Changing Academic Life

Oct 30 2024 120 ep. 44 mins 287
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What can we do, individually and collectively, to change academic life to be more sustainable, collaborative and effective? This podcast series offers long-form conversations with academics and thought leaders who share stories and insights, as well as bite-size musings on specific topics drawing on literature and personal experience. For more information go to https://changingacademiclife.com Also see https://geraldinefitzpatrick.com to leave a comment. NOTE: this is an interim site and missing transcripts for the older podcasts. Please contact me to request specific transcripts in the meanwhile.

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Fostering psychological safety in research environments [solo]

Oct 30 2024 33 mins  
Continuing the theme of great research environments, I explore how to contribute to creating great research cultures with a focus on the concept of psychological safety. I contrast the prize winning example we heard about in the last episode with examples of experiences with poor research environments. This leads to a discussion of the value of psychological safety as defined by Am

Creating better research cultures together

Oct 16 2024 53 mins  
What are the ingredients for creating a supportive, inclusive research culture? Nina Molin Høyland-Kroghsbo from the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences , Microbial Ecology and Biotechnology at the University of Copenhagen discusses the Research Environment Prize established three years ago by the Danish Young Academy to promote and celebrate good research environments,

On reframing networking: connections and impact

Oct 02 2024 22 mins  
In this solo episode (S6 E3) I invite us to rethink the concept of networking within academia, inspired by what the late Liam Bannon shared with us in our recent conversation and the evident relational impact he had on people. I encourage us, myself included, to view networking as being about the other person, not about us, and see it as an opportunity for forming meaningful impact

Liam Bannon (Part 2) on values & what matters

Sep 18 2024 46 mins  
Update 22 Sept 2024: It is with deep sadness that I share Liam passed away this morning. May we honour his memory and his generosity in sharing his reflections by always reminding ourselves about what and who is really important.Liam Bannon is a Professor Emeritus and founder and director of the Interaction Design Centre at the University of Limerick in Ireland. In A

S6E1 Welcome to the new season

Sep 04 2024 11 mins  
Introducing the new season of Changing Academic Life.Reflecting on my recent transitions. And thanks to the HCI group for support.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

CAL106 On STOP - the purposeful pause (solo)

May 22 2024 13 mins  
In this short solo episode a share a simple yet powerful technique, S.T.O.P., for taking a purposeful pause throughout your every day. Stop, Take a breath, Observe, Proceed.00:29 Motivating STOP01:50 What is STOP04:37 Using STOP11:19 Towards making STOP a habit13:58 EndThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Remembering Volkmar Pipek - on being curious, being you

Apr 24 2024 16 mins  
Volkmar Pipek was a highly influential researcher from Uni of Siegen who sadly passed away in Jan 2024 after a long illness. This short episode draws from a written interview he gave to Mateusz Dolata on the occasion of his 2023 EUSSET-ISSI Lifetime Achievement Award. I read an extract where he shares his advice about becoming and being a researcher: Be curious. Be who you are. Be

Liam Bannon (Part 1) on a career outside the box

Apr 10 2024 67 mins  
Liam Bannon is a Professor Emeritus and founder and director of the Interaction Design Centre at the University of Limerick in Ireland.Liam has been a hugely influential thinker writer and researcher since the 1980s, along with various collaborators, in shaping work around technology and design.   Recorded in-person in 2017, he reflects on his interdisciplinary

Jean Paul (Part 2) on leading virtual transdisciplinary teams and stakeholder engagement

Mar 27 2024 41 mins  
Jean Paul is a senior scientist at the Medical University of Innsbruck. In part 2 of our conversation, Jean discusses her experience leading an impact-led transcdisciplinary research project focused on supporting families with mental health issues. She highlights the challenges of stakeholder engagement, distributed team management, and transdisciplinary research. Jean emphasizes t

Jean Paul (Part 1) on Sandpit funding & impact-focussed research

Mar 13 2024 57 mins  
Jean Paul is a Senior Scientist at the Medical University of Innsbruck in Austria. Jean discusses her involvement in a unique research funding process called a sandpit or an ideas factory. Having then taken on the leadership of the project, she provides insights into the challenges and benefits of transdisciplinary research, stakeholder engagement, and arguing for th