Changing Academic Life
Episodes
COVID musings from Australia
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An “in-between” podcast - where I reflect on my own experiences being COVID-stranded in Australia. You can download a full transcript here. There ...
Pejman Mirza Babaei (part 2) on post-tenure, balance and learning to become a good leader
10 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is the Part 2 of a discussion with Pejman Mirza-Babaei. Pejman is an Associate Dean, Industry Partnerships and an Associate Professor of User Exp...
Pejman Mirza-Babaei (part 1) on being strategic, the fast track to tenure, and finding his path
27 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pejman Mirza-Babaei is an Associate Dean Industry Partnerships, and an Associate Professor of User Experience Research, in the Faculty of Busines...
Reflections on 2019 & 2018
06 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to 2020! This is a short podcast reflecting on the past two years.You can download a full transcript here.Related links:This page collates lot...
Rosa Arriaga on transferrable discipline toolkits, making a difference, & caring for the grad student journey
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rosa Arriaga is a developmental psychologist who transitioned into computer science as a senior research scientist in the School of Interactive Comput...
Alex Taylor on research at the boundaries, moving from industry to academia, the labour of academia & the power of the collective
24 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Taylor is a sociologist and a Reader in the Centre for Human Computer Interaction Design at City, University of London. Alex moved into academia ...
Tom Erickson on industry research, telecommuting, and practising for retirement
14 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Erickson is a cognitive psychologist by background and was a researcher (social scientist and designer) at IBM Research since 1997, having previou...
Jen Mankoff on managing an academic career with a disability & finding good ways forward
23 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Mankoff is an endowed professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at University of Washington in the US. Jen’s journe...
Moshe Vardi (part 2) on publication pressures, student stress, mid-career mentoring & societal obligations
01 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Moshe Vardi is a Professor of Computer Science at Rice University in the US and holds numerous honours and awards. This is the second part of our conv...
Moshe Vardi (Part 1) on social implications of technology & our responsibility as academics
19 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Moshe Vardi is a Professor of Computer Science at Rice University in the US and holds numerous honours and awards. In this conversation he talks about...
Jofish Kaye on industry research, having an impact, and values-driven decision making
02 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jofish Kaye is a Principle Research Scientist at Mozilla, and before this he worked at Yahoo and Nokia. Jofish made a deliberate decision not to pursu...
Katie Siek on dual careers & children, mentoring & lobbying, & dealing with illness
11 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Katie Siek is an associate professor in Informatics at Indiana University in the US Katie shares her experiences being part of a dual career couple an...
Leysia Palen on creating a new research area, the long path to tenure and starting a department
12 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Leysia Palen is Professor and Founding Chair of Information Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. She has also led the establishment of the C...
Mike Twidale on agile research, leading from strengths, and story-telling
12 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Twidale is a professor in the School of Information Sciences at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, recipient of numerous teaching awards...
Lindsay Oades on academic wellbeing, connecting to strengths, meaning and purpose, and not taking the system too seriously
07 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lindsay Oades is a Professor at the University of Melbourne, where he is also the Director of the Centre for Positive Psychology at the Melbourne Grad...
Jan Gulliksen on middle management, leading autists, and building values and trust… with drama
08 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jan Gulliksen is a Professor in Human Computer Interaction and Vice President for Digitalization at KTH in Stockholm Sweden, among various other natio...
Rowena Murray on writing retreats, academic friendships and dealing with discrimination
11 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Rowena Murray is a Professor of Education, Director of Research, in the School of Education at the University of the West of Scotland. She is an inter...
Kirsten Ellis on shifting goalposts, motivation, flying & being a working mum with a disabled child
19 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kirsten Ellis is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University in Melbourne. She discusses how she deals with changi...
Janet Read on charm bracelets, finish tape & the work to be a complete academic
18 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Janet Read is a Professor in Child Computer Interaction at the University of Central Lancashire in the UK. Janet’s path to academia was via maths te...
Kylie Ball on supporting early career researchers, virtual mentorship and wellbeing
18 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kylie Ball is a Professor in the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Faculty of Health at Deakin University in Australia. She is also ...
Carman Neustaedter on research identity, work tracking surprises, and taking perspective
08 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Carman Neustaedter is an Associate Professor in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canad...
James Wilsdon on impacts, responsible metrics & evaluation practices
01 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
James Wilsdon is a Professor of Research Policy in the Department of Politics and Director of Impact and Engagement for the Faculty of Social Sciences...
Luigina Ciolfi on giving back, mentoring, and finding your own work-life strategies
16 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Luigina Ciolfi is a full Professor of Human Centred Computing at C3RI – The Cultural, Communication and Computing Research Institute  ...
Reflections on 2017 & creating kinder better work cultures (solo)
02 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As with the end on 2016, this is a short podcast (18:58) where I reflect on the year that has been. (Does this make it a tradition now?) I also add my...
