maxweberstiftung.de/feldman

#Fellowship #ResearchFunding #Geisteswissenschaften #Sozialwissenschaften #PhDLife #MWS

Für Promovierende und Forschende in wissenschaftlichen Qualifizierungsphasen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften. Gefördert werden Forschungsaufenthalte in 2 bis 3 Gastländern der Max Weber Stiftung zur transnationalen und transregionalen Forschung.

📅 Bewerbungsfrist: 4. Oktober 2026

🔗 https://www.maxweberstiftung.de/feldman

#Fellowship #ResearchFunding #Geisteswissenschaften #Sozialwissenschaften #PhDLife #MWS

🎓Mariana Salinas Matus successfully defended her PhD thesis, "The Role of Mesoscale Eddies in Southern Ocean Carbon Uptake Variability Across Space and Time." Congratulations!🎉
🌀Mariana's thesis improves the understanding of the global #CarbonCycle & identifies key mechanisms controlling the variability of #MesoscaleEddies. We're very proud of Mariana & wish her well as she starts a postdoc in @TatianaIlyina's new Department at the MPI for Marine Microbiology.🌊
#Oceanography #MPIM #PhDLife

🎓Mariana Salinas Matus successfully defended her PhD thesis, "The Role of Mesoscale Eddies in Southern Ocean Carbon Uptake Variability Across Space and Time." Congratulations!🎉
🌀Mariana's thesis improves the understanding of the global #CarbonCycle & identifies key mechanisms controlling the variability of #MesoscaleEddies. We're very proud of Mariana & wish her well as she starts a postdoc in @TatianaIlyina's new Department at the MPI for Marine Microbiology.🌊
#Oceanography #MPIM #PhDLife

Multitasking?
Of course I can multitask!
Look at me, waiting for my #rstats code to run and looking for new jobs, because my contract will end in 6 months and there hasn't been a clear commitment to prolong it, and drinking tea all at once!

#AcademicChatter #AcademicLife #PhDLife #PostDocLife #AcademicMastodon

Multitasking?
Of course I can multitask!
Look at me, waiting for my #rstats code to run and looking for new jobs, because my contract will end in 6 months and there hasn't been a clear commitment to prolong it, and drinking tea all at once!

#AcademicChatter #AcademicLife #PhDLife #PostDocLife #AcademicMastodon

#threeGoodThings
1 & 2) Learned a bit about African #Ubuntu philosophy this week, in addition to protocols for performing qualitative interviews with kūpuna (elders) in Hawaiʻi as part of my Indigenous research methods class.

3) Made it through the weekend, and turned my homework in on time.

#threegoodthings #ubuntu #phdlife

#threeGoodThings
1 & 2) Learned a bit about African #Ubuntu philosophy this week, in addition to protocols for performing qualitative interviews with kūpuna (elders) in Hawaiʻi as part of my Indigenous research methods class.

3) Made it through the weekend, and turned my homework in on time.

#threegoodthings #ubuntu #phdlife

After almost 2 years of back and forth.. technical (website) issues, lack of proper editorial oversight 😬 and 3 rounds of peer review... My first paper has finally been accepted for publication! 🎉

I can now breathe.

There will be wine tonight.
#phdlife

After almost 2 years of back and forth.. technical (website) issues, lack of proper editorial oversight 😬 and 3 rounds of peer review... My first paper has finally been accepted for publication! 🎉

I can now breathe.

There will be wine tonight.
#phdlife

Back from errands. Survived the cold morning on scoot - now for moar coffee and thesis wrangling #PhDLife

Back from errands. Survived the cold morning on scoot - now for moar coffee and thesis wrangling #PhDLife

I hate working with track changes in word. My supervisor keeps doing it. I have asked him mulitple times not to. My document keeps going into corrupt mode and I have accept changes before I can review everything. I can’t wait until this is over #PhDLife

I hate working with track changes in word. My supervisor keeps doing it. I have asked him mulitple times not to. My document keeps going into corrupt mode and I have accept changes before I can review everything. I can’t wait until this is over #PhDLife

More thesis edits today as I ease into a Sunday arvo. Headphones on, beats turned in... GO! #PhDLife

