September 4, 2024 • 11 mins
Introducing the new season of Changing Academic Life.
Reflecting on my recent transitions. And thanks to the HCI group for support.
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Geri (00:05):
Welcome to Changing Academic Life.
I'm Geraldine Fitzpatrick and this isa podcast series where academics and
others share their stories, provideideas and provoke discussions about what
we can do individually and collectivelyto change academic life for the better.
(00:29):
Hello, and welcome to this new seasonof the changing academic life podcast.
I'm really excited to be able tobring a new set of conversations and
discussions to you over the coming months.
As we explore together.
What we can do to make academic life.
More sustainable and also more fun.
(00:51):
And often perversely as a side effect,rather than a primary driver, then
also more effective and productive.
And this is because we're doingit from a position of prioritizing
looking after ourselves.
Because if we're not in agood space, we're not going
to be able to do good work.
Of knowing ourselves better andknowing where we're most energized,
(01:14):
where we do our best work.
And that's often when we're able to reallyuse our unique strengths and where we're
able to line our choices to our values.
And what's important to us.
And so that enables us to do workwhere we know that we can really
make the biggest difference.
(01:35):
And so that's aligning our teaching, ourresearch and our professional engagements.
Towards those things, where we canmake the best impact where we're
bringing our best selves to what we do.
And we're also able to bemore effective and productive.
Because we're looking out for each other.
And we're working on how we can creategreat research cultures together.
(02:01):
And great research culturesenable us to do great work.
So to my personal situation.
You may remember from some previousepisode discussions where I've
talked about various transitionsthat I've been going through.
And one of those transitionswas end of last September.
(02:24):
When my permanent full-timeprofessor position came to an end.
And for the last 12 months now,I've been doing a part-time
position in a different role.
That's towards improving abetter pension situation.
And I, again, I also talked in previousepisode about the challenges that come
(02:45):
with mobility within the academic context.
So that 12 months part-time for me comesto an end at the end of September, 2024.
And that will bring aboutyet another transition.
And I think it's setting up a reallyinteresting period then of exploration
(03:06):
about how my new life might playout and ways that I can continue to.
Make a difference and contribute.
But first.
At this transition point.
I'd really liked to take a bit oftime right now to acknowledge and
(03:26):
celebrate and thank all my wonderfulcolleagues in the human computer
interaction group at TU Wien.
Or you may know that better as technicaluniversity of Vienna and that's past
colleagues and present colleagues.
Because you've made it funand you've made it great.
And you really have contributedtowards a great research culture there.
(03:51):
And I've appreciated so much thesupport and the friendships, the
intellectual curiosity, and energy.
Um, and the care that you all bring toyour work and to your relationships.
I also want to thank the hCI group humancomputer interaction group for their
(04:12):
willingness to have supported this podcastas well, both in allowing me time to
put in the work towards the podcast.
As well as contributingsome financial support.
Because the many different platforms andtools that I need in order to deliver
the podcast, the costs really add up.
(04:33):
And I'm grateful that in particular, thatthey've agreed to continues to support
this podcast again for the coming year.
So, thank you.
Thinking about the transition as well.
I'm sure I'll be doing some morereflections on this as the time goes on.
And I do also want to just makeclear that one of the things that
(04:56):
I will be exploring is how I can.
Put my work time and work efforts.
Now more towards the things whereI think I can make the biggest
difference, which is around thechanging academic life agenda and
towards developing people and culture.
So towards this, I'll be prioritizing workefforts on the courses and workshops and
(05:21):
coaching and speaking and whatever else.
That that will contribute to this.
And you can read more about, or see moreabout what sorts of topics that I cover
there in Geraldine, fitzpatrick.com.
And so for that reason, if you askedme to do any reviewing or thesis
(05:43):
examination or other professionalwork, that's more on the research side.
I'm most likely to decline becauseas I said, where I am going to put
in work effort, I will be directingit more towards these other areas
and it's also because in thistransition period, I want to
explore what might be a good mixof work and play and just time out.
(06:07):
Well, reconnecting to people andhobbies doing travel and so on.
So I'll be really curious to seehow this year, next year unfolds.
So onto the podcast, which willbe part of the work that I, I
will continue for the next year.
In the past season of the podcast,I was able to release 23 episodes.
(06:32):
And these were a mix of some conversationsand discussions with people, as well
as some solo reflections and musingsor talking about particular topics.
And I was particularly excited in thelast season to be able to celebrate
the hundred episodes of the podcast.
That's really amazing when I think backat the beginning and never imagined
(06:56):
that it would still be going now.
So I'm really appreciative of yoursupport that we're still here.
And the last episode in the lastseason went out in may 20 24.
And I had planned or intended to put outmore episodes as part of that season.
(07:17):
But various life circumstancesconspired against it, whether it
was sickness on my part or the otherperson's part or travel and so on.
