Life at Southampton

Everybody finds different ways to deal with the pressure and intensity of a PhD. I've spoken to a PhD student at Southampton who found their...

Somehow, I managed to save all my major conferences for the end of my PhD. This wasn’t on purpose. It just so turned out that August-September...

I know I already recently blogged about my fieldwork, but when it's something I've been working on for all of 2019 and basically my sole focus every...

My August 2019 has been spent running around England, gathering data to find out what households think about coastal flood risk in their local area....

Writing up - turning all those data, all that analysis, three year sof work, into one coherent body of writing. With a narrative. With a...

One week in July 2019, I spent most evenings in the office printing off survey after survey. Lesson learned? Next time, when I have more time and a...

Wow, so here's some news: in may 2019 our research group not only physically moved offices, but we moved campus! Didn't see that one coming. But...

There are two PhD types of long day: the good kind and the bad kind. Long days - the bad kind The bad kind of PhD long days are when: Option A:...

It has begun. I’m 30 months into my PhD and the niggling thought that has been a conversation topic for others has become a topic for me...

I am not the biggest sports watcher. I can’t even blame it on not owning a TV, as there is so much sport available via other media these days. And...