Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing.

Today, we’re highlighting Isabella Peters, a new research associate at the ScholCommLab and a professor of Web Science at the ZBW Leibniz Information Centre for Economics and CAU Kiel University. In this post, she tells us more about what she’s working on at the lab, and offers advice for making the most of academia. 

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Q#1 What are you working on at the lab? 

I just started to work with Stefanie Haustein, Kathleen Gregory, and Anton Ninkov on the Meaningful Data Counts (MDC) project. Together, we are trying to make sense of the data citations provided by the DataCite initiative. Also, we hope to learn more about the hidden processes that drive researchers’ decisions to cite or not cite data. It is quite an exciting project since we’ll be combining different quantitative and qualitative methods.

Q#2 Tell us about a recent paper, presentation, or project you’re proud of. 

I am actually very proud about the MDC project, since it allows me to work with wonderful people from the ScholCommLab, DataCite, and the bibliometrics community. Most of the people I have known for more than 10 years now, which makes every project meeting feel like a gathering of friends. It’s awesome!

“Most of the people I have known for more than 10 years now, which makes every project meeting feel like a gathering of friends.”

Isabella Peters

Q#3 What’s the best (or worst) piece of advice you’ve ever received? 

Wow, that is a difficult question. I am not sure whether I have received this advice or whether it is the advice I would give other academics now—but here it is: Have fun and enjoy the journey!

Find out more on Isabella’s website or follow her on Twitter.