Academic Ancestry

a person in the record

Balin Robertson

Researcher educated at University of Otago in New Zealand

Wikidata names Carol Smith, Henry Wai Chau, Peter Almond, and Sam Carrick as doctoral advisors and names Sam Carrick and Steve Thomas as teachers. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and OpenAlex.

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Two steps up and one down. Solid lines from Wikidata. The full sheet opens at four up and two down.

How to read the marksstated by Wikidata or indexed by OpenAlexclaimed on an ORCID list, or inferred

Theses

Advisors on Wikidata4

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors2

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Sam Carrick

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Steve Thomas

The line above and below4 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

Education and career1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.