Uncovering the Human Side of Research

• Recognition and Rewards - How the Academic Career Framework will shift the culture

  At Wageninge University, the whole Tenure Track system has been renewed. In today’s episode, we dive into the role of Wageningen's new Academic Career Framework in bringing about long-overdue changes in the academic system. What does the Framework offer, and what does it leave out? Who’s behind its development, and what did the process look like? We’ll also address the common reactions, questions, and hopes surrounding the Framework. I’m joined by two passionate guests who are dedicated to improving the academic culture, and together, we’ll answer questions sent in by Tenure Trackers from Wageningen University.Note: By now, the training for the committees has been developed. Also, for ACF-related questions, secretaries of each knowledge unit serve as a point of contact .  More info on the ACF here: https://support.wur.nl/esc?id=emp_taxonomy_topic&topic_id=17e6ea5c47bee510d7dd9880236d4339For further questions, contact the guests here:[email protected] and [email protected] are curious if and how this conversation has sparked your interest.Send us your feedback and thoughts regarding this episode to [email protected] We would love to hear from you if you would like to speak on the podcast or if you have suggestions for future topics and guests. If you need help improving the work culture in your team, check out our website for ways we can help. Until next time!

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• Lecturer Path within the new Academic Career Framework

  Is the recognition of lecturers in academia long overdue? In this episode, we discuss the new Academic Framework at Wageningen University and Research as a culture change that values teaching expertise and opens flexible career paths for academics. How much does your career depend on your chairholder—and how much research can you do as a lecturer? We also introduce the Lecturer Development Programme, offering space for lecturers to tackle their challenges and define their added value. The panel of experts discussing the ACF included: • Prof. Geert Smant, Chair of the Lecturers Committee, Laboratory of Nematology • Denise Madegans, Project Leader of WUR Recognition and Rewards • Dr. Melina Czymoniewicz-Klippel, Lecturer & Education Coordinator, Consumption and Health Lifestyles • Dr. Tjerk Sminia, Educational Coordinator Chair of Organic Chemistry at WUR • Jip Lauwers, Speaker, Trainer, Coach, and Psychologist at Downsideup Find more info about the ACF here.Send us your feedback and thoughts regarding this episode to [email protected] If you need help improving the work culture in your team, check out our website for ways we can help. Until next time!

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• Navigating leadership, BACs and more Tenure Track challenges - With Prof. Rumyana Karlova and Prof. Maria Barbosa

  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 the basis of trust, what are important skills for tenure trackers to develop, how to approach your assessment committee, how the system could be improved and many other topics. Guest Contacts:rumyana.karlova[at]wur.nlmaria.barbosa[at]wur.nlSend us your feedback and thoughts regarding this episode to [email protected] would also love to hear from you if you would like to speak on the podcast or if you have suggestions for future topics and guests. If you need help improving the work culture in your team, check out our website for ways we can help. Until next time!

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• Social Safety in Academia - With Prof. Giovanni Bertotti

  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.We hear about his role as Diversity and Inclusion officer in the complex environment that is a University. We talk about the difficulties of addressing micro aggressions, about the challenge to measure progress with regard to building a safer culture, about the resistance that you encounter when you want to put difficult topics on the table and his attempts to improve the culture from the bottom up by opening up conversations about behaviour on all levels.Enjoy.Send us your feedback and thoughts regarding this episode to [email protected] you need help improving the work culture in your team, check out our website for ways we can help.https://scholars.downsideup.nl/If you want to contact Giovanni, he is happy to exchange thoughts with you: [email protected]

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• Work satisfaction, Authenticity and Culture Change - With Professor Calvin Rans

  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 balance. As you will hear, Calvin connects these topics to personal skills, culture, and the academic system as a whole. Working on these three levels with authenticity and creativity, Calvin really is a changemaker. Listen to this episode if you want to know how he turns around the impostor syndrome, how reframing failure is central to his teaching and personal well being, why research funding might be more efficient as a lottery and more. Calvin also talks about an ongoing restructuring in which his department got rid of old hierarchical structures. Enjoy. Send us your feedback and thoughts regarding this episode to [email protected] Calvin's website here: https://www.calvinrans.com/If you need help improving the work culture in your team, check out our website for ways we can help.https://scholars.downsideup.nl/

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