PhD Lounge

By Luis Maia de Freitas

Late-night podcast where I speak with PhDs about their research subjects, their decision on studying it and its importance throughout academic life. A podcast of entertainment and education, whose aim... more

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The podcast currently has 21 episodes available.

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November 06, 2024 Solo Session: PhD Iceberg Explained: Writer's Block is a Nonsense!
Students and Graduates!
In this new late-night solo talk of the PhD Iceberg Explained Series, I speak about the issue of Writer's Block, a common feature that affects PhDs, overall.
But is Writer's Block really a cognitive and intellectual challenge to all of us or is it just NONSENSE?!
Stay tuned for this solo session as I share three impactful insights along with some solutions that PhDs must put into practice if they feel they have Writer's Block.
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Cited Bibliography:
Bergler, E. (1950). Does “writer’s block” exist? PubMed, 7(1), 43–54. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15413593
Lumivero. (2024, June 12). Dealing with writer’s block. Lumivero. https://lumivero.com/resources/dealing-with-writers-block/
Pantry, P. I. a. F. (2021, May 6). New kid on the (writer’s) block: A history of writer’s block through food. The Past Is a Foreign Pantry. https://thepastisaforeignpantry.com/2021/05/06/new-kid-on-the-writers-block-a-history-of-writers-block-through-food/
Welpinghus, A. (2019, February 4). A Theory of Writer’s Block. The Philosophers’ Cocoon. https://philosopherscocoon.typepad.com/blog/2019/04/a-theory-of-writers-block.html
Zorbaz, K. Z. (2015). The effects of various variables on university students’ writer’s block levels. The Anthropologist, 21(1–2), 311–322. https://doi.org/10.1080/09720073.2015.11891820

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September 09, 2024Solo Session: PhD Iceberg Explained: The Psychology of Funded and Self-Funded in PhD
Students and Graduates!
This new session of the PhD Iceberg Series explores four points about PhD students with research funding and self-funding their research. Precisely, it explores the psychology and mindset of a funded and self-funded PhD!
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Cited Sources:
Bloch, C., Graversen, E. K., & Pedersen, H. S. (2014). Competitive research grants and their impact on career performance. Minerva, 52(1), 77–96. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11024-014-9247-0

Mogaji, E., Adamu, N., & Nguyen, N. P. (2021). Stakeholders shaping experiences of self-funded international PhD students in UK business schools. The International Journal of Management Education, 19(3), 100543. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijme.2021.100543

Li, H., & Horta, H. (2023). Exploring the identity development of PhD graduates transitioning to non‐researcher roles. Higher Education Quarterly, 78(2), 421–435. https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12452

Kapur, R. (2023). Self-Funded Learning: Facilitating in achievement of Educational Goals. The Journal of Social Sciences Studies and Research, 3(04), Page: 166–172. Retrieved from https://tjsssr.com/index.php/tjsssr/article/view/76

Grote, D., Patrick, A., Lyles, C., Knight, D., Borrego, M., & Alsharif, A. (2021). STEM doctoral students’ skill development: does funding mechanism matter? International Journal of STEM Education, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-021-00308-w

Tiraboschi, M. (2019). The Employer’s Perspective of Practice-Based Doctorates: A Paradigm Change.
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July 17, 2024 Late-Night Interview: Michael Gerharz, PhD: Irresistible Communication, the Aha and Point in no Return effects in public speaking, power of communication in your PhD and more...
Students and graduates!
Dr Michael Gerharz, a German PhD in Computer Science, talks about the importance of effective communication and what makes a great public communicator.
Effective communication is a skill every PhD student must master, yet many struggle to make their complex research understandable to a lay audience. Dr Michael tackles this challenge head-on, drawing from personal experiences of explaining intricate research to family members without academic backgrounds to anecdotes about the reluctance of some academics and non-academics to simplify their language to practical advice on using plain language and digital tools.
To know more about Dr Michael Gerharz and his brilliant work on effective public communication, check out his website where you can find his articles, his blog "The Art of Communicating" and his new book The PATH to Strategic Impact: https://michaelgerharz.com/
Irresistible Communication Podcast: https://michaelgerharz.com/podcast
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1h 20min
June 29, 2024 Late-Night Interview: Natalie Jarvis: Business Management in Diversity and Volunteering in the UK, Disability Pride, PhD and motherhood and more...
Students and Graduates!

