Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

This week on Papa PhD, I'm joined by Vikram Baliga in sharing with you a celebration of a great milestone for Papa PhD and for his podcast – the Planthropology podcast. Having both started podcasting in 2019, we just reached 50.000 downloads at a few days of interval, and we decided to thank you, the listeners, by recording a special episode! I hope you enjoy getting to know Vikram and I a little...

This week on Papa PhD, I'm discussing a fictional book – a thriller set within academia – with author Amy Gentry. In our conversation, I talked with Amy about her personal experience going through a PhD in the humanities and about what aspects of that experience inspired her to write “Bad Habits”. Amy Gentry is the author of Good as Gone, a New York Times Notable Book, and Last Woman Standing. She...

Tu aimes Papa PhD ? Laisse-moi un commentaire ici - une courte phrase suffit ! Et inclus ton identifiant Twitter – comme ça je pourrai te remercier personnellement !Est-ce qu'on peut se créer un métier en dehors de la recherche, mais sans s'éloigner de la science? Mon invitée de cette semaine - Emilie L. Dubois - s'est posé cette question et y a trouvé sa réponse dans le domaine du design graphiqu...

Hi! This week, I have the great pleasure of bringing you a conversation about life balance in graduate school with Katya Park. During the interview, Katya shared how during her PhD and postdoc she made sure to stay true to her life plans, namely those related to building a family, while working towards her goals, scientifically, and about how she dealt with the pressures and fears young researcher...

Télécharge la "Boîte à outils pour le doctorat" maintenant !  Salut! Cette semaine sur Papa PhD, je t'apporte une conversation au long de laquelle, avec mon invité, Pierre-Henri Garnier, on a parlé psychologie, transdisciplinarité et doctorat, et à la fin de laquelle il a partagé un exercice de réalité virtuelle (sans casque) qui t'aidera à maîtriser ton stress en identifiant où dans ton corps tu...

Hi! Before introducing today's guest, and to celebrate two years of Papa PhD, I'd like to extend an invitation directly to you. If you have a question about one of the episodes of Papa PhD, or if you'd like me to connect you with the people you hear on the podcast, or if you'd like to contribute in any way to Papa PhD, with suggestions or even content, email me at david@papaphd.com. I'll be happy...

Contribue à la production de Papa PhD sur Patreon ! Ou ravitaille David en café :)  Salut! Avant de te présenter l'invitée d'aujourd'hui, et pour célébrer les deux ans de Papa PhD, j'aimerais t'étendre une invitation, directement à toi. Si un des épisodes de Papa PhD a suscité chez toi une question, ou si tu aimerais que je temette en contact avec les gens que tu vois passer sur le podcast, ou, en...

Hi! This week I have the pleasure of bringing you someone whose mission is to help graduate students and postdocs with their career development. As Director of UC Irvine's GPS-STEM Program, Harinder Singh achieves this transition support through different approaches, including training, mentoring, and networking. During our conversation, we talked about how he got interested and involved in  conve...

Contribue à la production de Papa PhD sur Patreon ! Ou ravitaille David en café :) Cette semaine, j'ai le plaisir de t'apporter ma conversation avec Mathilde Maillard, créatrice du podcast "Bien dans ma thèse" et du talk show Twitch "Le doctorat part en live!" Une conversation entre deux podcasteur.e.s est souvent animée et dynamique. Avec Mathilde, le fait qu'elle est une influenceuse qui se dédi...

Support the show on Patreon ! Or buy me a coffee :) Welcome to another episode of Papa PhD. This week I have the pleasure of sharing one of the longest interviews of the season, but also one of the most jam-packed with insights and advice on how to take control of your career as a PhD, be it in academia our outside of it. So be sure to have pen and paper before hitting play on this Papa PhD interv...

Contribue à la production de Papa PhD sur Patreon ! Ou ravitaille David en café :) Cette semaine, je t'apporte une conversation où, avec Émilie Doré de Réussir son doctorat, on fait une radiographie des défis actuels de l'expérience de la thèse en sciences humaines et sociales (SHS) et où on discute des pistes à suivre pour offrir aux doctorant.e.s une expérience formatrice et davantage épanouissa...

Support the show on Patreon ! Or buy me a coffee :) This week on the show, I bring you a very lucid and pleasant conversation about how the graduate school experience could improve with Monica Granados, Policy advisor at Environment and Climate Change Canada. A lot of the conversation revolved around a subject that I'm passionate about - how can we change the PhD experience so it works for all can...

