Research lives and cultures

About Research lives and cultures

Research careers are complex and unpredictable, but the lives of researchers are fascinating.On this podcast, Dr Sandrine Soubes interviews researchers, academics and professionals with research background about their journeying through research lives and professional transitions.Bringing these stories to you listeners is about illustrating the diversity of approaches in navigating the complexities of the research environment. Stories from our guests show that there is never a set path for research careers. Guests share ideas from their own experiences about thriving in the research environment.These discussions address how individuals make choices or create opportunities and what challenges they face balancing personal lives and professional aspirations. This podcast represents a desire to help researchers navigate more joyfully the bumpy rides of research lives through sharing stories.The podcast is hosted by Dr Sandrine Soubes who is a facilitator, coach and trainer for the research environment. If you want to share your own life in research, contact Sandrine at sandrine@tesselledevelopment.com

Publisher

Dr Sandrine Soubes

Category

business · science · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Jan 2021

Latest episode

31 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

87 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   31 Oct 2026

   76- Prof Seth Coffelt- Navigating the Leap from Postdoc to PI

   Professor Seth Coffelt , a cancer immunologist at the University of Glasgow, discusses his career journey and lessons learned as a new PI. https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/cancersciences/staff/sethcoffelt/

2. 

   29 May 2026

   75- Dr Sarah Brooks- Integrating coaching in academic work

   Dr Sarah Brooks is a senior lecturer in Organisational Behaviour in the Management School at The University of Sheffield. Sarah combines coaching in her work, in different ways. She is teaching undergraduate students to gain thinking tools for career development planning, and she integrates coaching into her research portfolio, for example, with a project using coaching as a route to voice, for individuals who have experienced sexual harassment. Sarah has also built a private coaching p...

3. 

   2 Sept 2024

   74- Prof. Jenny Clark- Modelling parenthood in research careers

   Prof. Jenny Clark is a Materials Physics research leader in the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at The University of Sheffield. Jenny has sailed the fellowship boat to build her research career while putting her family as one of her priorities. She is an example to showcase that whilst no one can ever “do it all”, researchers with parenting responsibilities can progress in science and protect their family time.Listening to our conversation will prompt your thinking:What are the b...

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