Post-Doc reasoning (with Jackie Lane from HBS)

Desk Reject: der PhD-Cast

An interview with Jackie Lane and a discussion on postdocs vs Assistant Profs

Episode 40 is a milestone for the Desk Reject team in 2 respects. 1st, we recorded our entire episode in English - which will be our MO for the near future. 2nd, it's EPISODE 40!! And we have a very special guest, Jacqueline Ng Lane, former Post Doc at the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard and current Assistant Professor at Harvard Business School. In the first part of the episode, she will be sharing advice for grad students regarding:

• What is a lab in Social Sciences
• visiting abroad in general and the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard specifically
• what the decision process was around starting a postdoc after her PhD
• how life will change as an Assistant Professor
• Whether you should apply as a visiting researcher or postdoc at one of Harvard's labs

Thereafter, your usual hosts (minus Sophie who couldn't make it) discuss whether our opinion about embarking on a postdoc has changed in light of Jackie's input. Finally, Alexander has a more positive review of his stay abroad after several complaints regarding his last episode's resumé.

If you are interested in learning more about the wonderful Jacqueline Ng Lane, you can learn more about her research here: https://jacquelinenglane.wordpress.com/

This episode was recorded in Vienna at the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business.

Music for the intro and outro was provided by: Blue Dot Session

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This episode was recorded and produced by: Alexander Staub .

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Capitole

1. Estimation Question (00:00:00)

2. Introduction (00:00:57)

3. Interview with Jackie (00:02:29)

4. Who is Jackie (00:02:54)

5. What is a lab in Social Sciences? (00:03:36)

6. Being a visiting scholar at the lab (00:08:19)

7. What is the value for and by visiting researchers? (00:09:56)

8. What are the reasons for doing a postdoc? (00:13:10)

9. How will life change upon tranisitioning to a Assistant Professor position? (00:15:00)

10. Should grad students apply to LISH? (00:17:33)

11. Has the hosts' impression of postdoc positions changed? (00:19:16)

12. How was Alexander's stay in Boston? (00:36:03)

13. Solution to estimation question (00:45:01)

14. Outro (00:46:15)

15. Bonus (00:48:08)