Researcher Development @ Leeds
@researcherdevleeds.bsky.social
Researcher Development and Culture team in OD&PL @unileedsodpl.bsky.social at Uni of Leeds and home of the Research Culture Uncovered Podcast.
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📊Thinking of moving from research to project management? Your research skills are more transferable than you think. Find out why in the latest episode of the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast with Ruth Winden @ruthwinden.bsky.social & Dr. Shirley-Anne Paul.
(Episode 145): From Postdoc to Project Manager: How do you make the leap?
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January 28, 2026 at 12:01 PM
📊Thinking of moving from research to project management? Your research skills are more transferable than you think. Find out why in the latest episode of the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast with Ruth Winden @ruthwinden.bsky.social & Dr. Shirley-Anne Paul.
🆕#ResearchCultureUncovered episode & 🆕host: Dr Emily Ennis joins the podcast! With a unique blend of experience in academia & research management, Emily shares insights on creating inclusive research culture & transforming research culture through evaluation & collaborative efforts.
(Episode 144) Meet the Culturositists: Introducing Emily Ennis
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January 21, 2026 at 12:00 PM
🆕#ResearchCultureUncovered episode & 🆕host: Dr Emily Ennis joins the podcast! With a unique blend of experience in academia & research management, Emily shares insights on creating inclusive research culture & transforming research culture through evaluation & collaborative efforts.
📢 Join us for our next Building Impact Momentum programme, helping you to develop concrete ideas for research impact which can be applied to research projects or in grant applications.
⏰ Deadline: 9 February
🗓️ Runs: March – June 2026
➡️ Find out more: researchersupport.leeds.ac.uk/research-imp...
⏰ Deadline: 9 February
🗓️ Runs: March – June 2026
➡️ Find out more: researchersupport.leeds.ac.uk/research-imp...
January 20, 2026 at 3:44 PM
📢 Join us for our next Building Impact Momentum programme, helping you to develop concrete ideas for research impact which can be applied to research projects or in grant applications.
⏰ Deadline: 9 February
🗓️ Runs: March – June 2026
➡️ Find out more: researchersupport.leeds.ac.uk/research-imp...
⏰ Deadline: 9 February
🗓️ Runs: March – June 2026
➡️ Find out more: researchersupport.leeds.ac.uk/research-imp...
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Libraries welcome fair for @universityofleeds.bsky.social staff (Wednesday 18 Feb📆, 2-3:30pm)
Open to all University staff but especially useful for new and new-ish staff, do please spread the word
Please register to help us plan catering and keep you updated leeds.libcal.com/event/4498813
Open to all University staff but especially useful for new and new-ish staff, do please spread the word
Please register to help us plan catering and keep you updated leeds.libcal.com/event/4498813
Libraries Welcome Fair for University Staff
Discover everything our Libraries can offer you!
Join us for an informal and friendly welcome fair designed for all staff but especially useful for new and new-ish University...
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January 15, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Libraries welcome fair for @universityofleeds.bsky.social staff (Wednesday 18 Feb📆, 2-3:30pm)
Open to all University staff but especially useful for new and new-ish staff, do please spread the word
Please register to help us plan catering and keep you updated leeds.libcal.com/event/4498813
Open to all University staff but especially useful for new and new-ish staff, do please spread the word
Please register to help us plan catering and keep you updated leeds.libcal.com/event/4498813
🆕#ResearchCultureUncovered episode - The Art of Saying No: Power, Permission & Research Culture. Saying no isn’t just confidence/time management; it’s shaped by power, contracts, working patterns & caring responsibilities. buff.ly/cprycPN
#ResearchCulture #HigherEd #PGR #ECR #Leadership #Boundaries
#ResearchCulture #HigherEd #PGR #ECR #Leadership #Boundaries
(Episode 143) The Art of Saying No: Power, Permission and Research Culture
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January 14, 2026 at 12:02 PM
🆕#ResearchCultureUncovered episode - The Art of Saying No: Power, Permission & Research Culture. Saying no isn’t just confidence/time management; it’s shaped by power, contracts, working patterns & caring responsibilities. buff.ly/cprycPN
#ResearchCulture #HigherEd #PGR #ECR #Leadership #Boundaries
#ResearchCulture #HigherEd #PGR #ECR #Leadership #Boundaries
📢 Register your interest in our Building Impact Momentum programme, helping you to develop concrete ideas for impact which can be applied to research projects or in grant applications.
