Recently, master’s and bachelor’s students started their degree projects. Some of us are abroad while others stayed in Stockholm. I am currently working on childhood cancer, neuroblastoma with a fantastic research group at the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, KI. During my bachelor’s degree project, I encountered difficulties with writing my thesis. *procrastinator alert*  I wish I… Read More 5 Tips and tricks for writing your master’s thesis ..read more

Switching from school to lab work did not feel like such a big deal to me. In fact, I was excited to be more involved in lab work versus reading everything on paper. However, now that lab work has officially started, there were things that I did not expect and yet I must embrace for… Read More School Work vs. Lab Work ..read more

Scientific writing has many rules, one could say it is almost like an algorithm. Well, some people did look at it as algorithms and 0-1 codes and came up with tools to aid scientists or generally people in the academia with writing. I will now list a few sites I have found helpful when trying… Read More Lost for words? Here are 15 sites to help you improve and accelerate your scientific writing ..read more

I am now past the middle of the thesis writing process (submission date May 18!) and would like to write a post about how students of the Global Health Master’s programme are prepared for this challenging task. The path to thesis submission starts at the beginning of the academic year, with classes in qualitative and quantitative methodology and… Read More The Thesis Writing Process for the Global Health Master’s Programme ..read more

In my previous blog I wrote about Rachel Bergman’s experience of writing her Global Health Master’s thesis in Zambia. In this blog, I will take you to the other side of the ocean to see how Louise Hellberg is doing in Colombia. Q. Firstly, can you tell me about your academic and professional background? A.… Read More What it’s like to write your Global Health Master’s thesis in Colombia – An Interview ..read more

Whilst some of Global Health Master’s students are staying in Sweden to write their theses, others are traveling to different continents to do so. Here I interview Rachel Bergman, who is currently working on her thesis in Zambia. Q.  Firstly, can you tell me about your academic and professional background? A. I graduated from Princeton University in 2016… Read More What it’s like to write your Global Health Master’s thesis in Zambia – An Interview ..read more

  I am done with my thesis. This should be a liberating thought. However, my thesis deadline happened to be the last hurdle before my entry into the professional world. Therefore it is liberating in a ‘falling off a cliff’ kind of way. This is why I am dedicating this post to the art of… Read More Your academic baby: the thesis ..read more

Currently I am preparing the master thesis proposal, I start to realize the importance of applications useful for academic writing. Last year, I read through Laura’s post 5 fantastic apps you’ll want to use for your master’s thesis, and I tried Zotero and RescueTime. I have to admit that everyone has his/her preference for these applications. Thus I… Read More Apps for Academic Writing ..read more

I just realized it’s almost May! How can this be? It feels like it was just a couple of weeks ago that I was sitting at my desk at the lab, writing on the introduction to my thesis and thinking “Wow, I’ve already written a lot! Got a good head start”. But now I’m starting to… Read More Panic – the kick I need ..read more

Eight Tips to survive your Thesis  Right, so the radio silence can be put down to one thing – Thesis writing! As I have already mentioned – the second part of the course for Global Health is set aside to write your thesis. Now, admittedly this is the worst part of the entire course. Honestly,… Read More Eight Tips to survive your Thesis ..read more