Tara Brabazon's Blog, page 16

Finding your doctoral path

Tara talks with commencing, established and completed PhD students.  What are their worries, fears and successes?

Remote health - indigenous knowledge

Tara talks with Monica Lawrence about indigenous health.  What creates social injustice?  How can we create social change?

Steps - Supervisory Declaration

Tara's Step training session focuses on a minor part of the supervisory journey:  the supervisory declaration at the point the thesis is about to be released to examiners.  What is necessary as part of 'compliance' in the declaration, and what enables a transparent, reflexive and accountable examination process?

4D - The revisioning of the doctor of philosophy

Tara offers a new model for doctoral education.  How do we revision the PhD for our present?

Science is a global endeavour - the Physics PhD

Tara talks with Professor Jamie Quinton about Physics and the PhD.  Why complete a PhD in physics or nanotechnology?  They discuss the global trends in science PhDs and the specificity and benefits of the Australian doctorate in these disciplines.

Steps Cotutelle

Tara talks with Megan Prideaux, Partner Engagement and Pathways Officer at Flinders University.  They discuss cotutelles, a special, distinctive international doctoral mode.  What is a cotutelle?  What are its benefits and challenges?

Steps - Respect Now Always: Negotiating romantic and sexual relationships between supervisors and students

Tara talks with Ashleigh Merriel, the head of higher degree progressions at Flinders University.  They discuss the difficult - messy - topic of sex, romance, love and doctoral education.  In a changing environment for students and supervisors, how are boundaries created and cultural safety enabled for candidates?

Terror, consumption and leisure spaces for harm in a post-crash era

Tara Brabazon talks with Dr Leanne McRae about her new book in Emerald's Deviant Leisure Series.  The book, titled Terror, consumption and leisure spaces for harm in a post-crash era, explores why acts of terror emerge in shopping centres, concerts and on the streets.  They discuss the transformations to work and the ineffectual 'medication' of wellbeing.  

Mid-candidature: strengths, challenges and opportunities

Tara talks with students in the crucial mid-point of their candidature.  What challenges are they confronting?  What solutions are available to them?

Annie and Tara talk Dayflower and Digitization

Annie Nguyen and Tara talk about the innovations of art-lead research.  Annie is investigating the history of a pigment - blue - and one of her case studies is Dayflower.  Listen to this and be amazing.