⏰ Deadline: 9 February
🗓️ Runs: March – June
➡️ Find out more: researchersupport.leeds.ac.uk/research-imp...
⏰ Deadline: 9 February
🗓️ Runs: March – June
➡️ Find out more: researchersupport.leeds.ac.uk/research-imp...
January 12, 2026 at 2:59 PM
📢 Register your interest in our Building Impact Momentum programme, helping you to develop concrete ideas for impact which can be applied to research projects or in grant applications.
⏰ Deadline: 9 February
🗓️ Runs: March – June
➡️ Find out more: researchersupport.leeds.ac.uk/research-imp...
⏰ Deadline: 9 February
🗓️ Runs: March – June
➡️ Find out more: researchersupport.leeds.ac.uk/research-imp...
🆕The #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast's back in 2026! @nickshepp.bsky.social talks to @jsendall.bsky.social about his career in academic libraries culminating in his recent appointment as Acting Librarian & Keeper of the Brotherton Collection at the @universityofleeds.bsky.social.
(Episode 142) Navigating careers in academic libraries: a conversation with Josh Sendall
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January 7, 2026 at 12:01 PM
🆕The #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast's back in 2026! @nickshepp.bsky.social talks to @jsendall.bsky.social about his career in academic libraries culminating in his recent appointment as Acting Librarian & Keeper of the Brotherton Collection at the @universityofleeds.bsky.social.
☕ The #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast team is taking a break over the festive period. We'll be back with a new episode on 7 January 2026! 🎄We'd like to take this opportunity to thank our listeners and guests for their support in 2025 and wish them a restful and refreshing break.
December 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
☕ The #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast team is taking a break over the festive period. We'll be back with a new episode on 7 January 2026! 🎄We'd like to take this opportunity to thank our listeners and guests for their support in 2025 and wish them a restful and refreshing break.
🎄#ResearchCultureUncovered Festive Podcast Special!
🎊 Get ready for laughter & surprise as we welcome Emily Ennis & jump into our festive quiz. Play along with the chaos and find out how you score against our hosts! Help spread the holiday spirit with a research culture twist! 🐝
🎊 Get ready for laughter & surprise as we welcome Emily Ennis & jump into our festive quiz. Play along with the chaos and find out how you score against our hosts! Help spread the holiday spirit with a research culture twist! 🐝
(Episode 141) A Festive Quiz: Research Culture Uncovered Holiday Special
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December 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🎄#ResearchCultureUncovered Festive Podcast Special!
🎊 Get ready for laughter & surprise as we welcome Emily Ennis & jump into our festive quiz. Play along with the chaos and find out how you score against our hosts! Help spread the holiday spirit with a research culture twist! 🐝
🎊 Get ready for laughter & surprise as we welcome Emily Ennis & jump into our festive quiz. Play along with the chaos and find out how you score against our hosts! Help spread the holiday spirit with a research culture twist! 🐝
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Very pleased that @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social is able to sponsor this competition👇
📸We’d love to see your photos of science and scientists in the UK.
Categories are:
🧑🤝🧑People in Science
🔬Microscopy images
📊Non-photography media
🖼️Image sets
🐛Wildlife & nature
🌃Astronomy
👀General
📸We’d love to see your photos of science and scientists in the UK.
Categories are:
🧑🤝🧑People in Science
🔬Microscopy images
📊Non-photography media
🖼️Image sets
🐛Wildlife & nature
🌃Astronomy
👀General
(1/4) Wiki Science UK photography competition has launched 🎉🎉🎉 the ideal way to get some recognition for those amazing images that are waiting for new audiences 🔬🔭🧪🧬🧫👩🏻🔬
We're so excited to see what you submit! PRIZES sponsored by @universityofleeds.bsky.social
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
We're so excited to see what you submit! PRIZES sponsored by @universityofleeds.bsky.social
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
Commons:Wiki Science Competition 2025 in the United Kingdom - Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org
December 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Very pleased that @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social is able to sponsor this competition👇
📸We’d love to see your photos of science and scientists in the UK.
Categories are:
🧑🤝🧑People in Science
🔬Microscopy images
📊Non-photography media
🖼️Image sets
🐛Wildlife & nature
🌃Astronomy
👀General
📸We’d love to see your photos of science and scientists in the UK.
