Tara Brabazon podcast

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  Conversation with Suzanne Morch-Lassen - 1 10.09.2026 26min

  Welcome to our first conversation with Suzanne Morch-Lassen. Suzanne has one year to go on her PhD. Let's share this time.
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  Isolation in academic life: a conversation with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West 30.08.2026 26min

  Tara and Priscilla discuss the odd and unique isolation and atomization in academic life.
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  How do we balance the emotions of care with the labour of care? A conversation with Kelly Dombroski 27.08.2026 48min

  How do we balance the emotions of care with the labour of care? To answer this question, Tara and Kelly talk about Kelly's article titled "Communities of Care in the Nitty-Gritty of Commons-Work." The article is available to read from here: https://www.torrossa.com/en/resources/an/5956217
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  How do we decide to make changes in our professional lives? A conversation with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West 30.07.2026 18min

  Making changes in our lives.  It is difficult.  But how do we decide when to make those changes?  And what evidence is useful to these transformations?
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  Comparisons - A conversation with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West 30.07.2026 18min

  Tara and Priscilla talk about the challenges and difficulties when we compare ourselves with others.
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  Transitional commoning - a conversation with Professor Kelly Dombroski 11.07.2026 57min

  Tara talks with Kelly about 'transitional commoning,' from her article titled, 'Can the commons be temporary?'  This discussion reveals how - even through disasters - life and transformations can emerge.  This research article is available here - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13549839.2019.1567480 
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  Embodied teaching and learning - a conversation with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West 29.06.2026 18min

  Tara and Priscilla talk about bodies. And teaching.  And learning.  In supposedly digital times.
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  Meaningful teaching and learning cultures - a conversation with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West 29.06.2026 19min

  Priscilla and Tara talk about how to enhance teaching and learning in these strange times for international higher education.
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  Conversations with Kelly 1 - Postcapitalist politics through the sites and practices of life work 31.05.2026 57min

  In this first conversation with Professor Kelly Dombroski, we explore her book chapter written with Dr Oona Morrow, exploring postcapitalist politics in and through life work.  (The chapter is available here via Google Books: https://books.google.co.nz/books?hl=en&lr=&id=0MVgEQAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA82&dq=Postcapitalist+politics+through+the+sites+and+practices+of+life+work&ots=PiwxHSpCht&sig=23Uz_5QXzIUD7JxYKs6CaNe7k4I&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Postcapitalist%20politics%20through%20the%20sites%20and%20practices%20of%20life%20work&f=false)
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  The gifts of teaching and learning - a conversation with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West 27.04.2026 20min

  So often teaching and learning are minimized or reduced, in favour of the major research project, or big grant. This week, Priscilla and Tara talk about the power of teaching and learning, to enliven our universities.
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  Impact and engagement - a conversation with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West 27.03.2026 19min

  Impact and engagement.  These words pump through our universities.  But what do them mean?
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  How to develop a research trajectory 27.03.2026 18min

  Tara and Priscilla talk about momentum, and how to build a research career, against the odds.
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  Community Connections - a conversation with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West 27.03.2026 22min

  Tara and Priscilla discuss how to build authentic and meaning community links, beyond the superficial metrics and the platitudes.
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  Building a positive academic culture 27.03.2026 16min

  The news reports discussing universities around the world are negative.  Horrific.  Concerning.  This week, Priscilla and Tara talk about how to - against the odds - build a positive academic culture, to enable growth, development and opportunities.
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  Boundaries and boundary management - a conversation with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West 27.03.2026 20min

  Tara and Priscilla talk about the power and importance of role clarity and boundary management in our professional lives.
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  Governance - a conversation with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West 16.03.2026

  Governance is often unpopular.  But what is its value in universities?  Does it transform what matters?
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  From SoTL to SoS and Beyond 25.02.2026 24min

  This is a recorded presentation of Tara's From SoTL to SoS and Beyond for the College Development Network in Scotland.
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  Professional Development and future proofing your career 18.02.2026 14min

  Priscilla and Tara talk about how to use PD to build a sustainable career.
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  Connecting teaching and research - a conversation with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West 18.02.2026 17min

  So much of academic life is separated.  Atomized.  This week, Priscilla and I talk about how we maintain the connection between teaching and research.
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  The specificity of the social work PhD 08.02.2026 16min

  Tara and Professor Priscilla Dunk-West explore the specificity and power of a PhD in social work.