Dr Kira Oberschmidt: Active involvement of stakeholders in eHealth Action Research
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One of my supervisors used to say, that one way to look at the impact one can have in an academic life is to look at the PhD students one…
Academic Life
Writing Retreat: Writing together and feeling less alone
We recently decided to organise a writing week at RRD. With all the online meetings, we somehow felt that a dedicated week was needed to get some writing done. I…
New year – new habits!
It is a new year… and gosh, I guess we were all looking forward to letting 2020 behind us. Unfortunately, the new year continued with tough restrictions that have been…
My Keynote at Information Science Trends: Health Information Behavior
The European Chapter (EC) of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) organises events as part of their series on Information Science Trends, which focus on a current research…
Pharaon – Pilots for Active and Healthy Ageing
Last October I started my new job as senior researcher at Roessingh Research & Development. RRD is a research and development SME in the area of rehabilitation technology and telemedicine…
Post PhD Life: Travel adventures, a new job and a new home
It has been a long time since I last wrote on this blog. A lot has happened since I finished my PhD end of 2018 and before I blog on…
The Defence
Finally the day had come to defend my PhD thesis. Contrary to what I expected, I slept quite well and arrived at KTH university around nine o’clock. There I met…
PhD Thesis Countdown: Dealing With Suspense and Waiting
As a mentor for students who write their Bachelor or Master thesis, I have heard many times that students wait for their supervisor to come back to them with feedback.…
Taking time off: Crazy, awesome, or both?
I have to admit: When my husband Marcel suggested for the first time that we should travel for a year after I finished my PhD, my first reaction was: This…
Little Helpers That Get My PhD Writing Going
Currently I am writing the “kappa” of my PhD thesis, which is the cover essay of a compilation thesis. The kappa includes the background of the thesis, research questions, research…