In today's episode, we interview Dr. Mira Vasic. She is the co-owner and senior partner of InTouch, a female leadership and career academy. Originally from Serbia, she obtained her PhD in structural engineering in Italy and worked in the Netherlands in the applied research institute TNO and the Ministry of Economic Affairs in the Dutch government, before making a career switch.

Listen to this interview to learn how Mira's core values made her study civil engineering, and how the same values then were at the basis of her career switch. We also learn from Mira on how PhD candidates need a sponsor to succeed in their career, as well as her best advice for female PhD candidates and faculty members. Finally, we learn how Mira sets boundaries around her work, her best advice for PhD candidates, what a week in the life looks like, and how COVID-19 has impacted her work and daily tasks.

References

• InTouch
• Linkedin profile 
• 5 Unwritten Rules We Must Change in Higher Ed - Mira Vasic on Harvard Business:
  Why women remain silent on microagressions at the workplace - Mira Vasic on Thrive Global
• Annotated bibliography on unconscious gender bias in academia