I appreciated your post “The Second-Book Problem,” as it describes (more accurately than I care to admit) the situation I’m in. My first book was published in September 2020. It was nonfiction. There ...

Social media, reading and the fragmented schedules of academia can all eat into precious writing time. Based on her experience supervising PhD students, Zhen Sun offers advice for supporting doctoral ...

Students working on their Bachelor's or Master's thesis usually have supervisors at their side who guide, accompany and possibly also correct them during this time. If students have the impression ...

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