Categories are:
🧑🤝🧑People in Science
🔬Microscopy images
📊Non-photography media
🖼️Image sets
🐛Wildlife & nature
🌃Astronomy
👀General
🤔Curious about Wikimedia’s role in research & education? Listen to this episode from the archives of the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast with host @nickshepp.bsky.social and guest @mlpoulter.bsky.social.
(S3 E4) The open knowledge revolution: contributing to the global commons with Wikimedian Dr Martin Poulter
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December 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🤔Curious about Wikimedia’s role in research & education? Listen to this episode from the archives of the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast with host @nickshepp.bsky.social and guest @mlpoulter.bsky.social.
🆕 New #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast episode alert! @tarynbell.bsky.social talks to @sarashinton.bsky.social and Katie Nicoll Baines about their work supporting researchers and institutions at the Future Leaders Fellows Development Network.
(Episode 140) Inside the FLF Development Network: Enabling Leaders, Supporting Institutions, Shaping Research Cultures
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December 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🆕 New #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast episode alert! @tarynbell.bsky.social talks to @sarashinton.bsky.social and Katie Nicoll Baines about their work supporting researchers and institutions at the Future Leaders Fellows Development Network.
In this new episode, the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast dives deep with Vicky Williams, CEO of @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social about:
✅ Her 25-year journey shaping research culture
✅ Zero-embargo green OA & impact initiatives
✅ Challenges & opportunities for sustainable open access
✅ Her 25-year journey shaping research culture
✅ Zero-embargo green OA & impact initiatives
✅ Challenges & opportunities for sustainable open access
(Episode 139) Championing Change: Vicky Williams on Impact, Inclusion, and Innovation in Scholarly Publishing
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November 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
In this new episode, the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast dives deep with Vicky Williams, CEO of @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social about:
✅ Her 25-year journey shaping research culture
✅ Zero-embargo green OA & impact initiatives
✅ Challenges & opportunities for sustainable open access
✅ Her 25-year journey shaping research culture
✅ Zero-embargo green OA & impact initiatives
✅ Challenges & opportunities for sustainable open access
There are two related issues that @hiddenref.bsky.social is looking to address, that of the diverse range of roles associated with research production, not just researchers themselves, but also data stewards, librarians, and technicians.
Value and recognition for all contributions to research
leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/v...
Blogpost by @nickshepp.bsky.social about Festival of @hiddenref.bsky.social held in Birmingham in October
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Blogpost by @nickshepp.bsky.social about Festival of @hiddenref.bsky.social held in Birmingham in October
Value and recognition for all contributions to research
This post is by Nick Sheppard, Open Research Adviser based in the Edward Boyle Library Back in October I was amongst the delegates at the Festival of Hidden REF held at the Birmingham Science Museu…
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November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
There are two related issues that @hiddenref.bsky.social is looking to address, that of the diverse range of roles associated with research production, not just researchers themselves, but also data stewards, librarians, and technicians.
💭In this new episode of the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast, @ruthwinden.bsky.social chats to Dr Elizabeth Faulkner & Dr Cathal Rogers about exploring systemic inequalities in UK HE for researchers returning after maternity leave, why support matters & what needs to change.
(Episode 138) Reclaiming Your Research Career After Maternity Leave
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November 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
💭In this new episode of the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast, @ruthwinden.bsky.social chats to Dr Elizabeth Faulkner & Dr Cathal Rogers about exploring systemic inequalities in UK HE for researchers returning after maternity leave, why support matters & what needs to change.
🌐 UOL colleagues: Register for the #WUN #EarlyCareerResearchers Webinar Series!
📙 Research Culture: What is it and why does it matter? With @marjorieboissinot.bsky.social.
🗓️ 4 December 2025 |⏰2:00-4:00pm | 🌏 Zoom
⬇️ Register now!
wun.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📙 Research Culture: What is it and why does it matter? With @marjorieboissinot.bsky.social.
🗓️ 4 December 2025 |⏰2:00-4:00pm | 🌏 Zoom
⬇️ Register now!
wun.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: WUN Early Career Researcher Webinar Series - Research Culture: What is it and why does it matter?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email ...
