3.02: What you need to know about a PhD w/ Dr. Laura Valadez-Martinez

Jun 23, 2021 · 59m 17s
3.02: What you need to know about a PhD w/ Dr. Laura Valadez-Martinez
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In this episode I speak to Dr. Laura Valadez-Martinez is a Lecturer in Social Policy at Loughborough University. Her research specialises in income adequacy, poverty measurement, and childhood poverty and...

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In this episode I speak to Dr. Laura Valadez-Martinez is a Lecturer in Social Policy at Loughborough University. Her research specialises in income adequacy, poverty measurement, and childhood poverty and wellbeing. Before that, she worked as a Research Associate at the Centre for Research in Social Policy of Loughborough University. She has also been an online tutor on childhood policies for the Inter-American Development Bank and a researcher for an international project on poverty funded by the European Union. Laura holds a PhD in Social Policy from Oxford University, where she also served as a tutor for undergraduate students. She is originally from Mexico.

In this episode we speak about the work you have to do to maintain a scholarship, how to do PhD, the importance of building a community, how a PhD differs from other levels of education, dealing with imposter syndrome, is motivation necessary, how to address moments of low motivation, and so much more.

Mentioned in the episide:
Dr. Laura's TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAKsQf77nHU
Dr. Laura on Twitter: @lauravaladezmtz (https://twitter.com/lauravaladezmtz)
Dr. Laura's Contact Page: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/social-policy-studies/staff/laura-valadez-martinez/

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