In today’s episode I talk with WMG’s Phil Jemmett (@Philjemmett, University of Warwick) about his life and work, and especially his article Engaging Academics with Outreach: How the ‘STEM Connections’ model empowers staff. Along the way we talk about his publishing experiences, thoughts on being a public academic and  techniques for engaging the public with academic research and expertise. We also touch on matters of good presentational skills and the best routes to capturing an audience’s attention. As always, we finish by offering some advice to less seasoned academic authors in publishing approaches.

You can read Phil and colleagues article here: https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v11i3.1544

This episode is part of a mini-season talking to authors about issues of research culture, tied in to our recent special issue on this subject, produced in association with the National Centre for Research Culture (NCRC).

Timecodes

00:00 – Start

00:44 – Introductions

04:13 – University speakers and expertise

11:28 – Core messages and concise speaking

14:04 – Academic speaking advice

16:00 – Personal publishing experience & reflections

20:58 – Publishing ethics & vulnerable research groups

25:00 – Public perceptions of academics

27:00 – Advice for new authors

30:50 – Being an effective academic communicator

34:40 – Outro (end)