Communication for all people
James Ogundiran is working on his PhD on Sustainable Energy Systems. He came to the PubhD EC2U Special Edition, to talk about his project, “IEQ in School Buildings of Different Geographical Regions: Nigeria, Morocco and Portugal”, which he is developing at the CES - Centro de Estudos Sociais.
Why did you decide to participate in PubhD Coimbra?
First of all, it was an opportunity to speak to people who are not on my field. To say what I am trying to do makes a lot of sense to the rest of the world, not just technical people, so it was a good opportunity to have that.
How was your experience in this edition of PubhD Coimbra?
It was really good, it was really good! Like I said, I was happy to see that people could relate to what I was trying to do. And also I had the opportunity of listening, although I didn't fully understand what they were saying [presentations in Portuguese], to what other people are trying to do with their PhDs. I found that very quite interesting, it's interesting that there are different parts in science to this. So yes, I really enjoyed myself.
Would you recommend other colleagues to participate?
Definitely I will, yes. I think it's a good experience. We should be able to speak to people who are not in your field, we should be able to speak in their language for them to understand. And their input, especially the questions that were asked, they gave me different insights. So this will help any PhD student in his work.