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Research culture & research policy

October 2019 – The Holy Grail for improving research culture

One year ago, the Royal Society concluded its research culture programme with the ‘Research culture: changing expectations’ conference. A major take-away for us, from delivering

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#ResearchCulture

Contributor, ‘What’s wrong with research culture?‘ article, September 2021, Chemistry World
Moderator, Research culture session, Latin America MCAA conference, March 2021, MCAA
Panellist, ‘Joy and stress triggers in academia: Amplifying the voice of researchers to create a more positive research culture’ session, May 2020, CACTUS virtual conference
Keynote speaker, ‘Research culture fit for purpose’, March 2020, VIBes in Biosciences, Leuven, Belgium
Contributor on research culture, Project on ‘the future of academic research’, January 2020, for Institute for the Future
Co-founder, editor and contributor, MetisTalk, September 2019
Co-organiser, Research culture conference, October 2018, for the Royal Society

#ResearchAssessment

‘Held the pen’ for the drafting of a European agreement on research assessment reform, January-July 2022
Contributor to stakeholder consultation, Science Europe position statement on research assessment processes, July 2020, for MCAA
Panellist, ‘Evaluation of scientific activity’ session, July 2020, Eurodoc online conference
Co-author, Towards Responsible Research Career Assessment, December 2019
Moderator, ‘Evaluation of researcher careers – Widening definitions of success’ session, February 2019, MCAA annual conference, Vienna, Austria
Author and developer, Resume for Researchers, October 2018, for the Royal Society
Workshop organiser, Consultation on the Royal Society’s Model CV template for Researchers, September 2018, Vitae Researcher Development International Conference on behalf of the Royal Society, Birmingham, UK
Workshop organiser, Consultation on the Royal Society’s Biosketch for Researchers, September 2018, The Royal Society’s Creating connections – North East conference, Newcastle, UK

#OpenScience

Invited speaker, ‘Towards reproducible and open research’ – Meet the researcher, January 2020, Society of Spanish Researchers in the UK, London, UK
Author, position, Plan S position statement, December 2019, for the Royal Society of Chemistry
Panellist, Royal Society of Chemistry Plan S debate, May 2019, London, UK
Co-author, Stakeholder consultation on the future of scholarly publishing and scholarly communication, May 2019

#ResponsibleResearch

Invited speaker, ‘Recognising and rewarding responsible research practice‘, July 2021, UK Research Integrity Office
Contributor to stakeholder consultation, ERAC opinion on the future of the European Research Area, December 2019, for MCAA
Co-author, Declaration on Sustainable Researcher Careers, May 2019
Co-organiser, Responsible Research and Innovation: a check-up, March 2018, for MCAA
Panellist, Closing debate on ‘Ethics in Science’, June 2017, Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting, Lindau, Germany

#ResearchFunding

Co-author, statement, Researchers concerned with the proposed substantial cuts in the EU budget from 2021 to 2027 for European research and innovation, September 2020
Co-author, statement, Message to the MSCA/REA, April 2020
Spokesperson in Flemish Parliament, Hearing on financing higher education in Flanders, November 2013, on behalf of Action Group Higher Education Flanders, Brussels, Belgium
Co-author, correspondence, Research evaluation: Flanders overrates impact factors, July 2013, Nature

Diversity in STEM & inclusive leadership

July 2020 – Keeping women in the workforce

As the COVID-19 pandemic hit, schools closed and families were left to their own devices to manage the household. Women took up the lion share

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Panellist, ‘Structural violence and harassment in scientific environments’ session, November 2020, MCAA virtual conference
Moderator, ‘Inclusion & gender diversity in research environments: a little less conversation, a little more action’ session, September 2020, EuroScience Open Forum
Author, position, ‘Improving diversity in the chemical sciences’, February 2020, for the Royal Society of Chemistry
Moderator, ‘Conversation with the Leaders: Diversity, Inclusion and Leadership’ session, September 2019, Shaping Horizons, Cambridge, UK
Invited speaker, Gender equality workshop by MCAA Ireland Chapter, December 2018, Dublin, Ireland
Invited jury member, The Nova Prizes in recognition of female students who have made outstanding early contributions to STEM, November 2018
Invited participant, Women and Global Leadership Forum, May 2018, Trinity College, Cambridge, UK
Contributor, ‘The Cambridge women campaigning for gender equality in science’, February 2018

Evidence-informed policy & policy careers

April 2019 – Five lessons learned from interacting with policy makers

Adopted from an opening speech I gave for the first Cambridge University Science Policy Exchange Forum in April 2018 I want to share with you,

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Panellist, ‘Preparing for careers inside or outside academia’ session, February 2021, AAAS virtual conference
Panellist, ‘From science to science policy’, February 2021, London Interdisciplinary Doctoral Programme’s Employability Seminar
Panellist, ‘Bridging the expectation gap between researchers and employers’ session, September 2020, EuroScience Open Forum
Invited speaker, ‘From science to science policy’ for Lucy Cavendish College Cambridge, June 2020
Panellist, Professional Development Workshop: Creating a pipeline of scientific advisers in the physical sciences by Centre for Science and Policy, January 2020, Cambridge, UK
Panellist, ‘How to engage with policy makers’ session, July 2018, MSCA satellite event to ESOF2018, Toulouse, France
Organiser, CUSPE Forum, April 2018, Cambridge, UK
Selected participant, JRC / STOA ‘Science meets Parliament’, November 2017, Brussels, Belgium
Contributor, ‘Young scientists on the ground at Lindau share their thoughts on scientists’ place in policy debate’, October 2017, Nature
Co-developer, CUSPE – Cambridgeshire County Council Policy Challenges pilot, 2017, on behalf of CUSPE

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Research culture & research policy

October 2019 – The Holy Grail for improving research culture

Past experience

Diversity in STEM & inclusive leadership

July 2020 – Keeping women in the workforce

Past experience

Evidence-informed policy & policy careers

April 2019 – Five lessons learned from interacting with policy makers

Past experience

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