Structural change.

I applaud the person who came up with the idea of having a midterm seminar for theses. It's the perfect checkpoint to evaluate with fresh eyes whether the thesis is in the right track, because it can get so easy for the authors to be blindsided by their own work!

Hearteningly enough, we received good reviews from our opponents on our subject matter and content of our work. It was interesting, timely, thought-provoking, and the main suggestions for improvement were structural - realigning the content to fit the Swedish framework of thesis writing. Since both Alliz & I have never written a thesis before, let alone a Swedish one, we were very grateful for the tips and ideas put for by our opponents.

Perhaps one key challenge for us is to somehow create a flow in the thesis, such that the reader can easily navigate through the data. Much like navigating the knowledge landscape, albeit transformed into a more linear framework which the reader can follow. How to effectively create linearity in such a dynamic topic where all areas inter-relate, is another question, which we can hope we can find the answers too. It would be a pity if the main points of the thesis are lost in too much content!

Since the midterm thesis seminar on 27 Apr, Alliz & I have been working separately on our writeups for Singapore and Malaysia (similar to what we have done for Finland). Today is the day we begin pulling all three case studies together, and it would be interesting to see how it can and will all fall into place.

Just sent Leif our latest thesis draft too (which has not yet incorporated the structural changes and Singapore/Malaysia writeups). Looking forward to hearing his comments during our review session tomorrow!