This session is designed to help you understand how research culture has an impact and what you can do to positively influence the culture around you. You will also explore how diverse cultures influe...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🌐 UOL colleagues: Register for the #WUN #EarlyCareerResearchers Webinar Series!
📙 Research Culture: What is it and why does it matter? With @marjorieboissinot.bsky.social.
🗓️ 4 December 2025 |⏰2:00-4:00pm | 🌏 Zoom
⬇️ Register now!
wun.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📙 Research Culture: What is it and why does it matter? With @marjorieboissinot.bsky.social.
🗓️ 4 December 2025 |⏰2:00-4:00pm | 🌏 Zoom
⬇️ Register now!
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🆕 New episode of the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast available!
✨ Dr James Greenwood-Reeves @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social discusses challenging academic norms and how co-production and creative, community-led research with drag artists has led to impactful, meaningful research.
✨ Dr James Greenwood-Reeves @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social discusses challenging academic norms and how co-production and creative, community-led research with drag artists has led to impactful, meaningful research.
(Episode 137) Drag, law, and the value of collaborative knowledge sharing
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November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🆕 New episode of the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast available!
✨ Dr James Greenwood-Reeves @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social discusses challenging academic norms and how co-production and creative, community-led research with drag artists has led to impactful, meaningful research.
✨ Dr James Greenwood-Reeves @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social discusses challenging academic norms and how co-production and creative, community-led research with drag artists has led to impactful, meaningful research.
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Talking of Wikipedia and Academic Libraries👇
@yclepit.bsky.social is running an event next Monday @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social as part of @leedscitylanguages.bsky.social
Workshop: World in Translation: beyond English Wikipedia:
leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/world...
All welcome😀
@yclepit.bsky.social is running an event next Monday @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social as part of @leedscitylanguages.bsky.social
Workshop: World in Translation: beyond English Wikipedia:
leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/world...
All welcome😀
Wikipedia and Academic Libraries: A Global Project doi.org/10.3998/mpub...
Wikipedia and Academic Libraries: A Global Project
Wikipedia and Academic Libraries: A Global Project contains 19 chapters by 52 authors from Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Scotland, Spain, and the United...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Talking of Wikipedia and Academic Libraries👇
@yclepit.bsky.social is running an event next Monday @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social as part of @leedscitylanguages.bsky.social
Workshop: World in Translation: beyond English Wikipedia:
leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/world...
All welcome😀
@yclepit.bsky.social is running an event next Monday @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social as part of @leedscitylanguages.bsky.social
Workshop: World in Translation: beyond English Wikipedia:
leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/world...
All welcome😀
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Maintaining research integrity in the age of GenAI: an analysis of ethical challenges and recommendations to researchers doi.org/10.1007/s409...
Maintaining research integrity in the age of GenAI: an analysis of ethical challenges and recommendations to researchers - International Journal for Educational Integrity
Background This paper is a practice‑informed rapid review that maps the complex ethical challenges arising from the growing use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools across the research ...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Maintaining research integrity in the age of GenAI: an analysis of ethical challenges and recommendations to researchers doi.org/10.1007/s409...
🆕In this new episode of the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast @heleddhaf.bsky.social talks to Dr Neko Mellor about how chronic pain, disability & neurodiversity reshape research & writing.
💬Pain is more than numbers
🧠Embodied knowledge matters
🤝Inclusion starts with understanding
💬Pain is more than numbers
🧠Embodied knowledge matters
🤝Inclusion starts with understanding
(Episode 136) Beyond the Pain Scale: Embodied Research — with Dr Neko Mellor
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November 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🆕In this new episode of the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast @heleddhaf.bsky.social talks to Dr Neko Mellor about how chronic pain, disability & neurodiversity reshape research & writing.
💬Pain is more than numbers
🧠Embodied knowledge matters
🤝Inclusion starts with understanding
💬Pain is more than numbers
🧠Embodied knowledge matters
🤝Inclusion starts with understanding
🚀 Our November OD&PL Development Roundup is here! Explore opportunities from across OD&PL, all in one place.
👇 Check it out and see what's coming up!
👇 Check it out and see what's coming up!
📢 Our November OD&PL roundup is now live!
Find out what's coming up and explore a variety of ways you can develop your skills, confidence and career.
Read the roundup on the #UniversityofLeeds Staff Intranet.
▶️ bit.ly/3JkOSh4 (requires UoL login)
Find out what's coming up and explore a variety of ways you can develop your skills, confidence and career.
