Exchanges Discourse: Early Career Researcher Publishing Advice, Insight & Inspiration

It’s our 75thepisode, and to celebrate we flip the tables and put long time host, and departing Editor-in-Chief, Dr Gaz ‘Gareth’ J Johnson (University of Warwick) into the guest role. In this extended conversation, led by Dr Fiona Fisher (Associate Director, Institute of Advanced Study, University of Warwick) we delve into the rich and storied history of Gareth’s time working on the journal. The c...

In a follow up to our last episode, I am joined in conversation by Una MacGlone (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, UK), the sixth contributor to the Exchanges paper The Labour of Thought: Reflections on Interdisciplinarity in Practice . As she was unable to join us for the previous recording with her colleagues, I was delighted she could make time for the podcast on another day. As an amplification...

In this special panel edition of The Exchanges Discourse podcast, I welcome five past journal contributors - Abiodun Egbetokun, Ed McKeon, Denis Newman-Griffis, Claire Sedgwick, and Aikaterini Tavoulari - for a lively and reflective conversation on their recent Exchanges article, The Labour of Thought: Reflections on Interdisciplinarity in Practice . Together, we unpack the collaborative journey b...

In this episode I reunite with Kevin Sanders (Open Access Engagement Lead, Copim/Open Book Collective) to talk about his work in the realm of making open access monographs more of a reality. We explore how Copim (Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs) originated via the Radical Open Access conference of 2018, and how it has gone on to a pivotal force for change within open...

In our latest episode I talk with Andrew Barker (University Librarian, University of Lancaster) about an open access monograph (book) publishing programme he’s spearheaded: Trailblazers . We discuss how the support of Liverpool University Press alongside collaboration with an increasing range of partner institutions has been vital in enabling the programme. We explore how Trailblazers works intima...

For our second episode of 2025, I’m in conversation withauthor and health psychologist Sarah Golding (Surrey,UK). Alongside discussing her career and research activities, we focus in on an exploration of her recent article An Early Career Perspective on the Value of Interdisciplinary Training Networks , published in Exchanges (Vol 12.1). In particular, Sarah reveals how participating in an interdi...

For our first podcast of 2025, I talk with the hosts of the incredibly successful academic podcast Theoryish – Hannah Ayres and Paola Medina-Gonzalez (University of Warwick). In a lively exchange, they tell me how their academic thirst for knowledge acted as the instigation for an ongoing discussion series looking at books, researchers and theory from an enthused early career perspective. Along th...

In our last podcast of the year, we talk with recent Exchanges author Giulia Lorenzi (University of Warwick). We talk through her career as a philosopher and musical scholar, with particular attention to her paper on public engagement with academic research. In her paper, ‘Musical Reflections’: An experience with public engagement , Giulia explores the challenges and inspirations which arise when...

This episode I have a revealing conversation with Mia-Marie Hammarlin (Media & Communication Studies, Lund University, Sweden), who contributed to the most recent issue of Exchanges. We talk through her diverse career in ethnology and communication, and explore the particular challenges to researchers as individuals from self-doubt and insecurity. We explore Mia-Marie’s paper - Interdisciplina...

We are delighted to share the first of a series of guest episodes on the theme of ‘Energy & Poetry’. With many thanks to the ⁠MaREI, Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine⁠ ,   ⁠University College Cork.⁠ Ireland. This episode is about renewable energy. It features a reading and discussion of a poem – Wind and Wave, by Derek Mahon – which explores renewable energy technologies of wind t...

This time I’m chatting to Taryn Bell (Organisational Development & Professional Learning, University of Leeds), who’s another of our contributors to the recent research culture special issue . We talk through Taryn’s varied career in archaeology and more recent efforts in researcher development. And it’s the latter of these which forms the focus of her paper The More the Merrier: Approaches to...

In our latest episode we talk with Anna Fancett (Researcher Development Online, University of Warwick), who contributed to our recent special issue on research culture. We talk through Anna’s varied international career, as well as her current work helping to develop academics' writing and publishing skills. We also take a look at Anna’s recent article in Exchanges ( Developing Researchers’ Writin...

