Welcome!

I am delighted that you’ve found me 🙂

Originally from Germany, I now live Sweden and work as a PhD student (in Sweden pursuing a PhD is considered work while at the same time you are still studying…).

I decided to start this blog/ webpage mainly because pursuing a PhD is difficult, it has its ups and downs.

I have been struggling a lot with mental health and imposter syndrome and I hope that writing a blog about my thoughts will help me a bit with that too (kind of like journaling). My aspirations are that other PhD students might find my words encouraging or that they can recognise themselves…for me this is very personal, which is why I started this blog anonymously.

Another aspect is that I was/ am so confused by theory…but also very interested in it. While I try to find my way through the theory jungle, I hope that my thoughts and notes might help someone else out there. In my opinion, there is a need for easy explanations, with simple, every day language. Social Science can be complicated, and I think that the learning the vocabulary is certainly one important aspect to get access to theories and thoughts within it.