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December 31, 2020
57 Ready for a Change? – with Jennifer Polk
<br /> Jennifer Polk coaches PhDs ready to make a career change.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> It's the time of the year when many of us slow down and think about our career decisions. Are you happy with yours? Are you considering a change? I am, in fact, going to make a change in 2021.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> On this podcast, I talked about careers outside of academia a couple of times. This time I talk with Dr. Jennifer Polk from Toronto, Canada. She's a career coach for PhDs. I came across her Twitter account a while back and thought this would make a great episode.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> She describes how she helps PhDs to find out what they want from life and how to find a fitting job.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> If you'd like to get in touch with her, check her out:<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> * <a href="https://fromphdtolife.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jennifer Polk's website "From PhD to Life"</a>* <a href="https://twitter.com/FromPhDtoLife">On Twitter, Jennifer Polk is @FromPhDtoLife</a>* <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FromPhDtoLife">From PhD to Life on Facebook</a>* <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-polk-phd-bab56443/">From PhD to Life on LinkedIn</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Other episodes on careers for academics and in academia:<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> * <a href="https://www.scienceforprogress.eu/48-scicomm-as-career-development-tool-dmitry-kopelyanskiy/">48 SciComm as Career Development Tool – Dmitry Kopelyanskiy</a>* <a href="https://www.scienceforprogress.eu/39-from-cosy-academia-to-harsh-industry-with-john-stowers/">39 From Cosy(?) Academia to Harsh(?) Industry! – with John Stowers</a>* <a href="https://www.scienceforprogress.eu/27-precarious-postdocs-a-future-for-research-with-gary-mcdowell/">27 Precarious Postdocs. A Future for Research? – with Gary McDowell</a>* <a href="https://www.scienceforprogress.eu/25-scicomm-pint-of-science-with-elodie-chabrol/">25 SciComm: Pint of Science – with Elodie Chabrol</a>* <a href="https://www.scienceforprogress.eu/19-insecurity-and-uncertainties-for-early-career-academics-with-maria-pinto/">19 Insecurity and Uncertainties for Early Career Academics – with Maria Pinto</a>* <a href="https://www.scienceforprogress.eu/17-from-phd-to-scicomm-via-booktube-with-deboki-chakravarta/">17 From PhD to SciComm via BookTube – with Deboki Chakravarti</a>* <a href="https://www.scienceforprogress.eu/13-is-there-sunshine-outside-the-ivory-tower-the-recovering-academic-podcast/">13 Is there Sunshine Outside the Ivory Tower? – The Recovering Academic Podcast</a>* <a href="https://www.scienceforprogress.eu/7-funding-adviser-career-at-the-interface-of-science-with-cristina-oliveira/">#7: Funding Adviser: career at the Interface of Science – with Cristina Oliveira</a><br />
October 27, 2020
56 Food System Transformation – with Gesa Maschkowski
<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Food production, transportation, and consumption habits have an immense impact on health, biodiversity, and the climate. Which food we eat influences our risks for metabolic and cardiovascular diseases; but also the use of land, water, fertilizers, and pesticides, Prices are the main driver for our decisions at the grocery store, but - just as we discussed in the context of mobility and industry as a whole in earlier episodes - the true costs from damages done to the environment by unsustainable agricultural practices are hidden from the consumer.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> For this episode, I interviewed Dr. Gesa Maschkowski. She is a science journalist and editor in the field of nutrition and sustainable diet communication. For her PhD she looked into interventions to shift dietary habits in society. She found that the deficit model - merely informing citizens what would be beneficial practice - isn’t sufficient. Instead, intensive work was necessary to include citizens in the transformation process and guide them. This is how Finland was able to reduce diet-related health issues in its citizens.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Speaking of dietary recommendations. The EAT-Lancet Commission published recommendations named the “Planetary Health Diet”. The diet is supposed to be healthy and at the same time its production sustainable. The change in diet for the average European would mainly be to exchange most of the animal products - meat, dairy, and eggs - with fruit, vegetables, legumes, whole grains, and nuts.As an activist with Scientists for Future, Gesa participates in a project with the city of Bonn that will put what she learned about guiding transformations into practice. The inclusive approach was met with agreement by the city council and they are now setting up the structure for the project. And this project isn’t just about eating habits and agriculture, the whole city is supposed to become carbon-neutral within 15 years.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> This project could be a model project for transforming cities and cultures. Unfortunately, we can't wait to see how it works out. This opportunity has passed. We need action everywhere, immediately.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Sources<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> * <a href="https://bonnimwandel.de/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Transformation-Project "Bonn im Wandel"</a>* <a href="https://www.scientists4future.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Scientists for Future</a>* <a href="https://eatforum.org/eat-lancet-commission/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">EAT-Lancet's Planetary Health Diet</a>* <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_deficit_model" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Information Deficit Model</a>* <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backcasting" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Backcasting</a><br />
October 14, 2020
55 Are you FIT 4 RRI?
<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) is the idea of bringing stakeholders to the table when we plan our research strategies. The EU-funded project "FIT4RRI" was tasked with finding out why aspects of RRI - such as citizen science projects or the adoption of open science - are applied only little by European research institutes and their researchers. Experiments were conducted to find out how research projects can implement RRI principles right from the beginning. Based on that knowledge they then proceeded to develop guidelines and recommendations for institutions to foster RRI. And finally, they developed an online training course for researchers and administrators to learn about Responsible Research & Innovation practices.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Maxie Gottschling (University of Göttingen) and Helene Brinken (now at the Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology) were part of a German workgroup within the much larger project. In this conversation, they give us some insights into what FIT4RRI found out, and what can be done.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> https://youtu.be/MyTdNdujVko<br /> informational video by FIT4RRI<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Resources:<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> * <a href="https://www.scienceforprogress.eu/sfprocur-curators-february-05-10-maxie-gottschling-and-helene-brinken-for-fit4rrieu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Maxie Gottschling and Helene Brinken on @sfprocur</a>* The <a href="https://fit4rri.eu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">FIT4RRI Website</a>* <a href="https://www.fosteropenscience.eu/rritoolkit" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RRI Toolkit on FOSTER</a>* <a href="https://fit4rri.eu/rri4real/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Slides and Recordings of the final summit "RRI4REAL"</a> (scroll to the bottom)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
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