There's some circumstances where mentioning your PhD might be relevant, because your project was in the particular area. So it might not always be an arrogant affectation.

Well, it seems quite strange - at most academic conferences most of the attendees will have PhDs, except for academic medicine.

The issues are different for different disciplines. I have two supervisors from two different disciplines as my research is interdisciplinary. I just make up my mind what to do, although I tend to go more with my main supervisor as my research is more in that field. It's your research so it's your decision IMO.

If someone had a good idea for a research topic in their field, why would they tell anyone else about it? It doesn't really make any sense.

Hi Tulip,
I've felt like this sometimes. How I deal with it depends on how I'm feeling. Some times it's because I need to just take a complete break from my research, and then I regain some enthusiasm for it. Other times, I just need to kick myself up the backside and grind out some work.

I'd only cite Wiki to demonstrate the popular view of something, but never as an academic source.

I'd only cite Wiki to demonstrate the popular view of something, but never as an academic source.

I think it's easy to feel overwhelmed, and the only way I've found to deal with it is to chop the task up into small chunks and set deadlines for the chunks. And try and get something done each day, no matter how I feel and no matter how small the amount.

If there was no mutual agreement, then there's no contract. It's as simple as that.

Well a contract is based on two parties agreeing. From what you've said, an objective person wouldn't consider that you'd agreed to these terms. It's bad that he's trying to make trouble for you in an effort to get you to pay what he believes he is owed.

I was offered a poster presentation at a postgrad conference but I turned it down flat. For one thing, my topic just didn't suit a poster presentation.

Potatoes - yep, definitely more work doing an interdisciplinary project for those reasons. The most important thing is doing a project you are interested in, and the second most important is doing something worthwhile. I think interdisciplinary projects are more likely to score on both counts.

Well done you!(up)

I think interdisciplinary work is the way forward personally.

...or alternatively an expert in neither?
My topic is interdisciplinary, being partly medical and partly legal but based with the Law School. I also happen to be qualified in both fields too. I'm only interested in legal academia though