Academic life offers exceptional freedom—and exceptional pressure. For Ph.D. students and early-career researchers, the path can be intellectually rewarding but also confusing, isolating, and uncertain.

Publish or Perish is a practical guide to the day-to-day reality of academic research. Grounded in two decades of experience, it aims at offering clear, direct advice on how to manage your time, choose research questions that matter, write with clarity and purpose, and navigate the demands of the publication process.

This book shares the kind of candid guidance and brutal honesty that I strive to pass on to my own Ph.D. students.

If you are a Ph.D. student, you may download a full PDF copy, free of charge.