
At the intersection of ethnography, geography, political science... and more. Lecturer @Univ_Lille. PhD @LettresSorbonne.
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ALT Deadline driven Value driven Unit of work Papers Projects (long-term agendas that last 3-5 years) Source of discipline External Internal—requires willpower, creating structure for oneself What is prioritized Whatever is close to deadlines What’s most valuable; requires a theory of value Coordination mechanism Deadline as a forcing function Good project management skills Quality bar Whatever gets past peer review Independent assessment of quality Motivation Brownie points from getting papers in Making the world better Project selection Say yes promiscuously; drop things that don’t get done for the deadline or if reviews are terrible Highly selective; explicit go/no-go decision; commit to finishing things that are started Stakes Low — affects only the research community High — affects real people Endpoint Paper gets accepted/published The paper is just documentation, not the output, much less the outcome. Projects last years Feedback signal Meeting deadlines + paper acceptance. Fast, b

ALT A three-panel comic with Peter Parker (Spiderman in his civilian outfit) as the protagonist. The left hand side panel has Peter with a book open with the title "How to finish a paper". The right hand side panel has two images: on the top Peter reads in the book the phrase "Write It". In the bottom right panel, the third one, Peter sheds tears.
























