Guiding Doctoral Writing: “It’s all about exciting the researcher”

We invite you to join the vibrant conversation with Associate Professor Anna Krzywoszyńska – interdisciplinary environmental social scientist from the University of Oulu. Together we unpack the idea of writing as practice and reflect on the meaning of the writer’s voice. We talk about the importance of care and clear expectations for building a nurturing supervisor-researcher relationship. We consider the danger of exteeeeensive literature reviews as a way of hiding oneself, all while remembering the role of coffee and occasional chocolate.  Disclaimer: At the time of the conversation, the University of Oulu guidelines on AI use in teaching and research were under reevaluation. Anna Krzywoszyńska is an Associate Professor of Transdisciplinary Human-Environment Relations, and she is placed at the unit of Anthropology at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Oulu. She is an interdisciplinary environmental social scientist with expertise in agricultural and environmental knowledge, more-than-human research, and public participation in science. Her overarching research t lies in investigating and transforming knowledge-cultures in different settings in order to strengthen sustainable and just relationships between humans and their environments. She is currently supervising three PhD students (two as primary supervisor). Before moving to Oulu, Anna worked in the UK, where she co-supervised four PhD students (all have successfully graduated). Three of those students were co-supervised between natural and social sciences. Anna has also examined PhD theses in Finland, Sweden, and the UK. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anna-Krzywoszynska