Giovanni Gruni
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Executive and university professor. Interested in global issues, law, finance, climate change, and world trade. 🌎Let’s be kind to each other.
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Not sure nos. 5 and 6 are compatible.
October 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Not sure nos. 5 and 6 are compatible.
I think this is great advice. In my case coming from an Italian public universities I went from low international ranking to the very top and it made a lot of difference for my career. I agree that those universities are pressurised environments with strange dynamics at times.
October 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I think this is great advice. In my case coming from an Italian public universities I went from low international ranking to the very top and it made a lot of difference for my career. I agree that those universities are pressurised environments with strange dynamics at times.
I understand what you mean. I was also stressed during my PhD at oxford. But I did my undergrad in a public university with no ranking and for sure Oxford changed completely my professional trajectory. It does make a difference.
October 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I understand what you mean. I was also stressed during my PhD at oxford. But I did my undergrad in a public university with no ranking and for sure Oxford changed completely my professional trajectory. It does make a difference.
12) There are tons of great researches and academics what is difficult to find is an academic who is not boring.
13) Social networks are great instruments of knowledge dissemination but most of academic managers have not realised it yet.
13) Social networks are great instruments of knowledge dissemination but most of academic managers have not realised it yet.
October 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
12) There are tons of great researches and academics what is difficult to find is an academic who is not boring.
13) Social networks are great instruments of knowledge dissemination but most of academic managers have not realised it yet.
13) Social networks are great instruments of knowledge dissemination but most of academic managers have not realised it yet.
9) Good research takes time. Asking people to publish so much is often counterproductive.
10) Micromanaging academics is counterproductive. Providing freedom.
11) Requiring young academics and PhD candidates to ask for permission to go to international conferences kills their career.
10) Micromanaging academics is counterproductive. Providing freedom.
11) Requiring young academics and PhD candidates to ask for permission to go to international conferences kills their career.
October 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
9) Good research takes time. Asking people to publish so much is often counterproductive.
10) Micromanaging academics is counterproductive. Providing freedom.
11) Requiring young academics and PhD candidates to ask for permission to go to international conferences kills their career.
10) Micromanaging academics is counterproductive. Providing freedom.
11) Requiring young academics and PhD candidates to ask for permission to go to international conferences kills their career.
6) If you are offered the opportunity to do a PhD or a master at Oxbridge, Harvard or Yale don’t thing twice. Go!
7) Smart work exists in academia as well. Just look for it.
8) Paradoxically the pace of innovation at work can be slower in academia than other
businesses.
7) Smart work exists in academia as well. Just look for it.
8) Paradoxically the pace of innovation at work can be slower in academia than other
businesses.
October 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
6) If you are offered the opportunity to do a PhD or a master at Oxbridge, Harvard or Yale don’t thing twice. Go!
7) Smart work exists in academia as well. Just look for it.
8) Paradoxically the pace of innovation at work can be slower in academia than other
businesses.
7) Smart work exists in academia as well. Just look for it.
8) Paradoxically the pace of innovation at work can be slower in academia than other
businesses.
3) If your boss is inventing excuses not to promote you beware of their PhD candidate(s).
4) If your cv says that you are really good there is a fair chance that you are really good.
5) Avoid places that are completely isolated from the real world.
4) If your cv says that you are really good there is a fair chance that you are really good.
5) Avoid places that are completely isolated from the real world.
October 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
3) If your boss is inventing excuses not to promote you beware of their PhD candidate(s).
4) If your cv says that you are really good there is a fair chance that you are really good.
5) Avoid places that are completely isolated from the real world.
4) If your cv says that you are really good there is a fair chance that you are really good.
5) Avoid places that are completely isolated from the real world.