Voor
18 maart 2015
Making money or monkey business
14 maart 2015
Life and work of an indy scholar part 9 – Last week I wrote about your mojo and getting into the flow (here). Suppose you manage to let the world know you’re here and it welcomes you with open arms. Your expertise is much valued and you receive many invitations to show it. For free.
My blog for The Sociological Imagination
13 maart 2015
Considering becoming an indy scholar? 5 tips to get you started… By Floor Basten You’re approaching the end of your PhD. While considering your alternatives for work, why not flirt with entrepreneurship? In 2003, almost a year after I left the university, as a postdoc, I decided to start my own business. Twelve years since,
Het instellingsservicenummer
13 maart 2015
– Met Floor Basten. – Goedemiddag, met mevrouw Huppeldepup van het Tralala Instituut. – Hallo. – Ik bel om even een paar gegevens van u te verifiëren in verband met uw afspraak van komende week. – Prima. Hebt u het instellingsservicenummer van het Tralala Instituut bij de hand? – Het wat? – Het instellingsservicenummer van
Tapping into the researching qualities of publics
10 maart 2015
We witness a rise of participative research in a broad range of academic disciplines. Moreover, the link between citizens’ participation in research and their participation in consequent policy making is being made. In the well-known ladder of participation in policy making, Arnstein (1969) distinguishes between manipulation, therapy (both forms of non-participation), informing, consultation, placation (three
How to get your mojo running
8 maart 2015
Life and work of an indy scholar part 8 – In my previous blog I listed some of the things that can keep you from being a successful entrepreneur, all of them involving not having your priorities straight. This week I take a more positive approach and talk about ways to get your indy mojo
#ikbensalome
1 maart 2015
Dennis zag het he-le-maal zitten. Vanuit de regiebus sprak hij Elle opgewekt toe: “Vergeet vooral niet de J-Factor te pluggen!” Elle zuchtte. Dennis kon haar gestolen worden, ze wilde haar eigen show redden. Haar omroep was dan fan van families, Nederland bleek moeilijker te overtuigen. Haar laatste troef was live gaan. Daar kreeg ze één
If it smells cheesy, rethink your priorities
28 februari 2015
Life and work of an indy scholar part 7 – In 1933, the Flemish author Willem Elsschot published the novel Kaas, later translated into Cheese for the English market. The hero of this story, Frans Laarmans, works at the docks of Antwerp. He doesn’t like his job, so he accepts the offer of a friend
Yeah Bobby, tell me another joke
26 februari 2015
Recognize the carnivalesque as normal life
21 februari 2015
Life and work of an indy scholar part 6 – On Friday the 13th I moved to the south for a couple of days—the main reason why I skipped last week’s blog. My brief remigration was caused by carnival, that outburst of festivities that Catholics traditionally use to bolster themselves for a period of 40