Thoughts on academic supervising

Front matter

  • About this guide

Why management?

  • Why management?
  • Roles of a junior researcher
  • Roles of a group leader
  • Benefits of good supervising

Common problems

  • Management antipatterns
  • Survivorship bias
  • Conflicts of interest
  • Diversity of future careers
  • n vs n+1 theory
  • Academic career ladder
  • Labor freedom

What can you do?

  • Other support structures and getting help
  • Working together
  • Weekly (personal) meetings
  • Group meetings
  • Shared group tools
  • Mentoring roles
  • Examples of other careers
  • Examples of problematic situations and solutions

End notes

  • Credits
  • Contributing
  • Academic management: README
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