Contribue à la production de Papa PhD sur Patreon ! Cette semaine, j'ai l'énorme plaisir de t'apporter les deux chercheuses derrière Thésard-es, un podcast sur la vie de thèse dans le domaine des sciences sociales. Au fil de notre conversation, Jeanne Perrier et Marianne Le Gagneur ont partagé avec moi non seulement leur expérience en tant que chercheuses, mais aussi les questions qui les passionn...

Get the Papa PhD Tool kit ! Hi! This week on Papa PhD, I’m bringing you my conversation with Parag Mahanti. "We recorded this in November, during Parag’s Thanksgiving break. Since then, India has been severely hit by the second wave of the COVID pandemic, and many lives have been lost. Parag wanted this episode to be dedicated to especially to Late Dr. Ashim Chakravarty. If you want to support the...

Cette semaine, je vous apporte mon entrevue avec Marie Itoiz. Marie a un trajet en histoire et a partagé avec moi le cheminement qui l'a menée de son doctorat au poste qu'elle occupe aujourd'hui chez Capgemini comme consultante fonctionnelle. Ce que tu apprendras dans cet épisode : Les différents tournants du trajet de Marie ItoizLe master comme tube à essais avant le doctoratPourquoi il faut prof...

Get the Papa PhD Tool kit ! This week on the show, I'm talking with Sarah Nersesian, a PhD researcher who pursues many passions and interests in life, while remaining a scientist at heart. During our conversation, we talk about making decisions during your academic journey, about finding ways of nurturing your creative side during your PhD, and about the important role mentors can play in your lif...

This week on Papa PhD, I'm bringing you Wilf Nelson. Wilf is a PhD researcher at the University of Bigmingham in the UK and he is the host and producer of the Watercooler Neuroscience Podcast. During our conversation, Wilf shared his passion for science, for science communication, and for podcasting. And if you listen to the end, you'll hear what advice he has to share as a PhD researcher turned e...

Télécharge la "Boîte à outils pour le doctorat" maintenant ! Cette semaine sur le podcast, on parle réseautage et mise en relation des docteur.e.s et du milieu privé avec Florian Andrianiazy, Directeur Général de PhDTalent. Aujourd'hui, en 2021, il y a encore un certain flou, tant dans l'idée que se font les docteur.e.s du milieu entrepreneurial que dans les attentes qu'ont les RH des sociétés fac...

Do you need a PhD? When I launched into the doctoral adventure, I wanted to teach at the same level the professors I worked with did. So for me, the answer was yes. In today's episode, My guest, Sherri Widen, shares her journey and her reflections on the reality of the PhD career today and talks about how she found a path that led her to doing research and applying her expertise in child psycholog...

My experience going through graduate school was mostly of graduate students being fully funded and working exclusively on their PhD, at least until the time came to write their thesis. But this is not the reality for everyone and in all domains of research. Today, I'm bringing you a conversation with Gertrude Nonterah about her journey so far, about her side-hustles during graduate school, abouth...

Télécharge la "Boîte à outils pour le doctorat" maintenant ! Qu'est-ce qu'Aristote a à voir avec ta recherche d'emploi ? Pourquoi devrais-tu utiliser des stylos de couleur pour écrire ta lettre de motivation ? En quoi la rédaction persuasive peut t'aider dans ton processus de réorientation professionnelle ? Dans ce nouvel épisode de Papa PhD, mon invitée, Alexandra Martel – une spécialiste du copy...

Do you have a business idea based on your PhD research? A consultancy or a deeptech project? Well, you are not alone. A lot of PhD researchers out there have plans to become their own bosses rather than getting a job, when they're done with their degree. In today's episode, you'll hear Jessica Steinberg's recount of her experience translating the knowledge she gained working on her thesis into a s...

Welcome to episode 100 of the Papa PhD podcast! In a lot of the conversations I've had in past interviews here on the show, we have talked about how academia and graduate school need to change. For this special episode, I'm bringing you a conversation during which I got a glimpse at what that change can look like. With this week's guest – Shaz Zamore – we dove into the current diversity and inclus...

Télécharge la "Boîte à outils pour le doctorat" maintenant ! Que deviennent les docteur.e.s une fois sortis du milieu universitaire? Quel est leur rôle dans le tissu socio-écomonique aujourd'hui? Cette semaine, sur Papa PhD, on va parler du tiers secteur de la recherche et de projets d'intégration de docteur.e.s au sein de missions de science citoyenne et d'autres initiatives scientifiques en deho...

This week on Papa PhD, I'm talking with Caolan Kovach-Orr about his journey from the wet lab to a career in data science. During our conversation, we talked Caolan's academic journey, about what skills you should focus on as a candidate, today, if you're interested in data science, about the specifics of the interviewing process for data scientist positions, and Caolan shared specific advice based...