Search for a dissertation topic in entomology, ecology and geography

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niyaz, 24.01.2012 21:29

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24.01.2012 22:04, rhopalocera.com

Focus on:

1. Candidate's minimum - 3 exams: language, philosophy, specialty. Given that you are a geographer, your training in the specialty is 0. At least 3 months, and this is very superficial - that is, any question aside from the program will drown you.

2. Zoogeography and geography are as different as potatoes and pork chops. Without special knowledge, there is nothing to do there. And they don't come out of thin air.

3. Collecting the material. If you believe that for a year (i.e. 1 field season - at best 5 months) you will be able to gather enough material-then you are a Titan of entomology. In addition to collecting the material, it needs to be processed. And it can be years.

4. Articles. What will you write about? About insects collected in 1 field season? And draw conclusions based on this? No self-respecting magazine will accept such a low-profile job. A disrespectful does not take into account the Higher Attestation Commission.

I'll speak for myself. I have been preparing my dissertation for about 20 years. And I'm starting to go out for protection only now.

24.01.2012 22:35, kovyl

In general, I tell my story.

I'm a geographer by training. Since childhood, I liked biology and geography. As a result, I chose geography, as I took first places at the republican Olympiads and seemed more suitable for implementing myself in this area. He graduated from the Institute with honors, easily entered graduate school, thought to defend his dissertation in the field of social geography. I wrote it, but in the end I was flunked on pre-defense. Of course, I myself understood that there were "weak points" in the work, it seemed that I would fix them and everything would be fine, but my hands were already lowered, and the defense itself hung in the air. A few months later, Nauch also died. the supervisor, who was in his 70s, may even have been worried about my dissertation. Before that, he often scolded in private conversations, complained about the situation that had developed at the faculty. A few years earlier, he had lost his position as head of the department. Maybe the "undercurrents" that I didn't notice affected the fate of my dissertation in the end.

In general, I realized that social geography is not what I like, I made a mistake with the topic, with whom it does not happen. In principle, I don't really need a PhD degree myself, but my parents really want me to work as a teacher at the institute and realize myself in scientific activities. By the way, my father himself worked all his life at the institute as a senior researcher, but never defended himself, because he had more money in another field.

As a result, I think to try myself in the field of entomology, specializing in zoogeography. Probably insects are much more interesting for me to study than people. In this regard, I would like to ask you, as a general specialist, in what area of entomology are there still "white spots"? What topic should I choose? I myself currently work as a surveyor in Kazan, traveling on business trips in Central Russia, the European North, the North-West, and part of the Urals (Bashkiria). Personally, I am most familiar with lepidopters, but I understand that almost everything in this group has been studied far and wide, and therefore I am ready to consider representatives of any other orders. The field practice season is just about to open, and it may be possible to prepare a dissertation in a year, write articles for journals, and choose a dissertation council. Backpack, tent, sleeping bag, finances are available.
Tell us where to look for a new employee. for example, in your department or in the Department of biology? I have no particular desire to return to my department. Or to "forget" about the whole idea of preparing a dissertation, since it is very difficult?

P.S. Of course, I understand that often such topics come to mind in the late afternoon. I don't even know what I'll want tomorrow morning, whether I'll change my idea or not.

I haven't laughed like this in a long time...
And to be honest, I'm just fucked up. Imho, you also "got the wrong topic" with entomology - normal dissertations do not write in a year or two. It is better to try yourself in pedagogy-quickly and cheaply. They like them there, but we don't need them.

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24.01.2012 23:04, STIGMA

The last post I think is too harsh, although partly true. But if a person wants to, why not? Perhaps he will be able to collect really interesting material, especially if the funds are available, and accordingly the availability of interesting places. This may not be a candidate's thesis, but some publications from enthusiastic amateurs are more significant than some protected works. But this is again a return to the topic of amateurs and specialists.
By the way, in addition to exams, if you do not go to the applicants, you will have to pay for another postgraduate course (if you have already graduated from it), and this is usually a lot of money, this means that if the specialty is geography, then full-time training is very desirable. But everything is in your hands, I think the main desire, but I think the years are still not 1-2))

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24.01.2012 23:38, Hierophis

Yes, many people here, for some reason, like to be sarcastic and sarcastic in this case, although, in principle, it is possible because of the contrast-they say, I spent half my life on this dissertation, and here - a YEAR, well, TWO!
Well, and all sorts of loud discussions in the topic about abstracts, where there is a lot of criticism of modern defenses.

But here the main thing worth mentioning is the inertia and inertia of such a system as scientific entomology. Toset, in order to defend your dissertation, you need to become your own in this system, "rotate in it", so to speak - this can only take more than one year

I suspect that there may be such a situation - there is an array of data, a general idea, and a novelty, but without the support of authorities, it will be very difficult.

In general, why there is so much aggression, I don't understand the cat of some participants. Well, I don't know, winter, Siberian anticyclone, but February is already on the nose, and whether there is a dissertation, or not, but they will collect everything, catch it and see it!

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25.01.2012 0:00, kovyl

Yes, many people here, for some reason, like to be sarcastic and sarcastic in this case, although, in principle, it is possible because of the contrast-they say, I spent half my life on this dissertation, and here - a YEAR, well, TWO!
Well, and all sorts of loud discussions in the topic about abstracts, where there is a lot of criticism of modern defenses.

