About this blog

What's the meaning of blogging? As I'm a person who asks this kinds of questions all the time, it took me several months to actually make one even after I decided to. Though I'd maintain this space dedicated to my PhD journey, this doesn't mean it will only involve posts on my own research. Sometimes I'll share my (somewhat unorganized) thoughts on my topic of interest, but sometimes it would be also like journaling my daily lives. To give you a sense of what types of content to be posted, here are the themes that I'm trying to write about:

(Note that most of them will be written in English, I'll not restrict to it and also write in Korean, but wouldn't mind if you machine-translate it to read in a preferred language – though I'm not sure you have to)

Updates on my research

I'm currently doing a research for my PhD, which centers around research integrity in regard of scholarly communication. More focus is on so-called "paper mills", which is defined as entities that produce fraudulent research papers for profit. Here I'll share some updates on the project, which would not always be about its progress, but also failures and lessons learned.

Thoughts on current trend

Actually my research interest (or sometimes without thinking that I'd do a research on it) is quite wider than a forementioned topic. My concentration on research integrity and scholarly communication comes from my interests in scientific knowledge production and engagement in general (mostly in academic settings, but not limited to), and also to preach my own understandings and values in a practice, mainly by research policy. In that sense, it would be natural to write about my own feelings and thoughts on current trends in that field/space.

Diaries on living abroad and as PhD candidate

Now I'm a PhD candidate at CWTS, Leiden University. It took me about 8 years to making it happen, after I learned this field as itself when I was doing my Master's degree in STP (Science and Technology Policy, from the graduated school with same name). After pursuing a career in IT industry with really diverse roles and positions in different companies for the moment, I came back to academia and studying abroad in the Netherlands where I didn't have any connection before. Was a big challenge from start and still recognizing it as a big change, but I also feel that people and lives are pretty much alike everywhere.