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Research Adjacent episodes
- Permission to show up authentically with Jenny Brady (Episode 16)
For this week's episode Sarah is joined by freelance researcher developer and business coach Jenny Brady.
Jenny talks about
- The joy and challenges of being research-adjacent when you were never a researcher
- The importance of playfulness and curiosity
- Why she wants researchers to show up authentically and connect to the value of their work
Read the full show notes on the podcast webpage
Connect to Jenny on LinkedIn and Twitter
Follow the podcast on LinkedIn and Instagram
Theme music by Vitaliy Levkin from Pixabay
Mentioned in this episode:
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If you have a service, product, event, or opportunity that would be of interest to our audience get in touch via [email protected] to explore how we can work together.
Member of the Month: Vicky Bowskill, Inklusive Nature
Vicky helps researchers and changemakers to connect nature, science & society by telling compelling visual stories. Find out more at www.inklusivenature.com
37 min - Seeing the funny side of science with Matthew Partridge (Episode 15)
For this week's episode Sarah is joined by Matthew Partridge, cartoonist and founder of ErrantScience.com.
Matthew talks about
- His journey from biochemistry to research-adjacent cartooning
- Why he is motivated to share the realities of life in the lab
- Why being 'terrible at art' is no barrier to creating cartoons
- What goes into live cartooning a 24h online chemistry poster session
Read the full show notes on the podcast webpage
Visit the ErrantScience website or connect with Matthew on Discord, Mastadon or Instagram
What did you think of this episode? Follow the podcast on Twitter @ResAdjacent and share your thoughts using #ResearchAdjacent
Theme music by Vitaliy Levkin from Pixabay
Mentioned in this episode:
Member of the Month: Vicky Bowskill, Inklusive Nature
Vicky helps researchers and changemakers to connect nature, science & society by telling compelling visual stories. Find out more at www.inklusivenature.com
Interested in advertising on the podcast?
If you have a service, product, event, or opportunity that would be of interest to our audience get in touch via [email protected] to explore how we can work together.
34 min - Boundaries (Episode 14)
Boundaries (Episode 14) | Sarah is out of the office, and she means it this time!
This week's episode is a holiday special all about boundaries and why it can be so hard for research-adjacent folks to really take time off.
Sarah addresses
- Why setting and holding boundaries can be particularly challenging in the research-adjacent world
- Setting boundaries and taking leave as a form of quiet activism
- Managing expectations and managing our own behaviour
- Why we are all, always, a work in progress
Read the full show notes on the podcast webpage
Connect with Sarah on LinkedIn and Twitter
What did you think of this episode? Follow the podcast on Twitter @ResAdjacent and share your thoughts using #ResearchAdjacent
Theme music by Vitaliy Levkin from Pixabay
12 min - Melissa Hobson, Science Writer (Episode 13)
Melissa Hobson, Science Writer (Episode 13) | Melissa just wants to write stories about cool fish
For this week's episode Sarah is joined by freelance science writer Melissa Hobson who specialises in marine science and conservation.
Melissa talks about
- How learning to scuba dive prompted a career change
- What it's like to be a science writer without a science background
- Why she celebrates getting rejected
- Her top tips for success, which include reading and eating cake!
Read the full show notes on the podcast webpage
Visit Melissa's website or connect on LinkedIn
What did you think of this episode? Follow the podcast on Twitter @ResAdjacent and share your thoughts using #ResearchAdjacent
Theme music by Vitaliy Levkin from Pixabay
Mentioned in this episode:
Interested in advertising on the podcast?
If you have a service, product, event, or opportunity that would be of interest to our audience get in touch via [email protected] to explore how we can work together.
Member of the Month: Vicky Bowskill, Inklusive Nature
Vicky helps researchers and changemakers to connect nature, science & society by telling compelling visual stories. Find out more at www.inklusivenature.com
34 min - Lorraine Coghill, Science Outreach Specialist (Episode 12)
Lorraine Coghill, Science Outreach Specialist (Episode 12) | Lorraine wants to give people permission to be curious
This week Sarah is talking to science outreach specialist Lorraine Coghill, currently Deputy Director of Science Outreach and Engagement at Durham University.
Lorraine talks about
- Why her work is really about people rather than science
- Encouraging curiosity, creativity and problem solving
- What can happen when you put young people in charge
- Tackling the invisibility of public engagement professionals
Read the full show notes on the podcast webpage
Connect with Lorraine on LinkedIn
What did you think of this episode? Follow the podcast on Twitter @ResAdjacent and share your thoughts using #ResearchAdjacent
Mentioned in this episode:
Member of the Month: Vicky Bowskill, Inklusive Nature
Vicky helps researchers and changemakers to connect nature, science & society by telling compelling visual stories. Find out more at www.inklusivenature.com
Interested in advertising on the podcast?
If you have a service, product, event, or opportunity that would be of interest to our audience get in touch via [email protected] to explore how we can work together.
20 min - Good Work, Precarity and Contracts (Episode 11)
Good Work, Precarity and Contracts (Episode 11) | Sarah explores the good, the bad, and the ugly of research-adjacent job contracts
This week's Research Adjacent podcast is another solo episode. Host Sarah McLusky explores some common issues around contracts in the research-adjacent sector.
Sarah explores
- What characterises 'good work'
- Jargon busting - the difference between fixed term, open-ended and fractional contracts
- Why open-ended isn't always better
- Toxic practice to watch out for
- When short contracts might be the right thing for you
- Making the most of a fixed term contract
Read the full show notes on the podcast webpage
Connect with Sarah on LinkedIn and Twitter
What did you think of this episode? Follow the podcast on Twitter @ResAdjacent and share your thoughts using #ResearchAdjacent
Theme music by Vitaliy Levkin from Pixabay
Mentioned in this episode:
Interested in advertising on the podcast?
