Podcast

Uncovering the Human Side of Research

with Downsideup

You will hear scientists, coaches and other experts in science share their personal stories and advice regarding the challenges and the opportunities of academic careers. This podcast is meant to excite, inspire and help you in your own career.

Afleveringen

S0 / E06 - 22 april 2024

In this episode, I talked to two professors of Wageningen University, Rumyana Karlova and Maria Barbosa. Starting out with questions around leadership, we took a deep and broad dive into academic live at Wageningen (and other places in the world), covering diverse questions like: what's t...

S0 / E05 - 22 november 2023

Today we talk about psychological safety, diversity, and inclusivitiy with professor Giovanni Bertotti, Professor in Applied Geology at the TU Delft and also Diversity and Inclusion officer of his Faculty.

S0 / E04 - 30 augustus 2023

In today's episode, Lauren's and I talked to Calvin Rans who describes himself as a teacher, storyteller and engineer being also an associate professor at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at the TU Delft. We originally approached him with questions around workload, satisfaction and ba...

S0 / E03 - 18 april 2023

Laurens and I talked to Fulvio Scarano, professor of aerodynamics, at the TU Delft. We dive into topics like: the influence of fragmentation of one's time and attention on work and health, the balance between choosing your own path and checking the necessary boxes, the role of supervisors in achi...

S0 / E02 - 14 december 2022

This episode is all about research visions. On Octobre 12th this year, I spoke to social psychology professor Johan Karremans, about his view on research visions. The questions I asked him were inspired by questions we receive...

S0 / E01 - 22 juli 2022

This first episode is a live, uncut recording of a conversation that took place at Wageningen University and Research, on april 20th this year. The conversation was the kick off event of our Tenure Track D...

Over Uncovering the Human Side of Research

In this podcast, we don't talk about study designs or the outcomes of scientific experiments. These conversations are about the Human Side of doing research, the stories about the people behind the scientific output. You will hear scientists, coaches and other experts in science share their personal stories and advice regarding the challenges and the opportunities of academic careers. We hope that this podcast will excite, inspire and help you in your own career.