How the group explored the gap between intentions and outcomes in research
In our group, we used a private group chat on Messenger and humour to explore intentions, outcomes, try to address the gap between them, and think about what it actually means, to us, to do research and being a researcher:

- The audience was following a live chat on the big screen, where we all from the group were typing the conversation in 'real time'. The conversation was unfolding on the big screen, for all the summer school participants and lecturers to see.

- The chat was a mix of conversations and memes (click on the link to see the whole conversation).

- The use of memes was a central point, to convey reflections, doubts and difficulties in a humorous way. Through the memes, we wanted to address the mismatch between our own intentions in doing research and the outcomes that we have little or no control over.

- The end of the chat was us sharing potential strategies and solutions to try and address this gap between intentions and outcomes in our research.

What the audience saw was a coping example of trying to address the gap between intentions and outcomes, which seems particularly important when doing critical or RRI-type of research. We did not want to give a 'lesson' or a 'recipe', but rather show an example of how conversations, partnerships, sharing among PhD candidates and others, can be a way to understand and navigate the doubts and challenges that we meet. Our chatroom discussion was an example of discussions that happens among friends, meaning that the worries that people might have are not shared with those who might be able to help with those matters – the supervisor, the PI, the head of a department and similar.

Feedback from after our presentation
(i) Joaquin Zenteno Hopp, a summer school participant noticed that the audience was very silent in following the live chat. It reminded him of the silence and isolation that sometimes accompanies his doubts and worries related to doing a PhD. In his case, he lives far away from his university and therefore often feels isolated and unable to easily share the challenges he meets;
(ii) Anne Blanchard, one of the the summer school organiser and lecturer, shared that it was touching to follow how the chat unfolded, and that the light humour allowed to delve into deep issues, doubts, reflections and questionings;
(iii) Some summer school participants said that they liked the format of presentation – a live chat.