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More than my h-index – African Doctoral Academy

Jul 27, 2022

in Presentation, Scholarship, Writing

academia, academic writing, h-index, higher education, impact factor, journal, metrics, publication, publishing, research metrics, scholarly practice, scholarship

The presentation was given to a group of early career researchers and PhD students as part of the African Doctoral Academy. Download the slides. The main premise of my presentation was that academics are often driven to measure the quality of our work by quantitative metrics and journal impact factors because those are relatively easy…
Head space: Calm productivity for knowledge work

Jul 8, 2022

in Scholarship

academia, academic productivity, calm productivity, head space, higher education, knowledge work, productivity, scholarly practice, scholarship

Head space is a programme for academics who want to establish new habits and routines aimed at cultivating a space for calm productivity. To escape the unproductive and frenetic activities that fill our days. And to create the head space we need to do the work we love. I’ve started A New Thing. It’s called Head space…