Changing Academic Life
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Karen Stroobants on changing research culture and reforming research assessment
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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