Hi there,

Newbie here! I'm in a social-sciences-field and somehow am expecting "ideological" differences with my supervisor to increase. My favoured (theoretical) approach to my project seems to differ quite much from his general theoretical line. Was generally curious if people are familar with this situation and if you believe it can be negotiated in the long run. My hunch is that he'll let me have my way if I manage to get stuff published (and thereby add to the department's publication record), but I'm not sure about that (and besides I think trying to publish something will seriously delay the whole Phd). At the moment I don't have any clear restrictions (I'm in my first year and still working on the reworking of my proposal), but I wonder how long this will last.

Any thoughts on this issue are very appreciated..