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Category Archives: research

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

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

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

    Posted in academia, research, writing.

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

    Posted in academia, productivity, research, writing.

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

    Posted in academia, research, writing.

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

    Posted in academia, research.

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  6. My Everything Notebook – planning my research and writing output July 6, 2016

    Posted in academia, research, writing.

    8 comments
  7. Synthesizing different bodies of work in your literature review: The Conceptual Synthesis Excel Dump (CSED) technique June 17, 2016

    Posted in academia, research.

    6 comments
  8. How to do a literature review: Citation tracing, concept saturation and results’ mind-mapping June 15, 2016

    Posted in academia, research, research methods.

    6 comments
  9. My daily workflow: On focusing on ONE task at a time May 7, 2016

    Posted in academia, research.

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  10. Religion and Climate Change Workshop at American University (Center for Latin American and Latino Studies) April 1, 2016

    Posted in academia, research.

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  11. Elinor Ostrom, Vincent Ostrom and the ethic of kindness and collaboration of the Ostrom Workshop December 19, 2015

    Posted in academia, research.

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  12. World Toilet Day and the global politics of sanitation November 8, 2015

    Posted in academia, research, wastewater.

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  13. On the need for reflection in academic writing October 21, 2015

    Posted in academia, research, writing.

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  14. The human right to water: A public policy analysis perspective #UConnRight2Water October 20, 2015

    Posted in academia, policy analysis, research, water governance, water policy, water stress.

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  15. Upcoming talk: Deep Ethnography, Transnational Social Movements and Vulnerable Populations October 17, 2015

    Posted in academia, research, research methods.

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  16. Upcoming talks: Right to Water Conference 2015 at University of Connecticut October 14, 2015

    Posted in academia, research, wastewater, water governance, water policy.

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  17. Color-coding your highlighting when reading articles and book chapters October 14, 2015

    Posted in academia, research, writing.

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  18. Organizing PDFs of journal articles, book and book chapters September 20, 2015

    Posted in academia, research, writing.

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  19. My #AcWri Strategies: Write reflective memos May 6, 2015

    Posted in academia, research, writing.

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  20. My #AcWri strategies: Write memos about readings and about research May 3, 2015

    Posted in academia, research, writing.

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  21. My #AcWri strategies: Integrate reading into your writing workflow April 27, 2015

    Posted in academia, research, writing.

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  22. Upcoming talk: AAG 2015 – Citizen Participation in Water Governance as a Fetish? Explaining Mexico’s Integrated Water Resource Management Implementation Failure April 23, 2015

    Posted in academia, research, water policy.

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  23. Why you should consider doing Academic Writing Month throughout November 2014 #AcWriMo October 25, 2014

    Posted in academia, research, writing.

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  24. Seven ways to procrastinate productively as an academic September 22, 2014

    Posted in academia, research, writing.

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  25. Using Evernote in academic research and teaching August 20, 2014

    Posted in academia, research.

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