Need inspiration for your thesis? Listen to the podcast series 'Masters of Science'

Daan Tamminga interviews fellow students

All Master students have to write a master thesis (research project). Do you need inspiration? Or do you want to know how other students experienced writing their thesis? Listen to the podcast 'Masters of Science': produced by Master student Daan Tamminga. 

During the podcast episodes, Daan talks to master students from the Faculty of Science about their study programme and their master thesis from a personal, student-framed perspective.

Business Informatics with Master student Hilde Jongeling

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In this episode, Daan talks to Hilde Jongeling, student Business Informatics (programme focused on understanding how companies use information technologies). They discuss some different approaches and focus on Hilde’s interest in studying processes at companies, so-called ‘process mining’. After that, Hilde tells about her research project at the railway company Prorail; what it entails, how she found it and what she is planning to do in the future.

Listen to epsiode 1 of Masters of Science on Spotify
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Climate Physics with Master student Ina Nagler

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In this episode, Daan talks to Ina Nagler, student Climate Physics. They discuss the subjects covered in the programme, including Ina’s favourite: oceanography. Besides that Ina talks about her thesis on modelling beaching-processes of plastics at the Galapagos Islands, the research group she successfully joined and her thoughts on the role of the climate scientist in the climate problem.

Listen to epsiode 2 of Masters of Science on Spotify
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History and Philosophy of Science with Master student Geoff Allen

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In this episode, Daan talks to Geoff Allen, student History and Philosophy of Science. Among other things, they discuss the broadness of the programme, how to deal with this broadness, how to find a thesis and how Geoff planned and did his thesis on the philosophy of perception.

Listen to epsiode 3 of Masters of Science on Spotify
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