patter

research education, academic writing, public engagement, funding, other eccentricities.

Menu Skip to content
  • Home
  • about me
  • my research
  • my books
  • all publications

Tag: cruel optimism

February 16, 2026February 16, 2026 pat thomson

the cruel optimism of peer review

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 13.2K other subscribers

academic blogging academic writing argument blogging book writing conclusion conference introduction journal journal article literature review literature reviews peer review PhD publishing reader reading research research methods revision revision strategy supervision Tate Summer School thesis time

Top Posts & Pages

  • what’s with the name doctoral ‘student’?
  • write with the criticism you're afraid of
  • Writing About Your Researcher Positioning
  • avoiding the laundry list literature review
  • writing a bio-note
  • aims and objectives - what's the difference?
  • three ways to link paragraphs 
  • don't send your PhD examiner to sleep
  • what's the difference between reflection and reflexivity?
  • let's hear it for the 'mature' doctoral researcher

RSS Feed RSS - Posts

Meta

  • Create account
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    patter
    Join 9,716 other subscribers

    Have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.

  • patter
    View site in Reader
    Manage subscriptionsSign upLog in
    Report this content
    Collapse this bar