If you could be paid to do a study on anything, what would you choose?

Hi DCLeshnsherr, first of all can I call you DC, that's all a bit of a mouthful? Well in my university days my dissertation was on Jacobean Horror Tragedies, a study of evil souls encapsulated in some wonderful characters who loved to take revenge. These days though if I would study anything knew I would have said the Holocaust but have probably already done so rather completely without the need to complete a dissertation on it, so I would go with the psychological aspect of a serial killers egotism.

Hi DCLehnsherr, I have desired to study so many that I have lost count :( Thanks for letting me get this out in open - even if it would be termed madness. Well, from social angle, I'd say I'd want to identify if we can all have vegetable gardens, and a badminton court/ a table tennis room / gymnasium doubling as community room, on the rooftop of most of the buildings in our country. India is one of those countries that is bursting at seams with population. It is difficult to provide healthy food to everybody as cost of food is mounting because the land that was formerly used to grow food is now being used to build homes for people. Such being the requirement, we do have rooftops which we dont really use optimally. In our own apartment complex we have about 6000 sq.ft. roof space! Not being used even to take a walk! I think it is a shame that we dont at least try to use this, and let the lands that are used to grow vegetables be free for growing grains. And the funny thing is many of the vegetables are such that if we grow them properly - we could get adquate harvest for all the apartment owners in the complex, and it would also provide employment for some green thumbs. And may be there could be a way we could collect the kitchen water (I've seen my friends water their plants with water that was used to wash rice, fruits, and vegetables. Most of these are daily routine. We just have to ensure that it reaches the roof everyday and is recycled into these plants instead of getting mixed in the non usable water. Of course, it does seem far fetched doesnt it?

would love to have my master's degree and doctorate in Psychology. I already finished my undergrad course in Psychology and i wanted to go further. I do find psychology is much interesting and i enjoy studying with it.

Hello, what an interesting topic. i have done 2 dissertations, for my BA and MA. Both were on Shakespeare, but one was on the History Plays and the other was on English and American films of Shakespeare plays and the cultural differences and contemporary influences evident in the films. In the second dissertation, Kenneth Branagh's work played a big part. If I could do another dissertation, given the parameters you set out, it would be about Kenneth Branagh and Laurence Olivier. Branagh was described as 'The New Olivier' when he produced and acted in 'Henry V,' and I'd like to test the hypothesis that he was indeed a new Olivier by conducting a detailed analysis of both men's work and their creative influences. This would involve interviews with colleagues of all descriptions and family members, so it would be a very expensive undertaking. It would also involve detailed study of Shakespeare's plays, paricularly where the careers of Branagh and Olivier overlapped. The chapter in my dissertation concerning the two, and more specifically the mountain of material that had to be left out of the final work, convinces me that this project would prove both interesting and academically challenging.