By the Research Culture Team
We’re delighted to introduce Professor Daniela Schmidt, who has recently taken up the role of Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor (APVC) for Research Environment and Culture. In this role, she will lead our ongoing work to …
Category: Collaboration and innovation
Could research culture reform help us solve global challenges?
By Daniel Black
Complex global challenges require large-scale, impact-oriented, transdisciplinary research, yet their successful design and operationalisation is far from straight-forward. As the TRUUD research programme concludes, Co-Director Daniel Black reflects on lessons learned and provides insight into how consideration …
Credit where credit is due – Recognising the contributions of our people in research outputs
By Fred Hale
Fred is a Technical Business Partner and the Technician Commitment lead at the University of Bristol. Fred also spent 3 years seconded to the role of Strategic Technical Lead. He has long championed the University’s Technical Staff …
Research to Reward: funding for commercialisation and culture
By Dr. Xiyue Zhang, Dr. Isabelle Cuthbert and Kit Bartlett
Dr. Xiyue Zhang is a Lecturer in the School of Computer Science at the University of Bristol, previously a Research Associate at the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on …
Developing a positive research culture at Bristol – our programme of work in 2024/25
By Yasmine Rhoseyn and Eirini Triantafyllou
Yasmine is R
esearch Culture Strategy Manager at the University of Bristol. She supports the Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research Culture, Marcus Munafò in leading research culture activity across the university, and monitors the …
Postgraduate Research Culture Stories: Dr Tingfa Liu and Shahin Huseynli
By Anna Wallace, Claire Parnall and Alice Ferns, Bristol Doctoral College
This is the first of a series looking at research culture stories within the postgraduate community.
While many postgraduate research (PGR) students at the university thrive as part of …
Looking towards the future of research culture at Bristol
By Yasmine Rhoseyn
Yasmine is Research Culture Strategy Manager at the University of Bristol. She supports the Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research Culture, Marcus Munafo in leading research culture activity across the university, and monitors the implementation of the research …
Improving our research culture: it starts with Working Well Together
By Professor Marcus Munafò
Marcus is Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor of Research Culture at the University of Bristol. He leads on research culture activity across the university, providing direction and vision, working across the institutional landscape, and identifying key challenges and …
GW4 Open Research Prize 2023: Theory of Change
By Christopher Warren, Assistant Research Support Librarian
Following straight on from January’s blog, Change is the word! In 2023, the GW4 Alliance hosted their Open Research Week at the end of November with the theme of The Theory of …
Changes ahead: doing change well
‘Change’ seems to be the word of the day, every day – change is part of everyday life and work. Humans must adapt to survive, and so must universities. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy. The dream is to manage …