I’ve long felt a bit conflicted on the subject of Twitter. I remember doing a workshop while I was a student at the University of Warwick, and we were being…
Recently, I was invited to give a presentation at a midwifery event in London. There were about 700 midwives in the room, which was terrifying in itself. But far more…
Having completed my PhD using a writing style that took – quite literally – YEARS to get to grips with, I’ve moved onto the thorny issue of writing for journal publication. In…
What are the significant features of your research workspace? We want to get to know some of our Piirus members, and we thought that one way of doing this is to…
I’ll say it at the outset: I LOVE conferences! This might be because I’m inherently nosy, so I’m always fascinated to learn about what other researchers in my field have…
As the new Social Science correspondent (check me out! A proper title and everything!) here at the Piirus blog, I’ve been playing with lots of bits of technology that are new to…
After having described the difficulties I face when attempting to write from home, and realising that I can only spend so much time in coffee shops before (a) they ask…
As my fellow correspondent Ian wrote for Academic Writing Month (#AcWriMo on Twitter), we each appear to have our ideal place in which to write. Personally, I feel deeply indebted to…