So I'm looking forward to this new seasonthat we'll be starting now and bringing
a mix of conversations and discussions.
As well as my own musings and reflections.
(07:41):
And I anticipate that I will beputting out episodes every fortnight.
At the beginning of last season,I did have the ambition to
release an episode every week.
And that just proved.
Too much for me alongside everythingelse that I was trying to do.
And I've also heard from somepeople that they also found it a
(08:02):
little bit harder to keep up with.
And I appreciate now that there areso many more podcasts and interesting
content out there to consume thatit can be quite overwhelming.
So I'm incredibly grateful that youare here and still listening to this.
So, as I said, my ambition for this newseason is an episode for every fortnight.
(08:24):
And I may occasionally put outa short episode in between,
depending upon topics and relevance.
And I will also give myself grace tosometimes fall off that schedule a
bit, if there's too much else going on.
So that's it by way of a shortintroduction to this new season.
(08:46):
There will be the new website goingup and then probably later end
of this month, early next month.
The URL will always stay the samechanging academic life.com will
always point to the current website.
And on the new website, you willfind playlists on themes and topics.
(09:08):
If you want to catch up onsome of the past episodes.
And, uh, Also just to say that I have beenslower than I had hoped in getting all
of the audio transcripts up on this newplatform for some of the older episodes.
So that's still a work in progress.
If there are any episodes where youdo need a transcript or what would
really help you in being able toconsume some of the early episodes.
(09:32):
Just send me an email and I cansend you the transcript directly.
And the intention is to getthem all up soon for you.
So.
As I said, I look forwardto sharing new episodes.
With you, I look forwardto hearing back from you.
And any feedback or suggestions thatyou have of people to interview or
(09:52):
topics to talk about and wishingeveryone all the best for those of
us in the Northern hemisphere whoare starting a new academic cycle.
And all the best for people inthe Southern hemisphere, in the
middle of academic cycles, asyou see out the rest of the year.
Take care.
(10:15):
You can find the summarynotes, a transcript and related
links for this podcast on www.
changingacademiclife.
com.
You can also subscribe toChanging Academic Life on iTunes,
Spotify and Google Podcasts.
And you can followChangeAcadLife on Twitter.
(10:35):
And I'm really hoping that we canwiden the conversation about how
we can do academia differently.
And you can contribute to this by ratingthe podcast and also giving feedback.
And if something connected withyou, please consider sharing this
podcast with your colleagues.
Together, we can make change happen.
Welcome to Changing Academic Life.
I'm Geraldine Fitzpatrick and this isa podcast series where academics and
others share their stories, provideideas and provoke discussions about what
we can do individually and collectivelyto change academic life for the better.
(00:29):
Hello, and welcome to this new seasonof the changing academic life podcast.
I'm really excited to be able tobring a new set of conversations and
discussions to you over the coming months.
As we explore together.
What we can do to make academic life.
More sustainable and also more fun.
(00:51):
And often perversely as a side effect,rather than a primary driver, then
also more effective and productive.
And this is because we're doingit from a position of prioritizing
looking after ourselves.
Because if we're not in agood space, we're not going
to be able to do good work.
Of knowing ourselves better andknowing where we're most energized,
(01:14):
where we do our best work.
And that's often when we're able to reallyuse our unique strengths and where we're
able to line our choices to our values.
And what's important to us.
And so that enables us to do workwhere we know that we can really
make the biggest difference.
(01:35):
And so that's aligning our teaching, ourresearch and our professional engagements.
Towards those things, where we canmake the best impact where we're
bringing our best selves to what we do.
And we're also able to bemore effective and productive.
Because we're looking out for each other.
And we're working on how we can creategreat research cultures together.
(02:01):
And great research culturesenable us to do great work.
So to my personal situation.
You may remember from some previousepisode discussions where I've
talked about various transitionsthat I've been going through.
And one of those transitionswas end of last September.
(02:24):
When my permanent full-timeprofessor position came to an end.
And for the last 12 months now,I've been doing a part-time
position in a different role.
That's towards improving abetter pension situation.
And I, again, I also talked in previousepisode about the challenges that come
(02:45):
with mobility within the academic context.
So that 12 months part-time for me comesto an end at the end of September, 2024.
And that will bring aboutyet another transition.
And I think it's setting up a reallyinteresting period then of exploration
(03:06):
about how my new life might playout and ways that I can continue to.
Make a difference and contribute.
But first.
At this transition point.
I'd really liked to take a bit oftime right now to acknowledge and
(03:26):
celebrate and thank all my wonderfulcolleagues in the human computer
interaction group at TU Wien.
Or you may know that better as technicaluniversity of Vienna and that's past
colleagues and present colleagues.
Because you've made it funand you've made it great.
And you really have contributedtowards a great research culture there.
