A book by young Dutch academics names what many early-career researchers live but rarely articulate: two promises keep academics saying yes long past the point of sustainability. Isabelle Kohler traces her own path from overcommitment to a more deliberate set of choices – and gives PhD students a way to recognize when a request is actually worth accepting.
A Dutch debate about over-supervision and a large international survey telling the same story: the supervisor relationship shapes a PhD student's mental health more than almost anything else. In her column, Isabelle Kohler looks at why that relationship so often goes unexamined – and offers four practical steps for PhD students who are already in a difficult one.
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