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I am the Professor of Cultural Studies at Flinders University. I have written 22 books, 12 audiobooks, over 350 refereed articles and book chapters, and over 600 research outputs. I have podcasted since 2008 and vlogged since 2016.

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	Comma. How to Restart, Reclaim and Reboot Your PhD. 4.43 avg rating — 30 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The University of Google: Education in the (Post) Information Age 3.72 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Digital Dieting: From Information Obesity to Intellectual Fitness 4.15 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2013 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	12 Rules for (Academic) Life: A Stroppy Feminist’s Guide through Teaching, Learning, Politics, and Jordan Peterson 4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Digital Hemlock: Internet Education and the Poisoning of Teaching 3.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Know What You Do Not Know: Information Literacy for PhD Students 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Popular Music 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trump Studies: An Intellectual Guide to Why Citizens Vote Against Their Interests 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Revolution To Revelation: Generation X, Popular Memory And Cultural Studies 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Digital Dialogues and Community 2.0: After Avatars, Trolls and Puppets (Chandos Publishing Social Media Series) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Episode Ten - Submission and examination

There is so much focus on supervisors and the candidature of a PhD. This focus reduces the understanding of the submission process and examination. Episode ten focuses on the crucial moment of a PhD. How, when and why it is examined.

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Tara Brabazon rated a book really liked it Sociology of law: Towards a responsive theory by Alfons Bora	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A well written and researched book, Bora explores the German-speaking history of the sociology of law. It offers careful theoretical engagements, and provides a provocative counterpoint to the English and England-fuelled sociology of law. What I parti ...more
Jan 24, 2026 05:27PM · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Sociology of law by Alfons Bora. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Sociology of law by Alfons Bora <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Tara Brabazon rated a book it was amazing Law, Literature and Legal Counterfactuals: A Method of Contrastive Discourse Analysis Using the Example of Contemporary Literature (Law and Visual Jurisprudence, 16) by Alexandra Juster	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is an impressive and carefully constructed text. It is so easy to tick that interdisciplinary box on a research grant. This book does incredible granular work in building the relationships between law and literature, theoretically, methodological ...more
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Tara Brabazon rated a book liked it Interdisciplinarity in the Scholarly Life Cycle: Learning by Example in Humanities and Social Science Research by Karin Bijsterveld	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I was torn between a 3* and a 4* for this title. The problem is that the title does not capture the contents of the book. The 'scholarly life cycle' is not present in the edited collection. What we have is an uneven series of essays that - mostly - ap ...more
Jan 24, 2026 01:14PM · 1 like · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Interdisciplinarity in the Scholarly Life Cycle by Karin Bijsterveld. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Interdisciplinarity in the Scholarly Life Cycle by Karin Bijsterveld <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Tara Brabazon rated a book it was ok Applied Interdisciplinarity in Scholar Practitioner Programs: Narratives of Social Change by Siomonn Pulla (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is an odd book. It is a collection of chapters derived from the first cohort of graduates from the Doctor of Social Sciences Program at Royal Roads University. Unfortunately the book is focused on the 'innovations' of the programme, as expressed ...more
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Tara Brabazon rated a book really liked it Interdisciplinary Discourse: Communicating Across Disciplines by Seongsook Choi	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is a surprising and welcome book. Interdisciplinary discourse offers innovative definitional work, probing the meanings and interpretations of interdisciplinarity. This research is conducted historically, epistemologically, methodologically, and ...more
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Tara Brabazon rated a book liked it The Psychology of Study Success in Universities by Kaarina Määttä	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The book activates an intriguing project. The researchers investigate first year undergraduate students and PhD students. How do they configure 'study success'? There are two components to success revealed in this book. The first is personal success a ...more
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Tara Brabazon rated a book really liked it The Psychology of Becoming a Successful Worker: Research on the changing nature of achievement at work by Satu Uusiautti	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is a book of positive psychology. The researchers studied awarded workers in a myriad of fields who were recognized as 'excellent.' The characteristics of these workers were studied. While confirming that, "success is a subjective, personal exper ...more
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Tara Brabazon rated a book did not like it Smart Grit: Mastering the Art of Effort: Why Strategic Intensity Trumps Mindless Efficiency by Keigo Fujiwara	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I love the word 'grit.' It is like fibre for my motivation. Get a grip. Get some grit. Unfortunately this 'book' - of 19 pages - has an argument. One argument. “Are you using words like ‘efficiency’ and ‘productivity’ as a shield to run away from the ha ...more
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Tara Brabazon rated a book it was ok Voices of Change by Snehal Singh (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is a book of sentiment and person stories and growth. There are a lot of TED talks summarized in this book. It is pretty basis. Stressing the need to feel seen, move between apathy and ambition, valuing becoming, and making small choices every da ...more
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