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L’importance de vulgariser avec Catherine Cimon-Paquet

Est-ce que tu as envie de parler de ton domaine de recherche dans d’autres contextes que dans des journal clubs et séminaires, mais tu ne sais pas comment t’y prendre ? Ou bien est-ce que tu penses que ça serait déplacé de le faire ? Dans cette conversation Papa PhD, je t’apporte Catherine Cimon-Paquet, doctorante…

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Being Field-Ready for the Postdoc and Job Search with Sara Vero

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Podcasting and Science Communication as a Researcher – Do We Have the Time? With Federica Bressan

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Presenting for Impact – Common Myths and Roadblocks with Andrew Churchill

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Changing University Parental Leave Policies with Marie McCausland

Get the Papa PhD Career Readiness Tool kit ! University policies… Are they set in stone? Do we get to update them, if they’re unfair or archaic? If you’re considering this type of question, today, you might be feeling like David facing Goliath, and tend to shrug your shoulders and just accept things as they…

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Marketing Your Research Skills after the PhD with Alana Rister

Get the Papa PhD Career Readiness Tool kit ! Building your brand? Improving your discoverability? Establishing a presence on social media? These are questions that are seldom covered in the context of graduate school and of the career development of young researchers. Do these questions pique your interest? This week, I’m bringing you my recent…

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S’éloigner de la recherche et y revenir avec Nicolas Stifani

Contribue à la production de Papa PhD sur Patreon ! Ou ravitaille David en café 🙂 Cette semaine sur Papa PhD, je t’apporte ma récente conversation avec Nicolas Stifani, coordonnateur de la plateforme de miscroscopie de l’Université de Montréal. Nicolas et moi nous sommes croisés au doctorat, à l’Institut Neurologique de Montréal. Dans cette conversation…

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Are Things Changing for the Better for Women in STEM? with Krishna Kadiyala

Get the Papa PhD Career Readiness Tool kit ! On this episode, I will be bringing you my interview with Krishna Kadiyala. During our conversation, we talked about Krishna’s experience as a woman in the STEM space, and in particular about her decision to have children during the PhD. An important conversation I really wanted…

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Celebrating a Podcasting Milestone with Planthropology’s Vikram Baliga

This week on Papa PhD, I’m joined by Vikram Baliga in sharing with you a celebration of a great milestone for Papa PhD and for his podcast – the Planthropology podcast. Having both started podcasting in 2019, we just reached 50.000 downloads at a few days of interval, and we decided to thank you, the…

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A Discussion About “Bad Habits” in Academia With Author Amy Gentry

This week on Papa PhD, I’m discussing a fictional book – a thriller set within academia – with author Amy Gentry. In our conversation, I talked with Amy about her personal experience going through a PhD in the humanities and about what aspects of that experience inspired her to write “Bad Habits”. Amy Gentry is…

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