This episode takes a look back at the special issue and symposium which formed a big part of the Modern Record Centre’s 50th anniversary celebration. Pierre Botcherby (Dept of Modern Languages, University of Warwick) and Rachel MacGregor (MRC, University of Warwick) talk us through their article The Modern Records Centre (MRC): Fifty years on and how it related to the special symposium hosted in S...

In this episode we talk to history student and former novice historical archive user Nia Belcher (History, University of Warwick) about her paper and experiences in using archives. As an undergraduate student, Nia’s paper – Using the Modern Records Centre as an Undergraduate – offers a canid look at the difficulties and delights that can be found even for less experienced researchers within the MR...

In a change of pace this episode we talk with recent Warwick graduate Osamu Miyamae (IATL/Politics & International Studies), about the work he and colleagues have been doing in the realm of citational justice. We discuss the project, sponsored by the Reinvention Journal – one of Exchanges’ sister titles – and start by asking the most obvious question: what is citational justice? We move on to...

This episode we have the wonderful Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Hidson (Faculty of Education and Society, University of Sunderland) on the podcast to talk about her research and educational work training teachers from around the world. In talking about her paper ( Developing a Research Culture with Trainee Teachers on International Initial Teacher Training Programmes ). Liz expands on her desires to create a r...

In a very special episode, I have a lengthy discussion with Jonathan Vickery (School of Creative Arts, University of Warwick) about his life, research and thoughts on publication. While we touch on his recent article for Exchanges ( Critical Reflections on Universities, Publishing, and the Early Career Experience ), Jonathan expands to consider the challenges facing higher education, research stud...

In today’s episode I talk with WMG’s Phil Jemmett ( @Philjemmett , University of Warwick) about his life and work, and especially his article Engaging Academics with Outreach: How the ‘STEM Connections’ model empowers staff . Along the way we talk about his publishing experiences, thoughts on being a public academic and  techniques for engaging the public with academic research and expertise. We a...

In this episode we talk to Liam Greenacre ( @LiamG352 ) about his recent book review article for exchanges: Postdisciplinary Knowledge, Edited by Tomas Pernecky . In our conversation we discus Liam’s work in the ontology and postdisciplinary arena, along with how this book and a summer school served to inspire and shape his thinking. We touch too on his work in a transdisciplinary, political and c...

This episode we talk with Associate Fellow Simona Di Martino ( @SimoDiMa1 ) about the recent conference event she organised at Warwick which tackled questions of girlhood, transnationalism, identify, gender and culture. We talk about the challenges and delights of hosting such an event, and Simona reflects on the emergent themes and key messages discussed by the participants. Girlhood is, Simona a...

Our first episode of 2024 sees a return of an old friend of the journal and podcast, as geography academic Catherine Price (University of Nottingham, UK) talks about her contributions to Exchanges. We start by talking about her conversation with Sophie Chao entitled Multispecies, More-Than-Human, Nonhuman, Other-Than-Human: Reimagining idioms of animacy in an age of planetary unmaking , which inci...

Rounding off 2023 we have an episode dedicated to the latest call for papers we have open for a future special issue. The Queerness as Strength special issue has been inspired and instigated by the life, passions and work of researcher and activist Jacob Thomas ( Monash University, Australia ), and they are here in conversation to talk about this. We explore the ideas and hopes behind the special...

Our third in a series of 10th birthday issue celebration conversations sees me talking with linguist, cultural historian and conceptual association scholar Constance de Silva ( School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University, Australia ) about her recent paper and ongoing research. We begin by discussing her beautifully illustrated article The Rise of Conceptual Assoc...

Continuing our 10th birthday issue celebrations, I chatted with senior librarian and former biology Beth Montague-Hellen ( Library and Information Services, Francis Crick Institute, UK ) about her recent paper and ongoing work. We start by discussing her article, Placing ChatGPT in the Context of Disruptive Technology in Academic Publishing and especially the advantages and challenges such generat...

Celebrating our 10th birthday issue, I have the pleasure of chatting with researcher Jean Marshall (WMG, University of Warwick) about her recent paper and ongoing research. We start by discussing her paper, Sustainability: Getting Everyone Involved , and especially about the multifactorial issues involved in achieving a greater global sustainability culture. We expand our conversation to aspects o...