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the downside of having a Big Book thesis
This is a guest post by Katie Wheat. Katie graduated with a PhD in Psychology from University of York and now works as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Cognitive Neuroscience at Maastricht University. She is currently using brain … Continue reading
Posted in Big Book, doctoral research, early career researchers, Europe, PhD by publication, thesis
Tagged Big Book, dissertation, Katie Wheat, PhD by publication, thesis
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PhD by publication or PhD and publication – part two
After my first post about the changing nature of the PhD and the move to PhD by publication I was contacted by a number of people who were doing the by-publication doctorate. They were enthusiastic about it. One group were … Continue reading
the PhD and publication/by publication – a very peculiar practice? part one
It is now increasingly common in parts of Europe for PhDs in the humanities and social sciences to be awarded on the basis of publication. The norm seems to be three, but sometimes four, papers in international peer reviewed journals. … Continue reading
Posted in English language, Europe, monograph, parity, PhD, PhD by publication, publishing, thesis
Tagged parity, Pat Thomson, PhD by publication, scholarly monograph, thesis
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thinking about theory
Has your supervisor told you that you must ‘do theory’ in your thesis ? Nothing like this kind of comment to bring about a real case of the jitters. Thesis Whisperer recently posted about just this situation and you might … Continue reading
Posted in contingency, Europe, local, theory, universalism
Tagged contingent theory, Eurocentrism, Pat Thomson, Raewyn Connell, social theory, Southern Theory, universalism
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