Changing Academic Life

Changing Academic Life


Latest Episodes

Karen Stroobants on changing research culture and reforming research assessment
September 13, 2023

We need to reform research evaluation because "It's not just which people are we excluding, which profiles are we excluding, which ideas are we excluding, but also whose problems are we not solving" says Dr Karen Stroobants.Karen is a researcher, policy a

Season 4 Welcome (solo)
September 06, 2023

This is a short episode to kick off Season 4 of the Changing Academic Life podcast series.Looking forward to bringing some great conversations coming on a range of topics fro reforming research assessment, burnout and neurodiversity.A new website will be

End of Season Reflections and Transitions
July 07, 2023

Reflecting on the episodes in this last season, asking for feedback and suggestions, and looking forward to transitions over the break.

Sarah Davies (Part 2) on luck, disrupting excellence, and cultures of care
June 21, 2023

Sarah Davies is a Professor of Technosciences, Materiality, & Digital Cultures at the Department of Science and Technology Studies at University of Vienna. Her work explores how science and society are co-produced, and of particular interest here is her r

Sarah Davies (Part 1) on mobility, precarity and notions of excellence
June 07, 2023

Sarah Davies is a Professor of Technosciences, Materiality, & Digital Cultures at the Department of Science and Technology Studies at University of Vienna. Overall her work explores how science and society are co-produced, with the digital and digitisatio

Elizabeth Churchill on creating culture, leading teams, loving challenges
May 24, 2023

Dr Elizabeth Churchill is a Senior Director at Google. She talks about creating team culture, leading teams and loving challenges.

Marta Cecchinato (part 2) on promoting wellbeing through leadership, EDI & self-care
April 25, 2023

Part 2 of the conversation with Dr Marta Cecchinato from Northumbria University where she shares how her research on shaping digital experiences to support wellbeing at work and in our personal lives has played out practically for her across a number of a

Marta Cecchinato (part 1) on digital wellbeing and microboundary strategies
April 14, 2023

Dr Marta Cecchinato from Northumbria University shares her research on understanding the complexities of dealing with multiple technologies in everyday life and how we can shape our digital experiences to support wellbeing at work and in our personal live

James Wilsdon - Replay on metrics & responsible research evaluation
March 30, 2023

This is a replay extract from a 2018 conversation with Professor James Wilsdon when he was a Professor of Research Policy at the University of Sheffield in the UK. He is now at UCL

Heike Winschiers-Theophilus on global south research, reviewer bias, abstract vs lived diversity, & pluriversality
March 09, 2023

Prof Heike Winschiers-Theophilus, a Professor in the Faculty of Computing & Informatics, at Namibia University of Science & Technology, shares the many challenges she and her colleagues face as Global South researchers trying to get their research reviewe