Changing Academic Life Podcast
1) Season 7 Kickoff: Fresh Starts and Being Intentional (CAL128 S7E1)
In the first episode of season seven, the 10th year the Changing Academic Life podcast, I invite us to reflect on the theme of being intentional about what we want for ourselves at the beginning of th...Show More
2) Season Reflections: Cultivating a Good Academic Life (CAL127, S6, E21)
In this final episode of the 2024-2025 season, I reflect on key themes emerging from the past 20 episodes of 'Changing Academic Life.' These are around creating supportive and inclusive cultures in ac...Show More
3) Creating Peer Support Groups (CAL126, S6, E20)
If you are curious about how to set up your own peer support group, inspired by what Johanna Stadlbauer shared about what Uni Graz are doing, then this episode might get you started. I walk through so...Show More
4) Johanna Stadlbauer on boundaries, agency, and community building (CAL125, S6 E19)
Johanna Stadlbauer is an anthropologist working in researcher development at the University of Graz, recently made Head of Research Careers Campus Graz. Her mission is a more fun and kind academia. Jo...Show More
5) Tina Persson on career pivots, recruitment and coaching for career security (CAL124, S6 E18)
Tina Persson shares her journey from chemistry and nearly 20 years in academia, to recruiting and then career coaching. Tina discusses the challenges she faced in academia, including struggles with en...Show More
6) Strengths as Superpowers - Replay (CAL123, S6 E17)
This is a replay of an episode about our strengths as our superpowers and it is a useful precursor to the next podcast discussion where my guest will talk about them as natural talents. This replay ep...Show More
7) Graham McAllister (Part 3) on the art and craft of writing (CAL122, S6E16)
”Writing is thinking, I love thinking, I love working on problems, I love thinking through the problems…. So the whole writing thing is a thinking thing.” says Graham McAllister in this final part of ...Show More
8) Graham McAllister (Part 2) on aligning team vision (CAL121, S6E15)
In this second part of my conversation with Graham McAllister, we explore Graham's next pivot to studying organizational psychology at the London School of Economics. After selling his startup, G...Show More
9) Graham McAllister (Part 1) on career pivots: academia to industry to startup (CAL120, S6E14)
Graham McAllister reflects on his various career pivots, starting with a PhD in computer graphics in Belfast, transitioning through roles in academia and industry and then forming and later selli...Show More
10) Oana and Matt (Part 2) on mental health, teaching path and reflective practice (CAL119 S6E13)
This is Part 2 of my discussion with Matthew Barr and Oana Andrei who work together in the Education and Practice Section in the School of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow.&nbs...Show More