Could you apply your research skills to your career development and work out your next step? Our latest guest has taken this approach and recently wrote about it in this article in Nature. Matt talks to Laura about how he tested a few of his career hypotheses during his 15 years as a researcher (Start up? Publishing? Freelance?) and how it has helped him work out what he enjoys, what he's good at and how he likes to work. It doesn't have to take up all your time and it's a great strategy for exploring careers in academia and beyond.

Matt's article, co-written with Dr Anne-Laure Le Cunff : https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02437-6

Find Matt on Linkedin here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-betts-ph-d-12527857/

If you are a researcher at King's, you can access our resources here: Careers resources for researchers on KEATS

Got a careers question for our next Q&A episode? Complete this anonymous form