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Student exchange opportunities! Grab it!
Why not spend some time in tropical Singapore, where the sun is (almost) always shining and temperatures never fall below 25 degrees C, and combine this with studying geosciences? Thanks to an agreement between the science faculties at Stockholm University … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore sabbatical, Thoughts and Tales
Tagged Asian School of the Environment, Department of Geological Sciences, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Exchange studies, Geological Sciences, geology, Geosciences, Nanyang Technical University, natural science, science, Singapore, Stockholm University, Students, Sweden, undergraduate students
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It is actually a great feeling …
…. when your PhD student manages to get a paper accepted in Nature. It never happened to me before, but today was the day! Francesco, who had worked so hard on this paper and on the replies to the various … Continue reading
Talking about exchange
The people here at the Earth Observatory, who are responsible for the undergraduate education in the Asian School of the Environment, would like to start a regular exchange of students. This week we continued our discussions and I explained a … Continue reading
Hammock and palm tree?
My four-year old grandson thought being in the tropics would mean lying in a hammock under a palm tree. Singapore is in the tropics, and there are palm trees, but so far I have not seen a single hammock. Instead … Continue reading
Study in Europe Fair in Singapore – October 10, 2015
Yesterday the European Union organized an information day about studying in Europe for prospective Singaporean students. Sweden was represented by the Swedish Embassy here in Singapore and by several volunteers, Singaporean and Swedish exchange students, and a visiting professor. The … Continue reading
Mosquitoes – no thank you
It is almost 2 months now since I arrived in Bangkok. Looking through my WordPress posts I realize that I have not written very much about all my adventures and travels, about my meetings and impressions. I only managed to … Continue reading
Dress code
All students at Chulalongkorn University need to dress properly and wear a special, but simple uniform: dark trousers and white shirts for boys and dark skirts and white blouses for girls. And proper shoes of course, no sandals or flip … Continue reading
Lakes and wetlands tell an important story
A few days ago, I gave a lecture to undergraduate students in geology at Chulalongkorn University. I chose the title ‘Lakes and wetlands tell an important story’ since the focus of our Asian monsoon project is on lakes and wetlands … Continue reading
Posted in Asian monsoon, Bangkok sabbatical, Thailand fieldwork and travels, Thoughts and Tales
Tagged Asian monsoon, Asian monsoon project, Chulalongkorn University, crater lakes, Department of Geological Sciences, Geological Sciences, geology, lake sediments, monsoon history, natural science, sabbatical, science, sediments, Stockholm University, Students, Sweden, Thailand
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Studying abroad
It is almost a week now since I arrived in busy Bangkok. The culture shock has subsided and I am adjusting, although it is still difficult to get used to the heat, the traffic and above all – the heavy … Continue reading
Summing up 2014
At this time of the year people send Christmas cards and wishes for the upcoming year. Some even summarize in shorter and longer reports what they and their family had been up to during the year. These types of letters … Continue reading
Posted in Asian monsoon, Thoughts and Tales
Tagged Asian monsoon, Asian monsoon project, Chulalongkorn University, Department of Geological Sciences, Geological Sciences, geology, lake sediments, Les Eyzies, monsoon history, natural science, science, sediments, Stockholm, Stockholm University, Students, Sweden, Thailand, tsunami
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Curiosity drives science
The video (in Swedish) documenting the experiences, thoughts and expectations of the teachers, who are currently enrolled in the research school on natural hazards, was finally released a few days ago. The research school is organized in collaboration with the … Continue reading
The big day
Within one week, two of my PhD students successfully defended their PhD theses: Akkaneewut (Nut) Chabangborn on October 10th and Sakonvan (Moo) Chawchai on October 17. It was a great and stressful day for each of them – first presenting … Continue reading
Au revoir Vallée de la Vézère
Back in France, in the Périgord, and in the beautiful Vézère valley, where the very last excursion of the course on human evolution is taking place. Having taught this course now for more than eight years, and after probably a … Continue reading
Posted in Les Eyzies, Thoughts and Tales, Travels
Tagged Chez Jugie, Cougnac, Department of Geological Sciences, Font de Gaume, Geological Sciences, geology, Human evolution, Le Moustier, Les Eyzies, Musée de la Préhistoire, Neanderthals, Pech Merle, Rouffignac cave, Stockholm University, Students
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Life is not easy …
The last four to six months as a PhD student are probably the worst – real deadlines have to be met, manuscripts have to be finished, the thesis summary has to be completed, the thesis defense has to be prepared, … Continue reading
Pedagogic prize – teacher of the year in natural sciences
Each year Stockholm University invites nominations for the best teachers of the year. Employees and students can nominate a teacher, who has shown excellent pedagogic abilities, who has shown and demonstrated a strong interest in further developing teaching and who … Continue reading
Good prospects for geoscience students
The June issue of EOS featured a short article, which summarizes “The Status of the Geoscience Workforce 2014 Report”. This report, although based on a survey in the USA, is really good news for all geoscience students, because it predicts … Continue reading
Approaching the deadline
Life is almost too busy at the moment. With two PhD students finishing within the next six months, one PhD student taking his mid-term exam in May, and two licentiate students defending in less than a year. All of them … Continue reading
Monsoon film gets attention
Great to see that our latest film Under the Eyes of the Buddha – in White Coats now is a news item on Stockholm University’s Science Faculty’s homepage. Hopefully this will help spreading the film to a wider audience. I … Continue reading
