Researchers in Conversation
Revealing the lives of researchers from across the UK and Ireland; finding out more about their chosen field, what they have discovered, their challenges, highlights and what they might do next. At Tracksys Ltd, we like to understand the researchers we support and we thought interviewing them would be a great way of exploring this. We also thought you might enjoy hearing their stories too.
Episodes
11 episodes
Dr Peter Oliver on Neuroscience
Dr Peter Oliver is an Associate Professor at the University of Oxford and MRC Programme Leader. This entertaining and informative chat reveals how Peter’s research follows the genes, as opposed to starting with a disease. For exampl...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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45:30
Sam Royle on Life as a Psychology Technician
Sam Royle is a Psychology Technician at the University of Salford. In this conversation he gives the listener a real sense of what the role entails and its importance within both academic research and teaching. He shares his experie...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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37:20
Professor Deirdre Murray on Paediatric Medicine and Research
Professor Deirdre Murray is both Head of Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at UCC and Clinical Lead for Paediatrics at Cork University Hospital, dividing her time between research and clinical work. We get to hear how her enjoyme...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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41:31
Professor Katie Slocombe on Comparative Psychology
Professor Katie Slocombe is a comparative psychologist at the University of York. Katie explains how our close primate relatives can inform us on the evolutionary development of human uniqueness. Katie provides real insight in to th...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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43:04
Professor Marion Hetherington on Eating Behaviour
Professor Marion Hetherington studies eating behaviour across the lifespan at the University of Leeds. During the conversation, she highlights the range of her research interests, such as the importance of early exposure to vegetables, as...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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54:04
Dr Arun Ulahannan on Transport Human Factors
Dr Arun Ulahannan is a Research Fellow within the Institute for Future Transport and Cities at Coventry University. Arun tells us that he knew quite early on in his career, that the human factors space was the ideal location for him, havi...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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39:51
Professor Helen Ball on Parent and Infant Sleep
Helen Ball is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Infancy and Sleep Centre at Durham University. Helen reveals how choosing a biological anthropology class during her human biology degree led to her becoming an anthropologist, a...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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41:47
Dr Carl Senior on Face Perception and Facial Displays
Dr Carl Senior is a Reader in Psychology at Aston University. An inspirational essay, titled ‘The Smile’ by Alan Lightman directed his research towards face perception and facial displays, first using brain imaging and then through behavi...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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38:41
Dr Sean Jenkins on Product Design and Human Factors
Dr Sean Jenkins is the Principal Innovation Fellow for the Assistive Technologies Innovation Centre at the University of Wales Trinity St David. Sean talks about how the centre provides an evaluation service to industry through research b...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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44:04
Dr Atif Waraich on Computer Science and Technology
Dr Atif Waraich is Head of Computer Science at Liverpool John Moores University. During this conversation, Atif reveals the thread of science and technology throughout his career from building his research foundations, to his experiences in ind...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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37:04
Professor Cathy Dwyer on Animal Behaviour and Welfare
Cathy Dwyer is Professor of Animal Behaviour and Welfare at Scotland’s Rural College and here she talks about the various aspects of her working life, from her super interesting research on areas such as maternal behaviour and mother-infant rel...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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48:35