More thesis edits today as I ease into a Sunday arvo. Headphones on, beats turned in... GO! #PhDLife

CORRUPTED FILE, thank the gods for the cloud history files #PhDLife

CORRUPTED FILE, thank the gods for the cloud history files #PhDLife

I am adamant that I will not leave the house this weekend and have a polished thesis for supervisor on Monday morning. Not leaving the house is my normal 😅😅😅 and I shall excel at that , the thesis bit will take a bit of effort #PhDLife

I am adamant that I will not leave the house this weekend and have a polished thesis for supervisor on Monday morning. Not leaving the house is my normal 😅😅😅 and I shall excel at that , the thesis bit will take a bit of effort #PhDLife

Thesis edits today. Chasing down that big red submit button 😅 #PhDLife

Thesis edits today. Chasing down that big red submit button 😅 #PhDLife

Finally finished and submitted the overdue conference report, which turned out longer, more detailed, and rather critical (for valid reasons) than the previous reports. As I open the windows I feel a breeze of fresh air rushing through the flat, relieved to visit Uni again and to now commit myself to different analytical and text work.

Nothing comes close to that rewarding feeling of making progress in the doctorate, not even sex … I‘ll have my first Tschick 🚬 for this week, hoping to ease my back and neck pains :akko_yawn:

#PhDlife #allworkandnoplay

🔬 What happened inside LeidenForce in May?

Experimental setups, science communication, PhD stories, scientific watch and more.

Explore our monthly recap ⬇️
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7472188825423986688

#LeidenForce #ResearchLife #PhDLife #FluidDynamics #ScientificWatch #LeidenfrostEffect #HorizonEurope #MSCA

🔬 What happened inside LeidenForce in May?

Experimental setups, science communication, PhD stories, scientific watch and more.

Explore our monthly recap ⬇️
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7472188825423986688

#LeidenForce #ResearchLife #PhDLife #FluidDynamics #ScientificWatch #LeidenfrostEffect #HorizonEurope #MSCA

Just found out that my article “Diving into the Depths: Exploring Interpersonal Relationships in Mermaid Fanfiction” has now been published online in The Journal of Fandom Studies. 🧜‍♀️📚

The article explores friendship, chosen family and interpersonal relationships in mermaid fanfiction, and forms part of my PhD research.

What I value most is the opportunity to research subjects that genuinely fascinate me!

#PhDLife #AcademicResearch #FanStudies #FandomStudies #DigitalCulture #Publishing

Just found out that my article “Diving into the Depths: Exploring Interpersonal Relationships in Mermaid Fanfiction” has now been published online in The Journal of Fandom Studies. 🧜‍♀️📚

The article explores friendship, chosen family and interpersonal relationships in mermaid fanfiction, and forms part of my PhD research.

What I value most is the opportunity to research subjects that genuinely fascinate me!

#PhDLife #AcademicResearch #FanStudies #FandomStudies #DigitalCulture #Publishing

My supervisor's thesis review comments are coming through, they're so minor! I might have a final ready to submit next week! :alice_party: #PhDLife

My supervisor's thesis review comments are coming through, they're so minor! I might have a final ready to submit next week! :alice_party: #PhDLife

@b0rk_reruns This needs to be heard by all the people in academia. When you design a poster or write your paper make sure your main takeaways are clear and are on the first page. See “How to write a great research paper" by Simon Peyton Jones (with presentation typeset in Comic Sans) and the whole better poster movement.

#academia #AcademicChater #PhDlife #betterPoster #openScience

@b0rk_reruns This needs to be heard by all the people in academia. When you design a poster or write your paper make sure your main takeaways are clear and are on the first page. See “How to write a great research paper" by Simon Peyton Jones (with presentation typeset in Comic Sans) and the whole better poster movement.

#academia #AcademicChater #PhDlife #betterPoster #openScience

I was talking about my PhD yesterday and someone assumed I used AI to write it. They were really surprised when I said no #PhDLife

I sent my final personal draft of my thesis to my supervisor, now it's a team effort. All diagrams done, the narrative is good. I am happy! Going for a ride on the scooter, the skies have cleared and I want to get out after days of rain #PhDLife