An Idiot's Guide to Academic Research

Dr. Emma Thurston is a Senior Lecturer of Physician Associate Studies within the Department of Medical Science and Public Health at Bournemouth University. She is also a General Practitioner with a special interest in women’s health. Her PhD investigates if and how medicine’s neglect of female sexual pleasure is impacting the uptake of hormonal contraceptives. Dr. Emma Thurston is also interested...

While researching the earliest history of cinema and intellectual property as a Kluge Fellow in 2022, Dr. Claudy Op den Kamp discovered the identity of the first motion picture copyright registration ever made, in 1893 by Thomas Edison’s head photographer William Dickson. Claudy is Principal Academic in Film, and faculty member at the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management. Durin...

Dr. Fritz Kohle is a globally-respected expert in production and post-production, with a wealth of management experience, and a passion for education. He earned his PhD at Edinburgh University in 2018. As a senior lecturer at the Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUAs), he has taught film and TV production since 2009 and obtained full tenure since 2012. His specialism lies in documentary filmm...

Prof. Carol Clark is a Physiotherapist and is affiliated to the Department for Rehabilitation and Sport Sciences at Bournemouth University. Her research is aimed at improving the lives of those who experience pain in a variety of situations and conditions, with reference to understanding pain and the nonpharmacological management of pain. Her research interests are broadly aimed at empowering peop...

Professor Sarah Bate is the lead researcher in the Centre for Face Processing Disorders at Bournemouth University, and is the author of the book 'Face Recognition and its Disorders' (Palgrave-Macmillan). Her current work examines the nature of face-processing impairments in adults and children with developmental or acquired forms of prosopagnosia (face blindness). Much of Sarah's exist...

Dr Emma Kavanagh is a Senior Lecturer in Sports Psychology and Coaching Sciences, an HCPC Registered Sport and Exercise Psychologist (BASES SEPAR) and Chartered Sport and Exercise Scientist, working with athletes at National and International level. Emma's research interests are within the academic disciplines of psychology and sociology, her work centres on critically examining abuse in virtu...

Dr Max Gee is an internationally produced playwright, whose stage adaptation of Sherlock Holmes and the Speckled Band has been performed in both York, England and Sydney Australia. As a screenwriter, her work includes the medieval webseries Tales of Bacon and science fiction short films Terminal, developed from her PhD practice screenplay and Standing Woman, adapted from a short story by acclaimed...

Roman Gerodimos is Professor of Global Current Affairs at the Faculty of Media and Communication at Bournemouth University, and a faculty member at the Salzburg Academy on Media & Global Change. Roman's background is in political science and international studies. He holds an MSc in European Politics & Policy (LSE) and a PhD in Political Communication. He is the winner of the Arthur Mc...

Diogo Montalvão is an Associate Professor in Structural Dynamics who started his career in the Rolling Stock industry and who is making a difference in the world of Engineering and Education. He is currently the Head of Department of Design & Engineering at Bournemouth University, where he leads a team of talented researchers and lecturers. Diogo's latest project, ADDISONIC, is a game-chan...

Dr. Sam Iwowo is a multi-award winning screenwriter, filmmaker and principle academic at Bournemouth University. This podcast does, in no way, represent the views of Bournemouth University.

Adrian Butterworth is currently working towards a doctorate in education practice. His area of study involves inclusive teaching practices in the TV Studio at Bournemouth University - an educational space used by undergraduate Television Production students. He also teaches in the Media Production academic group and is a member of the Centre for Film and Television Research Group. A broadcast jour...