But here the main thing worth mentioning is the inertia and inertia of such a system as scientific entomology. Toset, in order to defend your dissertation, you need to become your own in this system, "rotate in it", so to speak - this can only take more than one year

I suspect that there may be such a situation - there is an array of data, a general idea, and a novelty, but without the support of authorities, it will be very difficult.

In general, why there is so much aggression, I don't understand the cat of some participants. Well, I don't know, winter, Siberian anticyclone, but February is already on the nose, and whether there is a dissertation, or not, but they will collect everything, catch it and see it!

Yes, you can write in a month what there rassusolivat!
And it's not about aggression, but just so tired of these would-be graduate students who go and look for a freebie: where would it be so fast without straining to defend themselves? So I advised you where.
If you think that it is possible to prepare a dissertation in a year, then please tell us on what topic it is possible to do this? And then I'll come up with something, so at least 5-6 years turns out...

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25.01.2012 0:45, Peter Khramov

Personally, I am most familiar with lepidopters, but I understand that almost everything in this group has been studied far and wide

That's right, it's leps that should be chosen. And the unexplored there is through the roof.

Tell us where to look for a new employee. for example, in your department or in the Department of biology?

Biology.

Or to "forget" about the whole idea of preparing a dissertation, since it is very difficult?

Protect yourself or not — the job won't be lost anyway.

P.S. Of course, I understand that often such topics come to mind in the late afternoon. I don't even know what I'll want tomorrow morning, whether I'll change my idea or not.

Et yes. Morning of the evening, as you know...

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25.01.2012 17:09, Yakovlev

the question was asked-on what material you can make a dissertation quickly. If you have funds and connections (not in Tatarstan), you can raise everything-V. Kononenko's scoop, E. Mironov's pyadenits , and many people can do it in the daytime. Dubatolov, O. Kosterin, P. Gorbunov, S. Churkin, can I), there are no bombicoids (or almost none!), actids-Dubatolov. Koryakia is a very interesting territory, where there is a place to turn around. Faunalism will be wonderful. I'm talking about butterflies... Apparently, you can do work on some groups - or start doing it using material on the European north. I think Tatarinov is the first adviser here. I don't quite know the extent of knowledge from the scoops of the Urals, for example. Probably a job can be done - like the nutcrackers of the Volga region - I'm just guessing... But this is not work for 2 years after all - or you need to travel 365 days a year to museums, delving into the group and in the fields, collecting material. In principle, 2 years to prepare a dissertation from the collection of material to the defense, this is of course a utopia. But something bright like the higher lepidoptera of Koryakia is possible. There will be both originality and scientific novelty.

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25.01.2012 18:17, Hierophis

Is it possible to write a dissertation based on the search for the steppe fat man, the search for his habitat? With an eye on the fact that it will still be found. Or is it extremely unpromising?

Why don't you want to go to Koryakia?

If everything was so simple, then I would have defended my dissertation on steppe fatties long ago))) Although, if you have the "right contacts", you can also defend your dissertation on verucivorruses

In general, there is something that everyone advises you to go almost to Kolyma, then spend 20 years working on your dissertation. There is a very simple way -
This is a dissertation based on molecular research!
Everything is very simple - the main condition is an expensive and detailed genome sequencing. Now it is still relatively fashionable.
In search of material, you do not need to mess around in Koryakia at all - you can buy a group here on the forum, the primary definition in acc. how to do it

Then there's molecular, well, of course, sequencing - this would be the coolest thing, but you can also do some popular analysis on markers, but this will not be so impressive.

Then we send the results obtained by a ladder - first to a young and ambitious specialist with a request to comment on the clean data of the mechanics. Then his response to a more solid specialist with a request to comment on the data analysis already - and so on to the top level.
And that's all - you have a ready-made dissertation on your hands

That's all, and no Koryakia, in Koryakia-the average Temperature is +14C! And it's probably still in the warmest place intended! There butterflies can be seen and fly only in the middle of summer, that is, one day a year!

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25.01.2012 18:30, Лавр Большаков

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(niyaz @ 25.01.2012 18:11)
And where is this topic?

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Go read it, yesterday they were still talking about "salaries of entomologists in Russia", and there is a rare topic "Abstracts".
If you really want to study insects, then a dissertation is not required. You need to decide which squad (family)to choose You are most likely to like it and contact the appropriate specialist. If you're lucky, you'll be able to contribute to science. Write at least a few articles, you see, like it, and then you will acquire acquaintances and get your bearings.
If you need a dissertation as an urgent end in itself, then take a walk around the university. There are signs "Term papers, diplomas, dissertations" and contact phone numbers hanging on poles. There are similar ads in newspapers.
But seriously, you need to start with exactly what you like. There are a lot of insects, and a thesis of reginal scope can be devoted in the maximum case to an order, in the minimum case to a large family or group of families. There may be a narrower topic, but it should be in-depth (such as the physiology of a cockroach, for example) or consist of a pile of formulas that are incomprehensible to anyone - but you need to understand mathematics. A good real dissertation is at least about 5 years of very intensive work, and if you have little free time and strive for the ideal, then even 20 can go away, as I said.
If someone tells you that a dissertation can be completed in 1-2-3 years, then this is either an uninformed person, or a crook - this will not be a scientific work, but at best a mockery or a market product written by a "dissertation negro", at worst - plagiarism, slipped by an unscrupulous "boss".

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