Join us at the “Research Symposium 2025: Enablers and Inhibitors of Thriving Research Cultures” where we delve into the evolving research landscape. This symposium is a beacon for those who aspire to shape the future of research culture, offering a platform to exchange innovative ideas, inspire leadership, and drive transformative practices. With people, culture, and environment pilot assessment panels underway for REF2029 and research culture comprising 25% of REF2029 assessment, our symposium gains even greater significance, providing crucial insights and strategies to re-evaluate research culture and navigate the new framework successfully. Don’t miss this opportunity to be at the forefront of research excellence and cultural shift. Engage with thought leaders, scholars, and peers at this pivotal event. Register now and lead the change!
Event Information
Date: 17 June 2025
Place: Virtual
Symposium themes
- Identifying and supporting enablers of healthy research cultures
- Identifying and addressing inhibitors of healthy research cultures
- The role of research leadership in healthy research cultures
- Advancing and sustaining EDI in research cultures
Who should attend?
- Researchers, administrative, and other colleagues seeking to bring change to their research environments.
- Policy makers and funding agencies.
- Anyone passionate about enhancing research practices, fostering collaboration, and building a wide research community.
Learning outcomes
- Shared understanding of the research landscape and its components.
- A roadmap building resilience in the sector.
- Practical tools for improving research cultures.
- Networking with individuals who shape research culture across the sector.
Facilitators
Expert keynotes and panellists will join our senior consultants to share the latest thinking and enhancements in research culture.
Keynote
Using the F-word: why we need to talk about failure
Failure is a common and inevitable part of research. Whether it’s hearing that your paper was rejected, your funding proposal was unsuccessful, or you didn’t get that job you wanted, failure is all around us. Yet despite the ubiquity of failure, it’s often something that we struggle to talk about within our research communities. Failure is often brushed off with advice like “Try again, you’ll get it eventually!” or “You just need to be resilient!”. However, this ignores the fact that failure can be an emotionally difficult experience, and some are given more space to fail than others.
I’d like to rethink how we talk about, and act on, failure. What are the common narratives around failure, and are these conducive to a thriving research culture? How can failure act as a barrier to positive, inclusive research cultures, and is it possible it could act as an enabler instead? What tangible steps should funders, institutions and researchers take to ensure that ‘failure isn’t fatal’, after all?
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