Diversity in Research Podcast

Dec 17 2024 72 ep. 56 mins 9

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An exploration of diversity in research management and international research collaborations. We cover how we make research environments more inclusive and why doing this helps us to solve global challenges through research. Based in Europe but talking to the world of academic research.

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The Global Dynamics of Open Data - and where it leaves diversity. A conversation with Mark Hahnel

Dec 17 2024 47 mins

Open data has been a recurring theme on the podcast - for better or worse. Every year, Digital Science and Springer Nature publish a report on the status of open science, so we thought this year's report was a good occasion to take stock and have a good discussion not only on the status of open status but also on where it's going, how and why. To help us, we invited one of the repo

Motherhood in academia. A conversation with Lisette Espïn-Noboa.

Dec 03 2024 55 mins

As two cis-gendered men without children, talking about motherhood in academia isn't really our forte. So, with Lachlan travelling, we took the opportunity to invite Hélène Draux from Digitial Science as guest co-host with Jakob for a conversation about motherhood in academia with Lisette Espín-Noboa and the role it plays in the gender gap. Lisette is a postdoc at the Complexity

If AI, open science and impact is transforming science - where does that leave diversity? A conversation with Digital Science

Nov 18 2024 58 mins

There is no doubt that AI has thrown a lot of our conceptions of science—or at least how we work in and with science—up in the air. Digital Science has written a report about it: “Research Transformation: Change in the Era of AI, open and Impact: voices from the Academic Community.” We invited two of the authors, Suze Kundu and Simon Porter, on the podcast to chat about whe

Diversity and internationalisation for smaller research institutions – the case of GuildHE.

Nov 04 2024 71 mins

Many of us tend to forget that all research institutions are not big, comprehensive universities. Actually, quite a few are smaller institutions either because they are fairly new, specialize in a single discipline, or are based in more rural areas where there isn’t the population needed for a big research-intensive university. But how do you navigate international collaborations

The Role of Publishers in equity, diversity and inclusion. A conversation with SpringerNature’s Sowmya Swaminathan.

Oct 22 2024 59 mins

We often discuss researchers and research managers on the podcast, but publishers are also key players in the research ecosystem. So, we invited SpingerNature to discuss their report “Insights into diversity, equity and inclusion in the global research community.” Sowmya Swaminathan, their director of DEI, Research who also directs Springer Nature's DEI Program in Research Publ

"If everyone quits, the injustices will continue." A conversation with Laura Heath-Stout about her new book.

Oct 08 2024 73 mins

Welcome back to Laura Heath-Stout - our first return guest on the podcast!Laura is a postdoctoral fellow in archaeology at Stanford University. She has a new book out: 'Identity, Oppression, and Diversity in Archaeology.', so we wanted her back on the podcast for a chat about it. And while we aren't all archaeologists the peculiar dimensions of archaeology, such as excavations, rig

Diversity is about more than gender - but it's also about gender. Marcela Linkova on the GenderSAFE project.

Sep 24 2024 55 mins

Gender equality in academia and research has been a topic for decades. And between that and the #metoo movement, one would think we had solved the problems. Yet, here we are. While we usually say that diversity is more than gender, it's also gender. So we invited Marcela Linkova from the GenderSAFE project on the podcast to discuss the project and their mid-way report and for a bro

Equitable research partnerships across Africa and Europe - challenges and opportunities

Sep 10 2024 66 mins

Creating equitable research collaborations between the Global North and Global South has been a struggle for many years. How do you create equitability when there is a structural imbalance in the core element of research: funding? And how do you balance the need for global collaboration with differences in values on diversity issues like gender, race, LGTBQ+ issues, etc.?These are

Embedding EDI in the Research Management Profession. A conversation with NCURA's Kris Monahan and Joey Gaynor

Jul 30 2024 56 mins

A core element of our work is to make research managers key promoters of diversity in research and research management. But sometimes, we felt a little alone with this agenda. Then, along came Kris and Joey. Kris A. Monahan is the President of NCURA (National Council of University Research Administrators), and Joey Gaynor is chair of NCURA's International Region. We had a great con

Health data, diversity and AI. Nuances and policy. A conversation with Robin van Kessel.

Jul 24 2024 65 mins

Join us in this conversation with Robin van Kessel, a health policy researcher at the London School of Economics, as we explore the intricate dynamics of health data, digital health technologies, and AI in healthcare. Robin shares his expertise on health data poverty, the challenges of ensuring inclusive health datasets, and the importance of nuanced policymaking in addressing thes