The Nowelties ITN is almost finished. In this video, we collected the central moments of our ESRs during the last three years’ journey. Enjoy the view!...

Sabrina De Boer (ESR9)   Dubrovnik, Croatia, the city which became famous as a fictious stage of the series Game of Thrones, would become the very real and presential venue for the NOWELTIES final conference. It has been almost three years since our introductory training course when...

Silvana Quiton (ESR1)     Gender equality is a right; however, despite it seeming obvious, it is still a critical challenge that directly impacts water management. Water and gender interlinkages show that gender equity is fundamental to access sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene (Pouramin et al., 2020). Traditionally,...

Camilo Sánchez (ESR8)     Global warming is creating many life-threatening changes on our planet. To reduce the human impact on the earth, reduce inequalities and bring peace, the sustainable development goals (SDGs) have been set as a guideline. Many innovative ideas and concepts regarding the circular economy,...

Barbara Topolovec (ESR5)     To you, future young researchers. For family, friends and loved ones to understand us better. And for all of you, dear readers who like to follow our PhD journey.   I am writing to you after two and a half years of my life working as a...

Danilo Bertagna (ESR6)     The current political-economic system we live in has a crucial influence on labour relations of scientists (and here I include postgraduate students, professional researchers and university professors). As many other workers, scientists use their time and craft to produce something - commonly called...

Barbara Kalebic (ESR7)     PhD life can often be confused with student life by people who are not related to it. It can seem like a good slice of pizza for someone who has no experience in PhD studies. A slice that has a well-baked crust (eight...

Amit Kumar (ESR4)     In this blog article, I would like to talk about the impact of pharmaceutical water pollutants on India’s current environmental and human health problems. Also, I would like to share the information regarding the role of government and some ongoing projects and partnerships...

Edwin Antonio Chingate (ESR3)     Today I want to share with you some of my favorite music, and you may wonder: wait! Wouldn’t this blog suppose to be about science? And my answer is yes. I want to talk about Coldplay’s song “The Scientist”, which I used...