If you have a service, product, event, or opportunity that would be of interest to our audience get in touch via [email protected] to explore how we can work together.
Member of the Month: Vicky Bowskill, Inklusive Nature
Vicky helps researchers and changemakers to connect nature, science & society by telling compelling visual stories. Find out more at www.inklusivenature.com
20 min - Abraham Mamela, Communications and Engagment Specialist (Episode 10)
Abraham Mamela, Communications and Engagment Specialist (Episode 10) | Abraham explains why communication only works if you understand the context
What do you think of Research Adjacent so far? If you have any feedback or suggestions for guests or topics please contact Sarah via the podcast website www.researchadjacent.com via Twitter @ResAdjacent or connect on LinkedIn.
This week's guest is Abraham Mamela. Based in Botswana, Abraham is a communications and engagement practitioner currently working at the Alliance for African Partnership.
We talk about
- How Abraham learned the importance of connecting communication and engagement
- His time as an intern and engagement fellow at Wellcome
- Communicating genome research through comics
- Why the research ecosystem in Africa needs to focus more on engagement
Read the full show notes on the podcast webpage
Connect with Abraham on LinkedIn and Twitter
Theme music by Vitaliy Levkin from Pixabay
Mentioned in this episode:
Member of the Month: Vicky Bowskill, Inklusive Nature
Vicky helps researchers and changemakers to connect nature, science & society by telling compelling visual stories. Find out more at www.inklusivenature.com
Interested in advertising on the podcast?
If you have a service, product, event, or opportunity that would be of interest to our audience get in touch via [email protected] to explore how we can work together.
36 min - Orla Kelly, Knowledge Exchange Manager (Episode 9)
Orla Kelly, Knowledge Exchange Manager (Episode 9) | Orla talks about encouraging innovation and connecting people
This week's guest is Orla Kelly, Knowledge Exchange and Innovation (KE&I) Collaboration Manager She is based at University of the West of Scotland but works across all 19 of Scotland's higher education institutions.
We talk about
- What it means to have an entrepreneurial mindset
- How she moved from academia to industry and back
- Why it's the small things that make the biggest difference
- Why KE&I isn't all about the sciences
- And weighing pigs…honestly!
Read the full show notes on the podcast webpage
Connect with Orla on LinkedIn and Twitter
What did you think of this episode? Follow the podcast on Twitter @ResAdjacent and share your thoughts using #ResearchAdjacent
Theme music by Vitaliy Levkin from Pixabay
Mentioned in this episode:
Member of the Month: Vicky Bowskill, Inklusive Nature
Vicky helps researchers and changemakers to connect nature, science & society by telling compelling visual stories. Find out more at www.inklusivenature.com
Interested in advertising on the podcast?
If you have a service, product, event, or opportunity that would be of interest to our audience get in touch via [email protected] to explore how we can work together.
29 min - Faye Watson, Public Engagement Manager (Episode 8)
Faye Watson, Public Engagement Manager (Episode 8) | Faye talks about rising through the ranks and making engagement better for everyone
This week's podcast guest is Faye Watson, a rising star in the engagement world. Faye has recently joined at the College of Medical and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Edinburgh as their Public Engagement with Research Manager.
We talk about
- Her rapid rise through the public engagement ranks
- Why she quit her PhD to become research-adjacent
- Working in virus research engagement during COVID
- Improving career prospects, sharing power and encouraging creativity in public engagement
Read the full show notes on the podcast webpage
Connect with Faye on LinkedIn and Twitter
What did you think of this episode? Follow the podcast on Twitter @ResAdjacent and share your thoughts using #ResearchAdjacent
Theme music by Vitaliy Levkin from Pixabay
Mentioned in this episode:
Interested in advertising on the podcast?
If you have a service, product, event, or opportunity that would be of interest to our audience get in touch via [email protected] to explore how we can work together.
Member of the Month: Vicky Bowskill, Inklusive Nature
Vicky helps researchers and changemakers to connect nature, science & society by telling compelling visual stories. Find out more at www.inklusivenature.com
34 min - Mary Robson, Creative Facilitator (Episode 7)
Mary Robson, Creative Facilitator (Episode 7) | Mary shares her arts-based approach to creating meaningful connections and allowing space for different opinions
For episode 7 of Research Adjacent my guest is (we think) the UK's only full-time university-based Creative Facilitator, Mary Robson. Mary works at the Institute for Medical Humanities at Durham University.
We talk about
- What creative facilitation is and how it helps in research
- Creating meaningful connections between diverse groups
- Holding space for different experiences and opinions
- Challenging the academic status quo
- Sharing her creative facilitation approach
Read the full show notes on the podcast website
Find out more about Mary and her work here: Creative Facilitation Unit at the Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University
What did you think of this episode? Follow the podcast on Twitter @ResAdjacent and share your thoughts using #ResearchAdjacent.
Theme music by Vitaliy Levkin from Pixabay
Mentioned in this episode:
Interested in advertising on the podcast?
If you have a service, product, event, or opportunity that would be of interest to our audience get in touch via [email protected] to explore how we can work together.
Member of the Month: Vicky Bowskill, Inklusive Nature
Vicky helps researchers and changemakers to connect nature, science & society by telling compelling visual stories. Find out more at www.inklusivenature.com
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About Research Adjacent
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Stories and strategies to help you thrive in a research-adjacent career. Hosted by Sarah McLusky.