Lean PhD - Publish papers fast - Julian Kirchherr | Podcast #1

Julian is based at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development (CISD). He joined CISD as an assistant professor in 2017. At the same time, he is Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company. He holds a doctorate from the School of Geography and Environment at the University of Oxford. He finished his PhD in a record time of only 20 months. Until now, Julian has published more than 30 peer-reviewed papers. According to the Stanford University database, he is recognized as being among the top 2% of scientists worldwide. He is also the author of the book, the lean PhD.

In today’s conversation, I talk with Julian Kirchherr about
• How lean startup methods may be incorporated in doing a PhD
• What it takes to publish peer-reviewed articles quickly
• And about the major differences between the business world and academia.

Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
0:24 - Introduction Julian
3:34 - The lean PhD approach
12:35 - The most important decision in doing a PhD
17:30 - How Julian published 6 peer-reviewed papers in 20 months
21:55 - How to pick a PhD topic?
29:40 - Difference between Business world and academia
35:11 - Is there free research at universities?
43:50 - Is it worth doing a PhD?
46:20 - Best advise from Julian for PhD students
47:35 - Outro

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