Research leadership and research management - a Conversation with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West

We can all have a good research year. Maybe two. But this week, Priscilla and Tara explore what a sustained research career looks like - and how to create one.

The Significant Original Contribution to Knowledge is the defining attribute of a PhD. But how is it created? This week, Suz and Tara talk about how a SOCK is built - and formed.

Internationalism is so important to life, universities and the development of knowledge. This week, Priscilla and Tara talk about the gift and power of internationalization, even - particularly - in xenophobic times.

Tara talks with her friend and colleague Emily Wong, from Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, about her recently published article, "Reactive Protection: Building Child-Save Systems for Hong Kong's Future." It is a great provocation of an article, transforming our thinking about the rights of children, and the daily and institutional care for the child. Inspirational. To read Emily's fine article - please refer to "Beyond Reactive Protection: Building Child-Safe Systems for Hong Kong's Future" - https://libjournals.mtsu.edu/index.php/ijwc/article/view/2777

What does it mean to have a career 'break'? What is a career 'interruption'? Professor Priscilla Dunk-West and I talk about the idea of 'interruption' - and what we learn about a working life through it... And - indeed - a life...