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In this episode, we hear from Cameron Neylon, a researcher who was Professor at Curtin University until 2024, and Professor Gemma Derrick from the School of Education at the University of Bristol. Bringing the perspectives of two leading researchers in research culture and research evaluation, Cameron and Gemma explore how research culture is understood and how it relates to ideas of research excellence.

They reflect on COMET's findings in light of lessons from the Australian and UK research assessment systems, and consider how universities can create cultures of learning that support experimentation, evaluation, and more evidence-informed approaches to research culture change.

The podcast is hosted by Lizzie Ville, Research Associate at the University of Bristol, who works on the COMET project. This project is funded by the Wellcome Trust.

COMET website: https://comet.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/

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In this episode, we hear from Dr Karen Stroobants, Director at CultureBase, and Kerryanne Quinn, Head of Talent at the University of Warwick. Bringing together the perspectives of a higher education researcher and a university decision-maker, Karen shares evidence from her work on narrative CVs and Kerryanne reflects on what this means in practice for universities. They reflect on the process of translating evidence into action, including the need for piloting narrative CVs in local contexts and providing the appropriate surrounding infrastructure and training.

The podcast is hosted by Lizzie Ville, Research Associate at the University of Bristol, who works on the COMET project. This project is funded by the Wellcome Trust.

COMET website: https://comet.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/

More about the narrative CVs project: https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/research-at-cambridge/culture/narrative-cvs-project

Read more from Karen here: https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-views-of-the-uk-2026-6-ai-will-force-change-in-research-assessment/

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In this episode, we hear from Shomari Lewis-Wilson, Equitable Research Ecosystems Lead at Wellcome, and Dr Catriona Manville, Director of Evaluation and Analysis at the Medical Research Council, who offer the funder perspective on evidence-informed research culture change. Bringing the funder perspective, they reflect on the need for collaboration across the sector and in particular, the role funders can play in ensuring that evidence generated through programmes such as Wellcome’s Institutional Fund for Research Culture is translated into practice and used to inform decision-making within universities.

The podcast is hosted by Lizzie Ville, Research Associate at the University of Bristol, who works on the COMET project. This project is funded by the Wellcome Trust.

COMET website: https://comet.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/