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Hello,
I am a 2nd year undergraduate student BSc (Hons) Physics at QMUL and simultaneously I am undertaking a BSc (Hons) in psychology with the Open University. I intend to proceed with an MSc and a PhD before I head out for a career. It's been a few months that I have started researching possible future career paths I might like to follow, which would combine these disciplines. Even though I have pulled all of my resources together and been in contact with dozens of people (academics, career advisors, people working in industy and social services) it is really hard to find something that pleases me. Possible options I have come across are Science Communication, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science and Psychophysics. None of this sounds really good as an idea.
To begin with, let me list the criteria I would prioritise concerning what I expect or seek from my career and you let me know if you have any ideas about in wihch fields I might meet those or if such positions exist at all.
-the ability for personal development
-the ability to keep in touch with current literature of the field and perhaps attend conferences and social meetings of the community to keep up to date
-the ability to contribute to the literature and contribute in pushing the boundaries of science/knowledge
-the ability to not work in a strict routine nor a 9-5 job
-the ability to conduct research either practical or theoretical
Also money is not amongst my major concerns but after spending 10 years of your life studying at such an intense rate and after joining a scientific community at the forehead of scientific development and innovation I expect that such hard work has to be reflected on my salary. (an academic salary for example I consider it to be adequate)
In my attempt to find something relevant let me give you some typical examples I have used over the past few months, in explaining to other people what exactly I might be interested in.
e.g.
a) Conducting research on the maximisation of efficiency of human personnel in a research centre / facility or academic environment.
b) Conudcting personality related research about academics in scientific disciplines.
c) Acting as a liaison in interdisciplinary researches and taking care of pulling both parties resources together, in order to achieve maximum performance.
These are just some examples of things I consider really interesting and I would like to get myself involved in. As you can see there are traces of Human Resources Management and Psychology amongst those, which would have to be backed up by a knowledge in Physics if I intend to work with physicists or scientists in general. (I consider physics to be the most general science I could pick to study, given that I wanted to keep up with all sciences and I will readily take any criticism on that :P)
Philosophy of Science sounds also appealing to me as far as I have seen by reading through some published papers and books because it involves a lot of theory of knowledge.
That's pretty much what I can come up with at the moment. So if you have got yourself into the trouble of reading all the way up to here and have any ideas or anything that could possibly be of use to me or contribute to the discussion please go ahead and share it and we'll see where this might get us.
Many thanks!
Achilleas Athanasiou Fragkoulis
I am a 2nd year undergraduate student BSc (Hons) Physics at QMUL and simultaneously I am undertaking a BSc (Hons) in psychology with the Open University. I intend to proceed with an MSc and a PhD before I head out for a career. It's been a few months that I have started researching possible future career paths I might like to follow, which would combine these disciplines. Even though I have pulled all of my resources together and been in contact with dozens of people (academics, career advisors, people working in industy and social services) it is really hard to find something that pleases me. Possible options I have come across are Science Communication, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science and Psychophysics. None of this sounds really good as an idea.
To begin with, let me list the criteria I would prioritise concerning what I expect or seek from my career and you let me know if you have any ideas about in wihch fields I might meet those or if such positions exist at all.
-the ability for personal development
-the ability to keep in touch with current literature of the field and perhaps attend conferences and social meetings of the community to keep up to date
-the ability to contribute to the literature and contribute in pushing the boundaries of science/knowledge
-the ability to not work in a strict routine nor a 9-5 job
-the ability to conduct research either practical or theoretical
Also money is not amongst my major concerns but after spending 10 years of your life studying at such an intense rate and after joining a scientific community at the forehead of scientific development and innovation I expect that such hard work has to be reflected on my salary. (an academic salary for example I consider it to be adequate)
In my attempt to find something relevant let me give you some typical examples I have used over the past few months, in explaining to other people what exactly I might be interested in.
e.g.
a) Conducting research on the maximisation of efficiency of human personnel in a research centre / facility or academic environment.
b) Conudcting personality related research about academics in scientific disciplines.
c) Acting as a liaison in interdisciplinary researches and taking care of pulling both parties resources together, in order to achieve maximum performance.
These are just some examples of things I consider really interesting and I would like to get myself involved in. As you can see there are traces of Human Resources Management and Psychology amongst those, which would have to be backed up by a knowledge in Physics if I intend to work with physicists or scientists in general. (I consider physics to be the most general science I could pick to study, given that I wanted to keep up with all sciences and I will readily take any criticism on that :P)
Philosophy of Science sounds also appealing to me as far as I have seen by reading through some published papers and books because it involves a lot of theory of knowledge.
That's pretty much what I can come up with at the moment. So if you have got yourself into the trouble of reading all the way up to here and have any ideas or anything that could possibly be of use to me or contribute to the discussion please go ahead and share it and we'll see where this might get us.
Many thanks!
Achilleas Athanasiou Fragkoulis