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iREACCH: Difficult Conversations

by iREACCH

Difficult Conversations is a podcast about the aspects of research culture that people experience but rarely discuss openly: harassment, research culture, positionality, the pressure to publish, equity and inclusion, and allyship. Policy describes what an institution intends. Conversations describe what people encounter. An I-REACCH podcast, conceived and developed by Dr Kike Ladipo, co-hosted with Dr Gez Williams. Produced by Chaos Created for the Wellcome I-REACCH Project.

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Episodes

  1. Positionality and Research Across Different Cultural Contexts with Dr Diane Levine

    Nobody comes into research as a neutral observer, whether they're interviewing young people in Johannesburg or looking down a microscope in Leicester. In the fourth episode of Difficult Conversations, Dr Kike Ladipo and Dr Gez Williams talk to Dr Diane Levine, whose research looks at how children...

  2. Equity, Diversity and Inclusion with Dr Patrick Highton

    Equality means treating everyone the same. Equity means recognising that people start from different places and face different barriers. That distinction sits at the heart of this episode. In the third episode of Difficult Conversations, Dr Kike Ladipo and Dr Gez Williams talk to Dr Patrick...

  3. Allyship with Dr Lynne Howells

    Most people want to be good colleagues. Fewer feel confident stepping in when someone is talked over in a meeting, or when a student’s name is mispronounced on purpose. In the second episode of Difficult Conversations, Dr Kike Ladipo and Dr Gez Williams talk to Dr Lynne Howells about allyship in...

  4. Tackling Harassment in Research with Dr Amy Clarke

    Harassment happens in universities, at every level of study, and for many students it has become so normal that they don't call it harassment at all. In the first episode of Difficult Conversations, Dr Kike Ladipo and Dr Gez Williams talk to Dr Amy Clarke, Deputy Director of the Centre for Hate...

  5. Difficult Conversations Podcast - Audio Trailer

    Difficult Conversations is coming. This trailer introduces the podcast about the parts of research culture people experience but rarely discuss openly, hosted by Dr Kike Ladipo and Dr Gez Williams. The first series features Prof Kate Williams, Dr Patrick Highton, Dr Diane Levine, Dr Ruoying Zhou,...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Difficult Conversations is a podcast about the aspects of research culture that people experience but rarely discuss openly: harassment, research culture, positionality, the pressure to publish, equity and inclusion, and allyship. Policy describes what an institution intends. Conversations describe what people encounter. An I-REACCH podcast, conceived and developed by Dr Kike Ladipo, co-hosted with Dr Gez Williams. Produced by Chaos Created for the Wellcome I-REACCH Project.

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Difficult Conversations is a podcast about the aspects of research culture that people experience but rarely discuss openly: harassment, research culture, positionality, the pressure to publish, equity and inclusion, and allyship. Policy describes what an institution intends. Conversations describe...

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