Natalie Jarvis is a PhD candidate from Swansea University, researching the UK workforce within the volunteering and disability sectors.
Thank you all for tuning in, it has been a pleasure!
To know more about her research, check out her LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-louise-jarvis-/
I was a guest at The Butterfly Princess Show, hosted by Steph Marie: https://youtu.be/uNapY4rkmDQ?si=yxdqOfGGPceI-ven
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1h 32min
June 05, 2024 Late-Night Interview: Carys Hughes, Henry Bohun, Maria Lord, Troy Wilkinson: Hellenistic and Roman periods, Alexander the Great and more...
Students and Graduates!PhD Lounge is back with another late-night interview! Carys Hughes is a PhD student from Swansea University, researching soft power within the Achaemenid and Seleucid royal courts. Maria Lord, Henry Bohun and Troy Wilkinson are three PhD candidates from University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) researching about sensorial archaeology in the Hellenistic world, Ptolemaic Egypt, and the Roman campaigns during the reign of emperor Trajan, respectively.Thank you all for tuning in, it has been a pleasure!Business collabs and become a guest: [email protected]: https://www.phdlounge.co.ukFacebook: phdpodloungeInstagram: @phdlmfX: @phdloungecast1-time donation: https://phdlounge-podcast.pod.fan
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3h 11min
November 08, 2023 PhD Lounge Session 7: PhD Iceberg Explained: Social Media Enculturation: Selling Yourself as a PhD Student!
Students and Graduates!
This session of the PhD Iceberg Explained Series is about the use of social media and in what ways you can sell yourself as a PhD student/candidate. Enculturation is a characteristic of social media which I describe some of its aspects that are popular in PhD education. Those being #s, university branding, entrepreneurship, blogs, vlogs, and many more to stand out yourself within the PhD social media world! I hope you enjoy hearing this session. Thank you for tuning in, it's been a pleasure!

