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Changing Academic Life

by Geraldine Fitzpatrick

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Celebrating 10 Years & Season End (CAL147, S8E12)

July 1, 2026 · 28 min

Celebrating 10 Years & Season Reflections on Meaning, Identity, Care, and Leadership This is a special episode because it’s not only marks the end of the current season, it also celebrates 10 years of the Changing Academic Life podcast…
Cultivating Deep Listening: Showing Up, Staying Curious, and Resisting Advice (CAL146, S8E11)

June 17, 2026 · 49 min

Deep listening is a foundational yet undervalued skill across all our supervision, leadership, and collaboration relationships. My motivation for this episode came from some recent workshops experiences, conversations with colleagues, and…
Mike Levin on navigating academia as a disruptive interdisciplinary researcher (CAL145, S8,E10)

June 3, 2026 · 52 min

Mike Levin is a Professor of Biology at Tufts University in the US and leads the Levin Lab and pursues research across cancer, birth defects, regenerative medicine, AI, synthetic morphology, and philosophy, unified by a central aim…
Raffael Himmelsbach on Courage, Discomfort, and Leadership in Ambiguous Academic Roles (CAL144, S8E9)

May 20, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

Dr Raffael Himmelsbach and I discuss his unorthodox path from a political science PhD at the University of Lausanne into science policy and research-adjacent leadership roles across multiple countries, including work with the Center for…
On Identity, Meaning, and Joyful Effort (CAL143, S8E8)

May 6, 2026 · 35 min

Connecting to Christian van Nieuwerburgh’s idea of “joyful effort” and discussions at the University of Graz Research Culture Campus Fest about supportive, inclusive research cultures and prioritizing meaningful work over productivity…

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Christian van Nieuwerburgh on Bringing Back the Joy (CAL142, S8E7)

April 22, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

Christian van Nieuwerburgh is Professor of Coaching and Positive Psychology at the Centre for Positive Health Sciences at the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland University of Medicine and Health Sciences, and a practitioner providing coach…
Bethany Wilinski (Part 2) on Designing Your Intentional Sabbatical (CAL141, S8E6)

April 8, 2026 · 43 min

Designing Your Intentional Sabbatical: Purpose, boundaries and career sustainability. This is Part 2 of my conversation with Bethany Wilinski, an associate professor of teacher education at Michigan State University. Building from Part 1…
Bethany Wilinski (Part 1) on sabbatical, burnout and choosing rest (CAL140, S8E5)

March 25, 2026 · 54 min

Bethany Wilinski is an associate professor of teacher education at Michigan State University and a sabbatical coach. In Part 1 of our conversation, she describes her own sabbatical experience. She talks about how earning tenure in 2022…
Academic Rebels: From Bureaucracy to Trust, Teams, and New Leadership (CAL139, S8E4)

March 11, 2026 · 41 min

What if a corporatisation approach could actually make academic life better? Looking across the episodes so far this year I see three themes: shifting from “I” to “we” by treating research as a team sport; developing a new kind of…
Jen Heemstra on Accidental Leadership (CAL 138, S8E3)

February 11, 2026 · 60 min

Prof. Jen Heemstra from Washington University in St. Louis in the US shares her journey from a research-focused bimolecular engineer to accidental leader and now author of the insightful book 'Lab Work to Leadership.' Jen speaks about the…
Jayne Price on making work work better (CAL137, S8E2)

January 28, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min

Jayne Price is all about making work work better. She is the Transformation Director and Head of Continuous Improvement at the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). Jayne discusses her journey to her current role in UK Research…
Sarah McLusky on diverse careers, purposeful events and effective communication (CAL136, S8E1)

January 14, 2026 · 53 min

Dr. Sarah McLusky, is an advocate and role model for research-adjacent careers. As an advocate Sarah hosts the 'Research Adjacent' podcast, which showcases career opportunities beyond traditional academic and industry roles. She talks…

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About the show

What can we do, individually and collectively, to change academic life to be more sustainable, collaborative and effective? This podcast series offers long-form conversations with academics and thought leaders who share stories and insights, as well as bite-size musings on specific topics drawing on literature and personal experience. For more information go to https://changingacademiclife.com Also see https://geraldinefitzpatrick.com to leave a comment. NOTE: this is an interim site and missing transcripts for the older podcasts. Please contact me to request specific transcripts in the meanwhile.