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Category Archives: academia

1. 2017 resolutions: Getting a NO Committee January 4, 2017

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2. My word of 2017: CONQUER January 1, 2017

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3. My year in review: 2016, an amazing year of successes December 31, 2016

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4. Reverse-planning (backcasting) a paper (or a research project) December 31, 2016

   Posted in academia, productivity, research, research methods, writing.

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5. My yearly planning process through the Everything Notebook December 28, 2016

   Posted in academia, productivity.

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6. Simplifying your document processing: The Four Trays Method December 26, 2016

   Posted in academia, productivity.

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7. Rules, norms and institutional erosion: Of non-compliance, enforcement and lack of rule of law December 23, 2016

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8. Mind mapping as a strategic research and writing tool December 22, 2016

   Posted in academia, research, writing.

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9. 8 strategies that may help keep up with reading during the semester December 22, 2016

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10. In defense of libraries December 16, 2016

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11. Flint, Mexico and the dangerous, slippery slope from tap water to bottled water December 16, 2016

    Posted in academia, bottled water.

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12. New publication: The Environment (book chapter in International Relations) December 10, 2016

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13. Processing a Paper Protocol – from PDF to memo December 5, 2016

    Posted in academia.

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14. Project Planning Protocol – From idea to paper in one swift sequence November 16, 2016

    Posted in academia, productivity.

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15. On getting a good night of sleep and the biphasic 6 + 1.5 hours cycle November 12, 2016

    Posted in academia.

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16. Getting writing done as a motivator to write more November 11, 2016

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17. On doing the grunt work in academia November 6, 2016

    Posted in academia, productivity, research, writing.

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18. On the value of urban ethnography in understanding contemporary society November 3, 2016

    Posted in academia, ethnography, research methods.

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19. Using #AcWriMo to develop a daily writing practice October 29, 2016

    Posted in academia, writing.

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20. Using the rhetorical precis for literature reviews and conceptual syntheses October 24, 2016

    Posted in academia, writing.

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21. Granular planning and The Rule of Threes October 19, 2016

    Posted in academia, research, writing.

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22. Generating new ideas for (or within) papers October 17, 2016

    Posted in academia.

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23. A few warm-up strategies to start your workday October 14, 2016

    Posted in academia, productivity.

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24. Strategies to sustain your research during heavy-teaching semesters October 9, 2016

    Posted in academia, productivity.

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25. On slow scholarship, time investments and good research October 8, 2016

    Posted in academia, research.

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