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August 08, 2023 Late-Night Interview: Allen Roda and Lauren Saunders, PhDs: PhDone, Dissertation Editor, PhD stories and more...
Students and Graduates!
Allen Roda and Lauren Saunders, PhDs, are the authors of PhDone, A Professional Dissertation Editor’s Guide to Writing Your Doctoral Thesis and Earning Your PhD. PhDone is a resourceful book for anyone who is applying for a PhD and who is already a PhD candidate. Book release date: 8th of August.Allen Roda is the founder and CEO of Dissertation Editor, while Lauren Saunders is the Vice President, and they work with PhD students in giving their best work and tools for PhD students to have an excellent PhD thesis for examination and publishing. With a team of PhDs, Dissertation Editor works on proofreading, formatting, editing and provide consultation sessions. Dissertation Editor Website: https://www.dissertation-editor.comFor any listener of PhD Lounge, you will get 10% to access Dissertation Editor ONLY if you mention that you are a listener of PhD Lounge.Allen Roda Social Media (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/allenroda/Lauren Saunders Social Media (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/drlaurensaunders/Are you a PhD student and would like to be a guest at the PhD Lounge or writing a blog (new feature)? email me at [email protected] you all for tuning in, it has been a pleasure!Website: https://www.phdlounge.co.uk
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1h 26min
June 29, 2023 Late-Night Interview: Gabriela Radulescu: SETI development during the Soviet Union, USSR vs USA influence in SETI, What is PhD for you and more…
Students and Graduates!
The second anniversary of the PhD Lounge proudly presents another late-night interview with a new PhD student guest!
Gabriela Radulescu is a third year PhD student in History and Anthropology of Science at the Technical University in Berlin, whose research is about the history of SETI, Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, through radio wave astronomy strategies during the Soviet Union. Gabriela's passion for her research led also to share it through her podcast in her native language, Romanian: Anthropologie Interstelara, alongside other current projects related to her PhD.
Interstelara Antropologie: https://open.spotify.com/show/6swofIaLF6ee2xfNvtOFSf?si=3a25e7adfca742ea
Her academic profile: https://tu-berlin.academia.edu/GabrielaRadulescu
Thank you all for tuning in, it's been a pleasure!
UPDATE!!: The PhD Lounge is now on Twitch and you watch my livestream sessions about my solo and late-night interviews talks. Being new to Twitch, I'm still playing around to make yourselves comfortable in hearing my voice and watching me speaking!
Are you a PhD student and liked to be interviewed on a late-night session? Email to: [email protected]
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1h 25min
June 07, 2023 PhD Lounge Session 6: PhD Iceberg Explained: The Challenges of the First PhD Draft!
Students and Graduates!
This session of the PhD Iceberg Explained series entails the overall challenges of the first PhD draft, where I share some thoughts about what to consider to present your first written draft to your supervisor. Writing the first draft is not easy and it can be time consuming and overwhelming to leave good first impressions on paper when we start the PhD.
Thank you all for tuning in, it's been a pleasure!
UPDATE!!: The PhD Lounge is now on Twitch and you watch my livestream sessions about my solo and late-night interviews talks. Being new to Twitch, I'm still playing around to make yourselves comfortable in hearing my voice and watching me speaking!
Are you a PhD student and liked to be interviewed on a late-night session? Email to: [email protected]
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31min
June 03, 2023 Late-Night Interview: John Rogers: Psamtik I, Saite Renaissance, Egyptian Women, Experience and Advice in studying a PhD and More…
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PhD Late-Night Interview guest John Rogers is a third year PhD student in Egyptology at Swansea University, researching local administration and non-elite perspectives during the reign of Psamtik I in the 26th Dynasty (664-610 BC). His research focuses on Psamtik I, an Egyptian king who is shown as a case study for the study of changing ideologies in the creation of kingship, in this case Psamtik I himself, through local administration and non-elite members viewpoints while using Assyrian and Anatolian sources. Further in his research, he also talks about the Saite Renaissance and the problematic inclusion of vocabulary that is unappropriated to the time in scrutiny. As in this context of Ancient Egypt, John argues his disagreement in attaching Renaissance, a term coined by art historians to describe the 15th century onwards the art and architecture in Italy and in other countries, to the Saite period (664-525 BC).
Besides presenting his research, John also shares his educational background until reaching his current studies where he had studied and failed the GCSE exams in different fields such as Engineering (his main past passion) until his decision in studying Egyptology at Swansea University. Moreover, John shares his experience in how PhD can be hard and challenging when collecting data for research, and the mentality that any student who decides to study for a PhD must have in terms of thinking on a research question which will change throughout the PhD journey, as well as debunking that PhD studies are not for clever students, but yes for anyone.
All this and more you shall hear during this late-night interview session, and if you want to know more about John Rogers, you can check his Facebook: John Rogers, and his Academia.edu profile: https://swansea.academia.edu/JohnRogers
This Late-Night Interview was recorded in early May during the period of exams and BA dissertation submissions.
Thank you all for tuning it, it has been a pleasure!
Notes: During the interview, some of the information I was talking with had some missing knowledge regarding the percentage of students studying a PhD and who coined the term Hellenistic. Who coined the term Hellenistic: Johann Gustav Droysen in the 19th century to argue about the spread of Greek culture in other regions, specifically the near East. Percentage of students studying or have obtained a PhD according to OECD on average in 2020 (Tertiary education): 39% Source: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/e7fdaf2e-en.pdf?expires=1654683494&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=A2108112C9BB86B26CDA330F0F66C47D
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1h 60min

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