Folks, this is a perfectly accurate description of getting a PhD studying space.

#space #academicchatter #phd #astrophysics #Astronomy #Astrodon #science

Great blog by Pat Thompson on academic writing:

▶️ patthomson.net/2026/03/08/gett…

"Academic writing is a form of thinking. It’s not the transcription of thoughts already completed, but a process of thinking itself. One of the ways we make writing harder than it needs to be is by writing as though our argument has arrived fully formed, rather than being wrestled into shape over several drafts."

This is why you *need* to write yourself, even and especially when writing is hard!

#AcademicChatter #PhD

getting comfortable with being uncomfortable 

Good academic writing means sitting with a discomfort that never entirely goes away. It’s not a discomfort that comes from having nothing to say. Most of us have more than enough ideas crowding the…

^patter

Well, I just got a rejection, but at least it means I can still collect more data.... So I'm doing research on the understandability of a privacy modeling language among people from different disciplines (#privacy experts, #developer, business analysts).

So if you are a privacy expert, developer or business analyst working in Europe, or if you know someone, I would be eternally grateful if you could participate or share this link. Help this bunch of #PhD students :).

forms.gle/ywvDxjEe9wKZZPb9A

GDPR research participation

Thank you very much for showing your interest in participating in our research. Me (Claudia Negri-Ribalta) with René Noël, Rosa Velasquez and Sébastien Fassiaux are looking to validate a proposal we have made on GDPR and your participation would be v…

^{Google Docs}