Posted in Asian monsoon, Science and media, Thailand fieldwork and travels, Thoughts and Tales
Tagged Asian monsoon, Asian monsoon project, Chulalongkorn University, Communicating research, Department of Geological Sciences, Geological Sciences, geology, lake sediments, monsoon history, natural science, science, science career, sediments, Stockholm University, Students, Sweden, Thailand, university
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Under the Eyes of the Buddha – In White Coats
Finally, finally our latest video about the Asian Monsoon Project is finished! This film really took time to finish! But then it is also different from the earlier films. It involves many more people, a specially designed animation, and specially … Continue reading
Posted in Asian monsoon, Science and media, Thailand fieldwork and travels, Thoughts and Tales
Tagged Asian monsoon, Asian monsoon project, Chulalongkorn University, Communicating research, Department of Geological Sciences, Geological Sciences, geology, lake sediments, media, monsoon history, natural science, Plastic Buddha, science, science communication, scientists, sediments, Stockholm University, Students, Sweden, Thailand
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More reading suggestions – Neanderthals
One more lecture next week and then no more teaching until the fall semester – except for my two weeks of excursion to Les Eyzies in May. This last and final lecture will be about Homo heidelbergensis, Homo neanderthalensis and … Continue reading
More reading suggestions for my curious students
Human evolution really is a hot topic in science. Almost every week we can hear about new discoveries. These are not only published in scientific journals, but are also widely reported in different media, newspapers, blogs, TV, and radio. Just … Continue reading
Ninety curious students
Our evening course on Human Evolution, a course for life-long learners started again yesterday evening. It will be the last time that the course will be given, and maybe this was the reason why the course attracted so many students … Continue reading
Communicating Earth Science
Back to one of my favorite topics – using films to explain earth sciences to a wider audience. Of course there are many great films about different aspects of earth sciences and these have been made with a huge financial … Continue reading
Media communication and earth sciences
Two days in Hong Kong and two days in Singapore for our university visits seemed like a tight schedule, but we easily managed one university each day: Hong Kong’s City University and the University of Hong Kong; the National University … Continue reading
Reflections
Is it my jetlagged self or is it real that Hong Kong awakens much more slowly than the places I have recently visited in Thailand and Myanmar? Or maybe it is because I am watching from afar and from my … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts and Tales, Travels
Tagged natural science, science, science career, SE Asia, Stockholm University, Student exchange, Students
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First time in Hong Kong
Here I am on the 16th floor of a hotel overlooking Victoria Harbour, ships going back and forth, a maze of highways, and hidden behind high apartment buildings I can even spot mountains! If it had not been raining now, … Continue reading
And the cores keep coming
No driving down the steep sandy slopes to the crater lake today. I think the drivers got a bit worried yesterday, given frequent meetings with bullock carts, the narrow paths, the steep slope, the deep tracks and the huge hollows, … Continue reading
Posted in Asian monsoon, Myanmar, Thoughts and Tales, Travels
Tagged Asian monsoon, Asian monsoon project, bullock carts, crater lake, crater lakes, Department of Geological Sciences, Geological Sciences, geology, Lake Kumphawapi, lake sediments, Leshe Lake, Monywa, Myanmar, natural science, sediments, Stockholm University, Students, Sweden, Upper Myanmar, water lilies
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Raise your consciousness!
Our Department celebrated its 50 year anniversary yesterday with good food, very nice lectures and the unveiling of a portrait gallery showing all the former professors, who had once populated the place since the late 1800s. Beside these seriously looking … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts and Tales, Women and natural science
Tagged Department of Geological Sciences, female minority, gender equality, Geological Sciences, geology, male dominance, media, natural science, science, science career, Stockholm University, Students, Sweden, university, women scientists
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One step closer
A licentiate defense is one of the milestones on the way to a PhD degree. The licentiate thesis is made up of one or two manuscripts and a thesis summary and is usually defended after two years of PhD education. … Continue reading
No time for blogs
These last weeks and months have been really hectic and have given me almost no time to continue writing my blog. Teaching the evening course on Human Evolution kept me busy, because I completely remade last year’s lectures. So much … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts and Tales
Tagged Department of Geological Sciences, Human evolution, Students
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Students and scientific writing – part III
Most of my scientific writing is in Earth Sciences, and most of my articles have been published in Earth Science journals. The BSc, MSc and PhD students who I had supervised and am currently supervising are Geology or Earth Science … Continue reading
Students and scientific writing – part II
Where did we end part I? Yes – with problem #3 on how to build a story and how to write an introduction, and that everything I am telling here has already been told a million times and can easily … Continue reading
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
Am sitting among thousands of people at CDG and am waiting for my flight back to Stockholm. The flight is delayed by half an hour, which gives me a bit of time to finally, finally write my next blog. I … Continue reading
Posted in Les Eyzies, Travels
Tagged Charles de Gaulle airport, Department of Geological Sciences, France, Geological Sciences, La Ferrassie, Language problems, Le Moustier, Les Eyzies, Life-long learners, Lund University, Musée de la Préhistoire, Pech Merle, Stockholm University, Students
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Barbara Wohlfarth 