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My PhD topic overlaps a dissertation a senior colleague is writing, what should I do?

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My topic and a colleague's overlap enough that we would be citing each other constantly. My supervisor sees no issue. Should I adjust my scope, or is overlapping adjacent work normal in a department?

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