Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

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 !Cette semaine sur Papa PhD, je t'apporte une conversation avec Arhur Lin dont le sujet est: SHS et sciences dures, comment se légitimer. Titulaire d'une Licence d'Histoire et d'un Master en Ingéniérie de la Protection Sociale...

Welcome to another collab episode of the PhD Dojo with The 2nd Lab. VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSjN2Ux41bE In this new PhD Dojo episode, I pick Gad Sabbatier's brain about best practices when you want to turn your PhD into a business. This is Gad's bread and butter, so don't miss this episode if you want to become an entrepreneur! While you're here, I'll take the opportunity to announce...

What place does a philosophy PhD have in the modern marketplace? In this Papa PhD interview, I explore this question with Aaron Kagan, philosophy PhD and staff user experience (UX) researcher at Google. Reach out to me or to Aaron using the links below, if you have any feedback or any questions for us. While you're here, I'll take the opportunity to announce that Papa PhD has joined the  Podcastin...

Cette semaine sur Papa PhD, on est hors série avec un spécial Podcasthon 2023, où je te présente une association qui m'inspire - PhDOOC. Si tu veux savoir de quoi peut avoir l'air un MOOC sur les carrières créé et mené par et pour les doctorants, rejoins-moi dans cette conversation avec une des fondatrices, Adeline Bossu, et trois bénévoles, Lauriane Baylé, Marina Briand et Maya Anderson-Gonzalez!...

This week on the show, I'm bringing you yet another treasure from the vault - my Season 2 conversation with Shaz Zamore about their vision for the future of academia. During my conversation with Shaz, I got a glimpse at what that change can look like – we dove into the current diversity and inclusivity challenges facing academia today and into how addressing them can change the face of science and...

Burnout. You probably know someone who has gone through it, or you may have burnt out, yourself. Academic burnout is real and often taboo, and this week on the podcast, I am talking with a coach specializing in helping researchers avoid it and manage it - Özgün Ünver, form Mind Your Own Revisions. During our conversation, Özgün shares about her burnout during the PhD and postdoc and her lessons le...

Last week on Papa PhD, I shared my recent conversation with Danielle De La Mare, creator and host of the Self-Compassionate Professor podcast. This week, I'm over-the-moon happy to have an episode of the Self-Compassionate Professor as a feed drop on Papa PhD - a conversation about perfectionism in academia with Dr. Isabeau Iqbal. Reach out to me or to Danielle using the links below, if you have a...

How well adjusted do you feel you are to your current career ? This week on Papa PhD, I'm sharing my recent conversation with Danielle De La Mare, creator and host of the Self-Compassionate Professor podcast, about her approach to promotion career wellness in the academic community. This is an exciting episode for me, because it's a collaboration with the Self-Compassionate Professor. Danielle wil...

It can be difficult projecting yourself into the future and setting goals when you are fully invested physically and emotionally with your PhD. Overwhelm and overwork are terms that come up frequently in conversation with PhD researchers, independently of their domain of research. In this Papa PhD interview, I talk with career coach Kimberly Duong about her post-PhD experience and about her approa...

Are you ready for what comes after getting your degree? Or after your second or third postdoc? How does the job market treat PhDs today? These are questions I had no answers to when I was finishing my PhD. My guest this week - Ashley Ruba, PhD - has taken up the personal mission to keep asking tough questions to the post-PhD community, after living a transformational transition from her postdoc po...

Welcome to another collab episode of the PhD Dojo with The 2nd Lab. VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSLcy6gYJ9s In this new PhD Dojo episode, Gad Sabbatier and I share our advice on something that is a challenge for a lot of us - time management. Do you struggle doing all you want to fit in a day? In a week? Then this episode is for you, as Gad Sabbatier and I share our short- and long-term...

Are you preparing to write a paper? Do you get anxious, not knowing what the outcome is going to be of this long process? Today, I'm sharing with you my conversation with Anna Clemens, whose specialty is to coach researchers on how to write for journal articles. During our conversation, Anna talked about how to systematize article writing, she talked about the importance of how to communicate with...

This week on the show, I'm sharing a story of resilience and steadfastness in career building with my guest, Bryan Quoc Le. During our conversation, Bryan shares his journey from a PhD in chemistry to being self-employed as a consultant in the food industry space. I got great feedback about this interview during our live recording, so I hope you enjoy it, too! Reach out to Me or to Bryan using the...

