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48. Collaborative Research – Mindset: Dr L. Michelle Bennett on building the collaborative mindset researchers are almost never taught
Most research teams believe they collaborate well — until the first real disagreement, the first authorship dispute, or the first time someone bites their tongue instead of speaking up. Researchers are rigorously trained in methodology but given almost no preparation for the relational skills that hold a collaboration together — and when tension rises, most default to a self-protective mode that quietly erodes trust, psychological safety, and ultimately the science itself. In this episode, Dr L. Michelle Bennett unpacks what a genuinely collaborative mindset looks like in practice, and how something as concrete as a collaboration agreement can give your team the structure it needs to do its best work.
44. Impact Literacy: A/Prof Julie Bayley on why just expecting impact isn't the same as enabling it
A/Prof Julie Bayley is one of the world's leading voices on research impact, and she's on a mission to make sure that the pathway from academic inquiry to meaningful societal change isn't just left to chance. She joins us to unpack impact literacy — a practical framework and step-by-step workbook that helps researchers find their place in the impact puzzle, and helps institutions build the culture to make it all possible.
42. Gathering with Purpose: Dr Sarah McLusky on making events actually worth showing up for
Be honest: how many meetings, workshops, or conferences have you attended that felt like a waste of your time? Dr Sarah McClusky argues that most academic gatherings fail not because of bad content, but because no one stopped to ask why they were bringing people together in the first place.
40. Visual research communication: Dr Leanne Rees and Steph Hughes on community-centred approaches to knowledge mobilisation
"I never wanted to do a PhD only for it to sit as a thesis and no one to ever read it." If you’re a listener to this show, then I’m willing to bet you’ve probably had similar thoughts about your own work. Dr. Leanne Rees’ solution? To team up with creative professional Steph Hughes to craft a compelling comic-book-style visual based on the very words of the community members she partnered with for her research. The result: a vibrant piece of knowledge mobilisation that's now spreading across international networks, hanging on hospital walls, and empowering newly injured patients to see beyond limiting stereotypes — and a collaborative model I’d love to see more researchers and creative professionals embrace.
Popular topics:
- Public engagement
- Career development
- Knowledge mobilisation
- Stakeholder/audience mapping
- Storytelling
- Team alignment
- Strategic comms
- Community engagement
- Leadership
- Collaborating with professional staff
- Talks and presentations
- Making your work relatable
- Co-design
- Communicating in different formats/mediums
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Strategy
- Impact planning
- Behaviour change
- Your pitch
- Networking