I am pleased to announce that I have taken up a new academic appointment as a member of staff at Trinity College Dublin. I look forward to working in the School of Religion lecturing in
New Website for PhD Students
I’m excited to launch my new website for PhD students which is now live at pagexpage.com. I will be moving some of the content that I have published here in relation to the PhD to
Making Europe: Saint Columbanus, Robert Schuman, and the Idea of Europe
[This post is the text of a lecture I delivered at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin on 15 November 2018 for the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage and in Myshall, Co. Carlow for
Normal People and Contemporary Irish Film
The success of Sally Rooney’s novel Normal People and now it’s serialization on Irish television directed by Lenny Abrahamson captures the changing social mores and attitudes in contemporary Ireland. It reminded me of a feature
Measuring Progress as a PhD Student – Tracking and Tools
Here are some tips that I have found useful in the past to keep momentum going and measure progress: Small Assignments Think in terms of small daily and weekly assignments and reward yourself when you
Selecting the Right Supervisor for your PhD
Picking the right supervisor is, after finding your topic, the single most important factor in determining your success as a PhD student. The right supervisor is, when it comes to doing a PhD, far more
To Publish or Not to Publish during your PhD
I recently had a coaching call with a PhD student who is just starting out and he asked me about my thoughts on publishing during the PhD. The advice that I was given when I
How to Deconstruct the PhD
This post has been moved to my new website at pagexpage.com
Applying the PhD Model Canvas
The PhD Model Canvas is designed to provide a snapshot of the PhD project. It is intended as a dashboard overview for the research in progress – a research proposal on one page. The aim
Start with the Smallest Thing
A time of crisis can be an opportunity to take stock, pause, and reflect while taking action to prepare as best we can. To re-calibrate. It is a time that forces us to focus on