Interview with Lena Karvovskaya - Ep. 45

PhD Talk

In today's episode, we interview Dr. Lena Karvovskaya. Lena did herPhD in theoretical linguistics at Leiden University. After her PhD, she took up a job as a data manager at Utrecht University Library and then went to the library of VU Amsterdam to become a community manager for research data management.
We learn from Lena's research on endangered languages during her Master's studies and her work on possession in languages during her PhD. We also look at the role of a community manager within the modern university library, and the changing role of the library in the university. A third topic of the episode is data management: common pitfalls novice researchers should avoid, tips for current doctoral candidates, and tips for their advisors.
Finally, we round off with our standard questions on the impact of COVID-19 on the Lena's daily tasks, her best advice for PhD candidates, a day in the life, and how to set boundaries to work.
References

• Lena’s Twitter profile
• Endangered languages: Sorbian, Saami languages, Ishkashimi
• Lena’s PhD Thesis: The typology and formal semantics of adnominal possession
• Podcast episode 29: Open access
• Podcast episode 25: Open science
• VU systematic reviews
• Podcast episode 17: Systematic reviews
• VU Data Conversations
• Data steward at VU Amsterdam
• More about Data stewards in the Netherlands, for example at TU Delft
• Data management at VU Amsterdam
• Data management at Utrecht University
• VU Data horror week
• Data horror stories collected in 2020
• A blog post about Data Horror Escape Room
• Play the Data Horror Escape Room at your own pace