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Email and Professional Communication

Cold emails: one specific question gets answered, a general request does not

Researchers answer cold emails more often than people expect — when the email is easy to answer.

19/08/2026 3 min read

Email and Professional Communication

Academic email: state your request in the first two lines

The person reading your email is deciding within seconds whether to answer now or later — and later usually means never.

19/08/2026 3 min read