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Changing Academic Life — 156 episodes · page 2 of 2
RW4 Rejection, tenure and so-called excellence
RW3 Notice, appreciate, thank - a good contagion!
RW2 From adapting to growing
RW1 My year of being bold
Reflections on 2020
Eunice Sari on being a trouble maker, pioneering new ways, and building society
Anirudha Joshi on being a designer, learning by doing, and developing community
COVID musings from Australia
Pejman Mirza Babaei (part 2) on post-tenure, balance and learning to become a good leader
Pejman Mirza-Babaei (part 1) on being strategic, the fast track to tenure, and finding his path
Reflections on 2019 & 2018
Rosa Arriaga on transferrable discipline toolkits, making a difference, & caring for the grad student journey
Alex Taylor on research at the boundaries, moving from industry to academia, the labour of academia & the power of the collective
Tom Erickson on industry research, telecommuting, and practising for retirement
Jen Mankoff on managing an academic career with a disability & finding good ways forward
Moshe Vardi (part 2) on publication pressures, student stress, mid-career mentoring & societal obligations
Moshe Vardi (Part 1) on social implications of technology & our responsibility as academics
Jofish Kaye on industry research, having an impact, and values-driven decision making
Katie Siek on dual careers & children, mentoring & lobbying, & dealing with illness
Leysia Palen on creating a new research area, the long path to tenure and starting a department
Mike Twidale on agile research, leading from strengths, and story-telling
Lindsay Oades on academic wellbeing, connecting to strengths, meaning and purpose, and not taking the system too seriously
Jan Gulliksen on middle management, leading autists, and building values and trust… with drama
Rowena Murray on writing retreats, academic friendships and dealing with discrimination
Kirsten Ellis on shifting goalposts, motivation, flying & being a working mum with a disabled child
Janet Read on charm bracelets, finish tape & the work to be a complete academic
Kylie Ball on supporting early career researchers, virtual mentorship and wellbeing
Carman Neustaedter on research identity, work tracking surprises, and taking perspective
James Wilsdon on impacts, responsible metrics & evaluation practices
Luigina Ciolfi on giving back, mentoring, and finding your own work-life strategies
Reflections on 2017 & creating kinder better work cultures (solo)
Michael Muller on principled engagements, value tensions, liking people & giving back
Jolanta Burke on burnout, harmonious passion, positive workplaces & helping others
Evan Peck on making choices, accepting trade-offs, and liberal arts as a great middle way
Scott Robertson on missing tenure, persevering, and connecting to mission & community
Margaret Burnett on pioneering, mentoring, changing the world & GenderMag
Amy Ko on being reflectively self-aware, deliberately structured, & amazingly productive
Gloria Mark on service, multitasking, creativity and fun
Chris Frauenberger on post-docs, parental leave & multiple dreams
Ali Black on doing academia differently...caring, connecting & becoming
Anna Cox on family, work & strategies for making the changes we want
Kia Höök on challenges of success & value of slowing down and re-connecting
Cliff Lampe on the joy of academic service, faculty meetings & peer networks
Reflections to kickstart the new year of 2017! (Solo)
Lone Malmborg on academic performance measures, benchmarking and strategies
Ben Kraal on moving from academia to industry
Tom Rodden on doing good work, metrics, failure, funding, and family
Saul Greenberg on supervising, building a lab, creating good work life balance
Yunan Chen on getting tenure, the two-body experience & negotiating motherhood
Marcus Foth on creating a research niche and building a lab
Katherine Isbister on finding your fit, being productive 8-5 and praising yourself
Rafael Calvo on technology and choices for mental health and well being
Mary Czerwinski on managing people, managing stress, and the work to do good work
Jon Whittle on the digital brain switch, drama and dance
Judy Olson on her career and blooming where you are planted
Carl Gutwin on academic life, making choices, getting perspective