9 September 2026

Podcast: Living the PhD life

Frederik PedersenFrederik Pedersen recently joined the University of Copenhagen podcast Culture & Cultures to talk about life as a PhD student.

The conversation covered what an ordinary day actually looks like, dealing with wins and setbacks, building routines that hold up, choosing a project and a supervisor, and how our hopes for the future shape our day-to-day motivation for the research we do.

If you are an aspiring PhD student, or simply curious about what everyday life in research is like, listen to Episode 6 below.

Hear the Podcast: Culture & Cultures - Episode 6: Living the (PhD) life

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