Category: Blog

Saving the world – one boob at a time

Women. Alcohol. Cancer. Three words. A remarkable researcher – Jess Thomas – is exploring the relationship between these three words. Please join us to share Jess’s last milestone for her PhD. Her research explores why women continue to drink alcohol, while understanding the risks of breast cancer through this behaviour. You are welcome to join […]

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Begin with the end in mind: How to finish a PhD quickly, meaningfully and powerfully

I would love to see you at a free lecture I am delivering on July 20, 2022. This session is being held for the University of the Sunshine Coast. It is available via Zoom. Here are the details: When: Wednesday July 20, 2022 Time: 9:15am – 10:30am (Queensland, Australia time). Here is an international time […]

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Launch of Comma: How to reclaim, restart and reboot your PhD

You are invited to a special, fun and fabulous event. Join us for the launch of the audiobook Comma: How to Reclaim, Restart and Reboot your PhD. Wherever you are in the world – you are so welcome. It is being held on Tuesday April 12, 2020 at 11:30am New Zealand Time. We’ll find your […]

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Launch of 12 Rules for (Academic) Life

Dear Friends – Let’s share an hour of our lives. It is my pleasure to welcome you to a free online event. We are launching my book – 12 Rules for (academic) life. This hour will be fun, interactive, enabling and – hopefully – inspiring. 2022 has already been a tough year. Let’s summon a […]

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Join us for a pre-christmas Milestone event.

With incredible pleasure, I invite you to a special milestone event. Two of my brilliant students are presenting their research this week. Come and join us for a conversation. Elisa Armstrong is investigating women and D&D. She is about to submit – and her research is stunning. Simply stunning. If you are interested in the […]

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Creative↔Research Keynote address

Are you free on Monday December 6, 2021? About 10am Sydney (Australia) time? Fabulous. I am so lucky to be delivering a keynote address, titled Creative↔Research: New knowledge for difficult times. I will be talking about the gifts and challenges of creative research, particular for doctoral education. So often – too often – there is […]

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Disruption in the dark Academy

I would love to see you for a short session I am delivering on November 26, 2021. I am part of an incredible panel, commencing at 4:30pm, Hong Kong time. That is 7pm Adelaide time. If you would like to convert to your time zone from Hong Kong time – please use this fabulous converter: […]

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Women and Leadership online conversation

I’ve been asked to talk with friends and colleagues – like you – about women and leadership. I am both privileged and humbled by this request. I would love to see you there. Here are the details… Get a cup of coffee and join us on Thursday, November 4, 2021. 10:30am-11:30am Adelaide, Australia time. Zoom […]

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Dancing through the revolution

It is always poignant to read an article or book written and published in an academically-distanced past. I’ve always described academic writing as a different type of photograph. In many ways, these blogs for me at the moment are a photographic album. They are captions of memory during this tough time for the world During […]

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Let’s talk about the PhD by prior publication

The doctorate has many forms. It enfolds many genres of research. One of the innovative and fascinating modes of doctorate is the PPP – the PhD by Prior Publication. This mode of doctorate is created when a researcher gathers and clusters refereed publications on a topic through their career, produced before they enrol at Flinders. […]

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