Read the roundup on the #UniversityofLeeds Staff Intranet.
▶️ bit.ly/3JkOSh4 (requires UoL login)
November 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🚀 Our November OD&PL Development Roundup is here! Explore opportunities from across OD&PL, all in one place.
👇 Check it out and see what's coming up!
👇 Check it out and see what's coming up!
📢 Final call! Register your interest in our Building Impact Momentum programme and develop concrete ideas for impact which can be applied to research projects or in grant applications.
⏰ Deadline: 9 November 2025
🗓️ Runs December 2025 to March 2026
➡️ Find out more: bit.ly/4ogFcn0
⏰ Deadline: 9 November 2025
🗓️ Runs December 2025 to March 2026
➡️ Find out more: bit.ly/4ogFcn0
November 4, 2025 at 9:33 AM
📢 Final call! Register your interest in our Building Impact Momentum programme and develop concrete ideas for impact which can be applied to research projects or in grant applications.
⏰ Deadline: 9 November 2025
🗓️ Runs December 2025 to March 2026
➡️ Find out more: bit.ly/4ogFcn0
⏰ Deadline: 9 November 2025
🗓️ Runs December 2025 to March 2026
➡️ Find out more: bit.ly/4ogFcn0
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The University of Leeds is championing the use of Wikipedia to make education and history more accessible
www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
@wikimediauk.bsky.social
www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
@wikimediauk.bsky.social
Bringing Black stories to the fore
The University of Leeds is championing the use of Wikipedia to make education and history more accessible.
www.leeds.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The University of Leeds is championing the use of Wikipedia to make education and history more accessible
www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
@wikimediauk.bsky.social
www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
@wikimediauk.bsky.social
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Open Access for All: What Is Rights Retention and Why Should You Care?
leeds.libcal.com/event/4436818
Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 1pm - 2pm
With Thom Blake @uoyopenres.bsky.social and Professor Stephen Eglen, Universty of Cambridge
@akadidymus.bsky.social
leeds.libcal.com/event/4436818
Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 1pm - 2pm
With Thom Blake @uoyopenres.bsky.social and Professor Stephen Eglen, Universty of Cambridge
@akadidymus.bsky.social
Open Access for All: What Is Rights Retention and Why Should You Care?
The N8 Research Partnership launched its Rights Retention statement in January 2023. Now nearly three years later and with the sector in the midst of a financial crisis, the...
leeds.libcal.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Open Access for All: What Is Rights Retention and Why Should You Care?
leeds.libcal.com/event/4436818
Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 1pm - 2pm
With Thom Blake @uoyopenres.bsky.social and Professor Stephen Eglen, Universty of Cambridge
@akadidymus.bsky.social
leeds.libcal.com/event/4436818
Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 1pm - 2pm
With Thom Blake @uoyopenres.bsky.social and Professor Stephen Eglen, Universty of Cambridge
@akadidymus.bsky.social
🆕#ResearchCultureUncovered podcast episode!
We're tackling the question: Is research culture just about kindness or is there more? 🧐 Join @emmaspary.bsky.social, @nikogryzko.bsky.social and Kelly Vere to find out. buff.ly/HE4MXaN
#ResearchCulture #TeamBasedResearch #TechnicianCommitment #HiddenREF
We're tackling the question: Is research culture just about kindness or is there more? 🧐 Join @emmaspary.bsky.social, @nikogryzko.bsky.social and Kelly Vere to find out. buff.ly/HE4MXaN
#ResearchCulture #TeamBasedResearch #TechnicianCommitment #HiddenREF
(Episode 135) Rethinking Research: Building Collaborative Environments
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October 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🆕#ResearchCultureUncovered podcast episode!
We're tackling the question: Is research culture just about kindness or is there more? 🧐 Join @emmaspary.bsky.social, @nikogryzko.bsky.social and Kelly Vere to find out. buff.ly/HE4MXaN
#ResearchCulture #TeamBasedResearch #TechnicianCommitment #HiddenREF
We're tackling the question: Is research culture just about kindness or is there more? 🧐 Join @emmaspary.bsky.social, @nikogryzko.bsky.social and Kelly Vere to find out. buff.ly/HE4MXaN
#ResearchCulture #TeamBasedResearch #TechnicianCommitment #HiddenREF