Optimizing Dissemination: Paving the Way for PhD Success with Amal Abuzeinab

The PhD Life Raft Podcast

Amal Abuzeinab, PhD is an architect, advisor, and academic at De Montfort University (DMU), School of Art, Design, and Architecture (ADA). Prior to joining academia, Amal practiced both in Sudan and UK.Amal is the Institute Head of Research Students – Institute of Architecture. Her leadership is guided and informed by the principles and practices of flourishing human from Positive Psychology. Amal supervises and examines Postgraduate researchers (PGRs) since 2016 focusing on Architecture, Built Environment, and related disciplines. She served as the Co-Faculty Head of Research Students (FHRS) for the Faculty of Arts, Design, and Humanities between 2017-2020.

In this episode Amal shares advice about disseminating your PhD findings.

She offers a ‘laddered’ process which will help you to build your confidence in discussing your research.

We also discuss how being strategic about your dissemination can help you to prepare for a successful viva.

Amal finishes with a top tip from her perspective as a PhD examiner on how you can assure your examiners about the quality of your thesis.

Amal has created a range of toolkits to enhance competence of both PGRs and supervisors - here are the links to two of them:

Links to open toolkits:

7 principles for PhD completion.pdf (edgehill.ac.uk)

Checklist to write for publications.pdf (edgehill.ac.uk)

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