Comprehending difficult concepts and subjects. #phd #phdlife #learning

Learning new concepts is an essential part of doing science. Here I discuss 7 points on how to learn new concepts and theories, comprehending difficult subjects...

0:00 New ideas will always come
0:25 Attitude
1:14 Connections
2:01 Breaking it down
2:34 Motivation
3:13 How do you learn?
3:47 All bits?
5:45 Lonely endeavor?
9:00 Wrap-up

Matthias Rillig, professor of ecology at Freie Universität Berlin, chats about life in academia.

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[fatmaguler]

I have newly discovered this channel. Dear prof., I think all the informations, tips, dissamination your experiences with us is quite valuable. I will watch all your videos. I guess the most important thing you have been doing here is the defining the situations so that this make easy to find solutions. Thank you for sharing your perspective and for being a mentor for people who couldn't get enough career improving support from its own academic circle.

[MuhammadKhalid-jwgd]

Good Work, Professor, Requested Topics/Questions.
1. What are the key performance indicator (KPI)’s for a PhD student?
2. How to find research problems/topics for publications particularly by reading other researchers articles (work)? Is there any system you follow to find research problems and publish it?