(03:51):
And I've appreciated so much thesupport and the friendships, the
intellectual curiosity, and energy.
Um, and the care that you all bring toyour work and to your relationships.
I also want to thank the hCI group humancomputer interaction group for their
(04:12):
willingness to have supported this podcastas well, both in allowing me time to
put in the work towards the podcast.
As well as contributingsome financial support.
Because the many different platforms andtools that I need in order to deliver
the podcast, the costs really add up.
(04:33):
And I'm grateful that in particular, thatthey've agreed to continues to support
this podcast again for the coming year.
So, thank you.
Thinking about the transition as well.
I'm sure I'll be doing some morereflections on this as the time goes on.
And I do also want to just makeclear that one of the things that
(04:56):
I will be exploring is how I can.
Put my work time and work efforts.
Now more towards the things whereI think I can make the biggest
difference, which is around thechanging academic life agenda and
towards developing people and culture.
So towards this, I'll be prioritizing workefforts on the courses and workshops and
(05:21):
coaching and speaking and whatever else.
That that will contribute to this.
And you can read more about, or see moreabout what sorts of topics that I cover
there in Geraldine, fitzpatrick.com.
And so for that reason, if you askedme to do any reviewing or thesis
(05:43):
examination or other professionalwork, that's more on the research side.
I'm most likely to decline becauseas I said, where I am going to put
in work effort, I will be directingit more towards these other areas
and it's also because in thistransition period, I want to
explore what might be a good mixof work and play and just time out.
(06:07):
Well, reconnecting to people andhobbies doing travel and so on.
So I'll be really curious to seehow this year, next year unfolds.
So onto the podcast, which willbe part of the work that I, I
will continue for the next year.
In the past season of the podcast,I was able to release 23 episodes.
(06:32):
And these were a mix of some conversationsand discussions with people, as well
as some solo reflections and musingsor talking about particular topics.
And I was particularly excited in thelast season to be able to celebrate
the hundred episodes of the podcast.
That's really amazing when I think backat the beginning and never imagined
(06:56):
that it would still be going now.
So I'm really appreciative of yoursupport that we're still here.
And the last episode in the lastseason went out in may 20 24.
And I had planned or intended to put outmore episodes as part of that season.
(07:17):
But various life circumstancesconspired against it, whether it
was sickness on my part or the otherperson's part or travel and so on.
So I'm looking forward to this new seasonthat we'll be starting now and bringing
a mix of conversations and discussions.
As well as my own musings and reflections.
(07:41):
And I anticipate that I will beputting out episodes every fortnight.
At the beginning of last season,I did have the ambition to
release an episode every week.
And that just proved.
Too much for me alongside everythingelse that I was trying to do.
And I've also heard from somepeople that they also found it a
(08:02):
little bit harder to keep up with.
And I appreciate now that there areso many more podcasts and interesting
content out there to consume thatit can be quite overwhelming.
So I'm incredibly grateful that youare here and still listening to this.
So, as I said, my ambition for this newseason is an episode for every fortnight.
(08:24):
And I may occasionally put outa short episode in between,
depending upon topics and relevance.
And I will also give myself grace tosometimes fall off that schedule a
bit, if there's too much else going on.
So that's it by way of a shortintroduction to this new season.
(08:46):
There will be the new website goingup and then probably later end
of this month, early next month.
The URL will always stay the samechanging academic life.com will
always point to the current website.
And on the new website, you willfind playlists on themes and topics.
(09:08):
If you want to catch up onsome of the past episodes.
And, uh, Also just to say that I have beenslower than I had hoped in getting all
of the audio transcripts up on this newplatform for some of the older episodes.
So that's still a work in progress.
If there are any episodes where youdo need a transcript or what would
really help you in being able toconsume some of the early episodes.
(09:32):
Just send me an email and I cansend you the transcript directly.
And the intention is to getthem all up soon for you.
So.
As I said, I look forwardto sharing new episodes.
With you, I look forwardto hearing back from you.
And any feedback or suggestions thatyou have of people to interview or
(09:52):
topics to talk about and wishingeveryone all the best for those of
us in the Northern hemisphere whoare starting a new academic cycle.
And all the best for people inthe Southern hemisphere, in the
middle of academic cycles, asyou see out the rest of the year.
Take care.
(10:15):
You can find the summarynotes, a transcript and related
links for this podcast on www.
changingacademiclife.
com.
You can also subscribe toChanging Academic Life on iTunes,
Spotify and Google Podcasts.
And you can followChangeAcadLife on Twitter.
(10:35):
And I'm really hoping that we canwiden the conversation about how
we can do academia differently.
And you can contribute to this by ratingthe podcast and also giving feedback.
And if something connected withyou, please consider sharing this
podcast with your colleagues.
Together, we can make change happen.
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