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Category Archives: academia

  1. Can a soft path approach to water management fix Cape Town’s water crisis? February 4, 2018

    Posted in academia, water governance, water insecurity, water policy, water stress.

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  2. Forward citation tracing and backwards citation tracing in literature reviews February 3, 2018

    Posted in academia, research, writing.

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  3. An improved version of the Drafts Review Matrix – responding to reviewers and editors’ comments February 3, 2018

    Posted in academia.

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  4. How to write the introduction to a research paper February 2, 2018

    Posted in academia, writing.

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  5. Preparing the core elements of the PhD dissertation towards the thesis defense January 27, 2018

    Posted in academia.

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  6. Mapping a new field of scholarship January 27, 2018

    Posted in academia, research, writing.

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  7. Legitimising reading as a crucial component of academic writing January 12, 2018

    Posted in academia, writing.

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  8. Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks (A Guide to Academic Success) (my reading notes) January 7, 2018

    Posted in academia, writing.

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  9. Shattering the bottled water market: Offering tap water through drinking water fountains December 28, 2017

    Posted in academia, bottled water.

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  10. Writing a book review December 26, 2017

    Posted in academia, writing.

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  11. Dealing with rejected papers and revise-and-resubmits (R&Rs) with purpose December 25, 2017

    Posted in academia, writing.

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  12. Writing Without Bullshit: Boost Your Career by Saying What You Mean (my reading notes) December 23, 2017

    Posted in academia, writing.

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  13. Carving time to read: The AIC and Conceptual Synthesis Excel Dump combination method December 5, 2017

    Posted in academia, reading strategies.

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  14. A different metric of #AcWri success: Completing sentences and paragraphs December 3, 2017

    Posted in academia.

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  15. Dealing with Shiny New Project Syndrome: How to remain focused on the task at hand November 14, 2017

    Posted in academia.

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  16. Deciding on which writing projects to tackle and in what sequence November 5, 2017

    Posted in academia.

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  17. 3 strategies to catch up when you fall behind on your writing November 4, 2017

    Posted in academia, research, writing.

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  18. On the importance of gradually building an academic writing practice November 1, 2017

    Posted in academia, writing.

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  19. Bringing enough work along while travelling – a time-based approach to research October 5, 2017

    Posted in academia.

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  20. Where India Goes: Abandoned Toilets, Stunted Development and the Costs of Caste (my reading notes) October 4, 2017

    Posted in academia.

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  21. Strategies to read (and excerpt) an entire book II: Non-edited volumes (single/multiple authors) September 29, 2017

    Posted in academia, reading strategies.

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  22. Strategies to read (and excerpt) an entire book I: Edited volumes September 29, 2017

    Posted in academia, reading strategies, research, research methods.

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  23. On the fine balance between crafting new ideas and fighting writers’ block September 11, 2017

    Posted in academia.

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  24. Pushing against Taylorism in academia: Say no to the “billable hours” concept September 9, 2017

    Posted in academia.

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  25. Professors as Writers (Robert Boice) – my reading notes September 6, 2017

    Posted in academia, writing.

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