Michael Muller on principled engagements, value tensions, liking people & giving back
06 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Muller is a researcher at IBM Research in Cambridge MA. We cover a lot in this conversation, Michael reflects on his long PhD process in cogni...
Jolanta Burke on burnout, harmonious passion, positive workplaces & helping others
14 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jolanta Burke is a Positive Psychologist, who works as a Senior Lecturer and Associate Leader of the MAPPCP programme at University of East London and...
Evan Peck on making choices, accepting trade-offs, and liberal arts as a great middle way
09 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Evan Peck is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Bucknell University in the US. Evan has a passion for teaching and also wants to do good re...
Scott Robertson on missing tenure, persevering, and connecting to mission & community
27 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Robertson comes from a psychology and cognitive science background and is now a Professor in the Information and Computer Sciences Department at...
Margaret Burnett on pioneering, mentoring, changing the world & GenderMag
05 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret Burnett is a professor of Computer Science in the School of EECS at Oregon State University. She is a pioneer woman in computer science whose...
Amy Ko on being reflectively self-aware, deliberately structured, & amazingly productive
20 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
[NOTE: UPDATE since this episode was recorded Amy transitioned and now identifies as a woman: see Amy’s blog post on ‘I’m trans. Call me Amy!”...
Gloria Mark on service, multitasking, creativity and fun
06 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Gloria Mark is a Professor in the Department of Informatics at the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at University of California...
Chris Frauenberger on post-docs, parental leave & multiple dreams
04 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Frauenberger is a post-doctoral researcher and principle investigator at Technical University Vienna. Chris shares his experiences navigating va...
Ali Black on doing academia differently...caring, connecting & becoming
20 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ali Black is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland Australia. Ali tells stories of courage an...
Anna Cox on family, work & strategies for making the changes we want
06 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Cox is a Reader and Deputy Director at the UCL Interaction Centre (UCLIC). Anna shares her early career experiences, the challenge of lecturing a...
Kia Höök on challenges of success & value of slowing down and re-connecting
13 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Höök is a professor in Interaction Design at KTH in Stockholm Sweden, director of the Mobile Life Centre and an ACM Distinguished Scientist. We ...
Cliff Lampe on the joy of academic service, faculty meetings & peer networks
20 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Cliff Lampe is an associate professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan. He also plays numerous key service roles in the HCI ...
Reflections to kickstart the new year of 2017! (Solo)
02 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This is a very short reflection [07:55 mins] from me on 2016 and the wonderful diverse stories we have heard. And looking forward to 2017 as we contin...
Lone Malmborg on academic performance measures, benchmarking and strategies
15 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Lone Malmborg is an Associate Professor and heads the Interaction Design Research Group and the People and Computational Things Section at the IT Univ...
Ben Kraal on moving from academia to industry
02 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Ben Kraal recently started working as a User Experience Consultant, having chosen to leave a contract research (and teaching) position after 9 year...
Tom Rodden on doing good work, metrics, failure, funding, and family
02 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Rodden is a Professor of Interactive Computing and Director of Research for the Faculty of Science at the University of Nottingham. He has led the...
Saul Greenberg on supervising, building a lab, creating good work life balance
18 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Saul Greenberg is an Emeritus Professor and Faculty Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Calgary in Canada, where he l...
Yunan Chen on getting tenure, the two-body experience & negotiating motherhood
09 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Yunan Chen is an associate professor in the Department of Informatics at the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences (I...
Marcus Foth on creating a research niche and building a lab
25 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Marcus Foth is an i/Director of the QUT Design Lab, founder and former director of the Urban Informatics Research Lab, and Professor in Interactive &a...
Katherine Isbister on finding your fit, being productive 8-5 and praising yourself
18 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Katherine Isbister is a full Professor in the Department of Computational Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she is a core...
Rafael Calvo on technology and choices for mental health and well being
11 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Rafael A. Calvo is an ARC Future Fellow, Professor and Director of the Positive Computing Lab at the University of Sydney. He is also a co-autho...
Mary Czerwinski on managing people, managing stress, and the work to do good work
03 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Czerwinski is a principal researcher and research manager at Microsoft Research in Redmond, US. Mary shares some great experiences about he...
Jon Whittle on the digital brain switch, drama and dance
27 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Whittle is a full Professor in the School of Computing and Communications at Lancaster University, England, and also a Chair of Software E...
Judy Olson on her career and blooming where you are planted
18 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Judy Olson is Bren Professor of Information and Computer Sciences in the Informatics Department at UC Irvine. Judy reflects back on her career, o...
Carl Gutwin on academic life, making choices, getting perspective
03 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Carl Gutwin, a Professor in the Computer Science Department at University of Saskatchewan, describes himself as a gentleman farmer in Saskatoon who ha...