How my research focus exposed me to threats and harassment
Krutika Kuppalli, a physician researcher who studies emerging infectious diseases, joined the World Health Organization in 2021, where she worked to combat the COVID-19 on a global level.She had previ...
7 Feb 202533min
‘There is life after burnout in academia’
Kelly Korreck tells Adam Levy how a once-loved career in science gradually left her feeling exhausted, upset, and chronically stressed, with accompanying feelings of imposter syndrome.In 2020 the COVI...
31 Jan 202527min
‘Do I need to lead this lifestyle to succeed?’ The mental health crises that forced faculty members to change tack
Hilal Lashuel and Dave Reay join Michelle Kimple to talk about faculty mental health and why it is often overlooked.A heart attack in 2016 forced Lashuel, a neurogenerative diseases researcher at the ...
24 Jan 202537min
How to be a brilliant ally to your neurodivergent lab mate
Charlotte Roughton says she developed a deep-rooted shame and resentment towards her autism diagnosis, causing her to mask the condition during her biosciences degree at the University of Durham, UK.B...
17 Jan 202529min
Mind matters: investigating academia’s ‘mental health crisis’
Why do so many academics struggle to ‘power down’ at the end of a long working day, and what are the longer-term health effects of failing to switch off at evenings and weekends?Desiree Dickerson is a...
10 Jan 202519min
Four weddings, a funeral, and the Sustainable Development Goal logos
Graphic designer Jakob Trollbäck remembers a 2014 meeting with film director Richard Curtis and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, then very much a work in progress, coming up in conver...
17 Okt 202439min
A checklist for delivering the Sustainable Development Goals
When Vinnova, Sweden’s innovation agency, sought to change the country’s food systems in 2020, it started by looking at school meals and funding several projects around menus, procurement, and how caf...
10 Okt 202435min
How artificial intelligence can help to keep us safe
Growing up in the last years of the Cold War motivated Gabriele Jacobs to enter academia and play her part in building peaceful societies. Jacobs works at Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlan...
3 Okt 202430min