This week, I'm sharing with you a conversation about a side of the post-PhD experience that is kind of a blind spot for me - the place of social science graduates in the tech space. To talk about this, I had the pleasure of having a conversation with Victoria (Tory) Wobber, growth and leadership coach and consultant. While you're here, I'll take the opportunity to announce that Papa PhD has joined...

Welcome to another collab episode of the PhD Dojo with The 2nd Lab. While you're here, I'll take the opportunity to announce that Papa PhD has joined the  Podcast 2.0 initiative and is now set up to receive boosts from you, the listener! A boost is a value for value (V4V)  contribution in Satoshis (or Sats), the smallest existing Bitcoin denomination. All received boosts will get a shoutout on the...

This week, on the first Papa PhD episode of 2023, I am bringing you an incredibly insightful conversation about the impostor phenomenon in academia and beyond with Marc Reid, PhD, author of You Are Not a Fraud - A Scientist's Guide to the Imposter Phenomenon. Imposter feelings are ubiquitous in graduate school and throughout your career, especially after pivots into a new position or a new space....

In this week on the show, I'm bringing you another treasure from the vault - my Season 2 conversation with Krishna Kadiyala about her experience as a woman in the STEM space, and in particular about her decision to have children during the PhD. While you're here, I'll take the opportunity to let you know that Papa PhD has joined the  Podcasting 2.0 initiative and is now set up to receive boosts fr...

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 ! Cette semaine sur Papa PhD, je t'apporte un des épisodes les plus écoutés de la saison 2 de Papa PhD - ma conversation avec Anne Bonlarron, fondatrice de Scienceo. Entre autres, on a parlé CIFRE, être expatrié et arrêt de th...

This week on Papa PhD and to mark the end of the year, I share with you the first of a series of three of the most popular episodes of the show since the launch, in 2019. In this early conversation with Adriana Bankston, we covered her experience going through graduate school, but also how she started preparing for a career pivot early on. We then went deeper into the specifics of entering the sci...

This week on Papa PhD, I'm bringing you an expert on how to improve your public speaking skills - Neil Thompson of TeachTheGeek.com. If you want to get better a presenting in front of different audiences, get a pen and paper and join us on this great Papa PhD conversation! While you're here, I'll take the opportunity to announce that Papa PhD has joined the  Podcast 2.0 initiative and is now set u...

La semaine où je célébrais le 200e épisode de Papa PhD, j’ai eu le plaisir d’interviewer un invité d’honneur - Rémi Quirion, le scientifique en chef du Québec - pour entendre son point de vue sur le doctorat et sur l’avenir des PhD sur le marché du travail. Durant l'enregistrement j'ai posé à Rémi les questions que vous m'avez envoyées et celles que ont été partagées en direct, sur Linkedin ou sur...

This week on Papa PhD, I'm sharing the story of someone I've had the pleasure to mentor during her PhD to non-academic job transition - Anushka Khasnobish. I want to thank Anushka for suggesting to share this testimonial on the show and for the chance to reflect on a string of conversations that took place over a number of months and to make sense of them in retrospect. While you're here, I'll tak...

Cette semaine sur Papa PhD, une enrichissante conversation avec Claudine Pierron de l'APEC et avec Marc Chevalier, ami du podcast et champion de la promotion du succès professionnel des PhD.Au programme, un retour sur l'évènement Cap PhD, qui a eu lieu en 2021, et l'annonce de Cap Docteurs, la mouture revue et améliorée qui aura lieu les 23 et 24 novembre 2022.Ça t'intéresse ? Inscris-toi gratuite...

200 episodes… I couldn’t have imagined I’d come this far when I launched back in 2019, but a little over 3 years in, it feels almost surreal. If you’re new to the show, welcome, and enjoy all the content! If you’re a long time fan, thank you for dropping by week after week! And if you want to show me some love, go to buymeacoffee.com/papaphd and donate. ????Every little bit helps! Again thank you....

Do you struggle to sit down and write your thesis? Is the process painful to you? Then join me in this interview a specialist, a "thesis whisperer" of sorts - Martha Boeglin of Scriptoria. During my conversation with Martha, we discuss this inevitable, yet often gruesome task that is thesis writing, and Martha shares her know-how and a number of techniques and strategies to make the exercise a ple...