Description

For this week's episode Sarah is joined by Anja Roeding, research manager and founder of the PRISM Network.

Anja talks about

1. Her 'wiggly, winding path' from research to research-adjacent
2. How frustration led her to gather up all the other 'odd socks' and create the PRISM Network
3. Why the system needs to better recognise all the people who contribute to co-creating research environments

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