The Early Career Researcher Podcast

Episode 20: Reflecting on a year of the Early Career Researcher Podcast

For our twentieth episode, Charlie and Rachael spend some time reflecting on a year of working on the ECR Podcast. We discuss our aims when we started, whether we think w

Episode 19: Public Engagement Initiatives in the Humanities

In our latest episode, Charlie and Rachael are joined by Lucy, our resident expert in Public Engagement for the Humanities! We begin by talking about what PE actually i

Episode 18: Writing Book Reviews

In this episode, Charlie, Rachael and Steph convene to talk about writing academic book reviews. Whether you ave no idea what an academic book review is, or if you've tho

Episode 17: Producing Edited Volumes

In this episode, Charlie is joined by Rosie and a new guest, Stephanie Brown, as we discuss the topic of Edited Volumes. After we start by outlining our varying levels of

Episode 16: Dealing with Anonymous Peer Review

In this episode, Charlie, Rachael, and Rosie (now official Friend Of The Show) discuss the process of anonymous peer review. We talk about 1) what anonymous peer review i

Episode 15: Conquering Imposter Syndrome

In this episode, Charlie and Rachael are joined by Dr Laura Varnham of Oxford University, as we talk about Imposter Syndrome. We walk through what Imposter Syndrome is, h

Episode 14: LIVE recording on Academic Publishing at the Leeds IMC

In this special 'live' recording, Charlie, Rachael and Olivia were joined by our friends Laura and Rosie, as we engaged in a discussion on publishing academic work in the

Episode 13: The Publishing Industry, with Rosie Bonté

In the first of a series of episodes on academic publishing, Charlie is joined by Rosie Bonté (@Rosie Bonte on X/Twitter) from academic publishers Brepols (www.brepols.ne

Episode 12: How to Get the Most from Attending Conferences

Following on from our previous episode on Writing Conference Papers, Charlie and Olivia were joined by a new guest (Charlotte) to share our thoughts on attending academic

Episode 11: How to Write (and give) Conference Papers

In this episode, Rachael and Charlie discuss their experiences of conference papers. With summer conference season coming up, we're busy writing our papers and thinking a

Episode 10: Teaching Jobs in Academia

In this episode, Charlie, Olivia and Rachael take time to discuss teaching jobs in academia: we covered 1) the types of teaching-focused job opportunities that exist, 2)

Episode 9: How to Write Your (First) Monograph

Charlie and Rachael are joined by our guest contributor, Laura, as we discuss the topic of writing monographs. Discussion points include: 1) WHY we might want to write a

Episode 8: Careers Outside of Academia

In Episode 8, we discussed careers options outside of academia. With Rich, who works as a university careers advisor after finishing his PhD in 2020, we discussed: 1) som

Episode 7: Having Children In Academia

When is the best time for academics to have children? What challenges does having children pose for the life of an Early Career Researcher? What information do ECRs need

Episode 6: (postdoctoral) Application Season

In this sixth episode, Charlie, Rachael and Olivia discuss how to apply for postdoctoral research positions in the UK and beyond. We discuss open-call funding schemes, as

Episode 5: How to take Holidays from Academia

In this episode, Charlie, Olivia and Rachael discussed the issues that we face as ERCs when we want to take holidays from our work. We felt like ECRs are under such huge

Episode 4: Writing Rituals (or, 'how to improve your productivity')

In this episode, Charlie and Olivia are joined by a new contributor, Ana, as we discuss something that nearly all ECRs worry about: how to improve your academic writing!

Episode 3: Starting a New Research Topic

In this episode, Charlie, Rachael and Olivia discuss a the tricky topic of ‘How to Start a New Research Project’. Whether you are starting out on researching for a new P

Episode 2: How to Apply for a PhD

Last time, we talked about the decision-making process: reasons for wanting to do a PhD, and offering up our experiences on what we felt it can been like to do a PhD (If

Episode 1: Should I do a PhD?

In our very first episode of the new pod, we explored one of the most important questions an early career research can ask, because it effectively starts your career: thi