While I write these lines I still wonder ‘what is more difficult to do: doing a Ph.D. or expressing in two pages the gratefulness and appreciation for the support and encouragement one has experienced during this process? In this very moment, I undoubtedly answer the latter. Where to begin and who to thank first? I started
reading older dissertations and I tried to get some inspiration from colleagues. I found them very well written and moving but I would never be able to articulate my thoughts in the same way.