Science
How to write your Ph.D. thesis
The journal Science just published a short article on
how to write your Ph.D. thesis. Interestingly, the article is authored by Ms. Pain.
Our Ph.D. students might want to check it. I liked the section "How did you make time and mental space to work on your thesis?".
Perverse incentives in academia
There is actually a lot of research providing good evidence why imposing measures for scientific output does not not produce the desired effects, as this blog post argues [1]. Bottom line: "But could it be … could it possibly be … that the best way to get good research and publications out of scholars is to hire good people, pay them the going rate and tell them to do the job to the best of their ability?"
[1] https://svpow.com/2017/03/17/every-attempt-to-manage-academia-makes-it-w...