Floor Basten

Independent scholar, cat addict, tattoo lover

How university delayed my indy scholarship

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Life and work of an indy scholar part 4 – Last week I announced that I had planned a shut-up-and-write day and I’m sorry to say that I failed to deliver. I shut-up-and-wrote on two late afternoons for a few hours, but I advanced far less than I had hoped to. Sill, having many irons … Lees meer

Me in a getting-things-done mode

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Life and work of an indy scholar part 3 – How to summarize this week? I guess it would be with ‘tying some loose ends’. Some days-in-a-row-off lend themselves perfectly for a mini sabbatical, that time off from work to get work done, and I seize those opportunities to finish things. I had a few … Lees meer

Many ups and one down for this indy scholar

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Life and work of an indy scholar part 2 – It’s been a week with high professional ups encircled with a deep down in my private life. Literally encircled in time, as last Sunday I heard the sad news that one of my closest friends had suddenly lost her beloved husband the day before, and … Lees meer

Life and work of an indy scholar

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Life and work of an indy scholar part 1 – It’s that time of the year that I start to think about my ambitions for the months that follow. I know most entrepreneurs start their planning and preparations as soon as September and as late as December, but after summer is my busiest time and … Lees meer

… geïnterviewd voor Sociologie Magazine

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Floor Basten studeerde Frans en sociale wetenschappen en richtte het narratief onderzoeksbureau OrléoN op. Inmiddels is daar [campus]OrléoN aan verbonden: een kennisnetwerk waarin onderzoek centraal staat. Download het interview ‘Ik vraag me als onderzoeker niet af wat waar is’ uit Sociologie Magazine (december 2012).