Xenia Schmalz's blog
Friday, April 19, 2024
Is Open Science passé?
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I recently got a grant rejection - but I swear this blog post won't be whinging about rejections. Rather, I'd like to start by shari...
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Why working as a postdoc under WissZeitVG is not compatible with family: An experience report
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I had to force my hand to sign my last work contract. A work contract for 12 more month, plus an additional document with a justification th...
Friday, July 28, 2023
What's wrong with science?
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I think I really need a holiday. Many of us are researchers because, in some way or another, we want to make science better. Yet, we rarely...
Saturday, July 8, 2023
A rant on bilingual books for toddlers
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My toddler is growing up in a linguistic environment that I call multilingual and some people tell us is "confusing". Growing up w...
Monday, April 17, 2023
On graphomania
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As we're moving flats soon, I threw out a pile of papers, about half a meter tall when all stacked up. I've accumulated these papers...
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
New Year's Resolutions of an Early-Mid-Career Researcher in Germany
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Three years ago (before COVID and the birth of my now toddler, which have put my academic life on hold in some ways), I wrote a New Year'...
Thursday, December 1, 2022
Should I stay or should I go? Some thoughts on switching from Twitter to Mastodon
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I have not been active on social media for a while, and I must admit that keeping off social media did not feel like a big loss. Lately, I h...
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