Conclusions

[altariel]

So writing a conclusion to a PhD thesis is a lot harder than I would have imagined. I would greatly appreciate any thoughts that any of you might have.

At the moment I am leaning to the kind of advice given here (scroll down), that it is a purely instrumental section saying, "This is what I've done, this is how it's great, this is what I'd do next if you gave me the cash." Or something on those lines.

I know some of you have already passed through this elusive initiation rite. Any advice?

Comments

[cathexys.livejournal.com]

since we're in different fields this might not be useful, but i always strive for the summary plus approach..not necessarily bringing up a *new* subject, but widening the scope so to speak.

in my diss, forexample, i examioned a text not quite within the scope of my field whose reception in particular exemplified and illuminated all the issues i had argued throughout. i this had a convenient way to bring them all in and show that the issues were larger than i had 'prioven'...not sure this makes *any* sense without specifics :-)

as a reader i like case studies/examples/personalization bioth in intro and conclusion and i think looking toward limits of your research/new venues that it has opened up it always neat.

good luck!!!!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :-) I was struggling with a sense of form rather than content, so this was all really helpful regardless of discipline.

It exists now, god knows if it's any good, but that's a massive improvement on where I was at the start of the week!