One year on...

Wow it's April 2012 already. I now have so many things to share. But in short, my research has been going very well. Since the last update (more than a year ago :p) I have conducted my first field study last year (September to November 2011), have also successfully defended my research proposal (in November 2011), and currently working on finalising my data analysis for the first field study. Apart from these, I have also presented my papers in Europe and in China :) This is another way of saying, I have been traveling around and it's paid by the university :) I am now a very happy PhD student :) at first, working with a very demanding supervisor was quite overwhelming, but without it, I would not be able to achieve the very state I'm currently at. Thank you so much to my supervisor for being a strict mentor and forcing me to produce work on a weekly basis. The very good news I want to share is actually about my dissertation. Based on data from my first case study, I have developed my theory on the topic, and will try to enrich it by collecting more data to be able to clearly define its boundaries. Very much hoping to conduct the second field study within few months time. Meanwhile, I'm also quite busy developing a new paper discussing a particular aspect of my case study's context. Happy that I'm actually on the right track to complete the study on-time (3 years) :)