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Tolerance to Ambiguity

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Author: Divya

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The perks of being a wanderer

19. February 2023 Divya Mental Health, Researcher, Researcher Life

I was born and raised in India. I’ve studied in three different countries, worked in four and my home is an Indo-German space in Denmark. I speak four languages fluently, none of them native to the country I currently live in. I really like my life in Denmark and I[…]

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Reviving the tolerance

1. January 2023 Divya Mental Health, Psychology, work-life balance

When I started this blog in 2016, the focus was on how research, particularly doing a PhD, requires a certain tolerance to ambiguity. In the years since, and a thank you to those of you who stood by me in this journey, my role has changed and diversified. I’ve changed[…]

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Researcher Life: “Leaving” Academia?

30. June 2021 Divya Researcher Life

It’s 09.45pm, on a warm June evening in Copenhagen. The sun hasn’t set yet and I am reflecting on my experience being on the Career Panel at Understanding Vision 2021. While this was an utterly flattering invitation that led to an hour of stimulating discussions with wonderful panelists, it required[…]

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Researcher Collaborations: Science Communication and Imposter Syndrome

28. April 2021 Divya Researcher

This month’s blog post is a very special throwback with my dear friend Dr. Sophie Elschner. Towards the end of our respective PhDs, in March 2020, Sophie and I each curated a week of rotating Twitter handles, the Real Scientists DE and R-Ladies RoCur accounts respectively. We were each other’s[…]

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Tolerance to Ambiguity on IG

11. March 2021 Divya Mental Health, Psychology

Time and again, this blog has dealt with topics of mental health. Often, my own experiences and reflections on stress in academia, burnout, mindfulness exercises and whatever takes up brain space for me each month. In today’s post, I would like to introduce you to my art – a hobby[…]

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Researcher Life: An Ode to PhDs

7. January 2021 Divya Mental Health, Researcher Life

Everyone was happy to strike 2020 off the calendar, but not me. I finished my PhD in 2020, with all the publications I had strived for. And you may imagine finishing a PhD is like a clear achievement. One day you don’t have a title, and the next morning, you[…]

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From the Psychologist’s Desk – Sailing the Corona Waters

29. March 2020 Divya Psychology, Researcher, work-life balance

Schools, colleges and universities are shut, most people are working from home, multiple countries are in lockdown, only essential services are working. The world as we knew it two months ago has changed drastically, thanks to the COVID-19 virus. Everyone is concerned – for their safety, for their loved ones,[…]

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My week with We Are R-Ladies

22. February 2020 Divya Researcher Life, SciComm

From 17.02.2020 till 22.02.2020, I curated the @WeAreRLadies Twitter account. An account for members of the R-Ladies community to talk about what they do and an opportunity to interact with the wider community. I am writing this reflective post in the last few hours of my curation. My goal for[…]

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Researcher Life: Mindfulness

31. October 2019 Divya Mental Health, Researcher Life, work-life balance

I am in the final stages of my PhD work. This, for me, means unstructured work hours, writing multiple articles parallelly, and job hunting. I knew it would be a hectic, chaotic 2019; and I pride myself at being organized and well-prepared for such a feat. As 2018 was coming[…]

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Research Collaborations – When Academia and Industry meet

25. September 2019 Divya Collaborations, Researcher

When I started my PhD data analysis a few years ago, I found myself quite alone. Me and my R-Studio – struggling to find answers. Since I did not have anyone on the project who could guide me, or go over my scripts, I was spending excruciatingly long on every[…]

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