Scientific illustration: striking the balance between creativity and accuracy
In the third episode of this six-part Working Scientist podcast series about art and science, artists and illustrators describe examples where accuracy is key, but also ones where they can exert some ...
17 Nov 202323min
The unexpected outcomes of artist-scientist collaborations
Artist and illustrator Lucy Smith helps botanists to identify new species. Usually they request a set of drawings, she says, with a detailed set of requirements.But Smith, who joined London’s Royal Bo...
10 Nov 202323min
Art and science: close cousins or polar opposites?
In the first episode of this six-part Working Scientist podcast series, Julie Gould explores the history of science and art and asks researchers and artists to define what the two terms mean to them.L...
3 Nov 202326min
Could new ‘narrative’ CVs transform research culture?
Narrative CVs are increasingly being used by funders to capture how a successful grant application will positively impact society and promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Crucially, the narr...
13 Okt 202331min
How to craft a research project with non-academic collaborators
In the penultimate episode of this six-part podcast series about team science, Richard Holliman describes a project involving indigenous researchers in Guyana who wanted to limit insecticide spraying ...
6 Okt 202334min
“Couldn’t cut it as a scientist.” How lab managers and technicians are smashing outdated stereotypes
Elaine Fitzcharles, a senior lab manager at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), says the role is sometimes wrongly perceived as someone who “couldn’t cut it as a scientist.” Fitzcharles and her team o...
29 Sep 202333min
Culture clashes: Unpicking the power dynamics between research managers and academics
Before launching his own consultancy in 2021, Simon Kerridge worked as a research manager in UK academia. “We’re the oil in the cogs,” he says of the role, adding: “Obviously, it’s a service professio...
22 Sep 202336min
This alternative way to measure research impact made judges cry with joy
The UK’s Research Excellence Framework (REF) collects research outputs from UK universities and is used by the the country’s government to distribute around £2 billion in research funding. But its foc...
15 Sep 202331min
