Exchanges Discourse: Early Career Researcher Publishing Advice, Insight & Inspiration

You can explore more about the Copim here:
https://www.copim.ac.uk/

Or the Open Book Collective here:
https://openbookcollective.org/

Or to find out more about publishing with the Exchanges research journal visit: http://exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/

Episode Index

00:00 – Opening

00:32 – Introductions

03:59 – What is COPIM & the Open Book Collective?

05:56 – Typical Day in the Life of Open Monographs

07:34 – Open Access Monograph Challenges

19:26 – Academic Reactions & Shifts in the Open Landscape

27:38 – What Can I Do? Advice for would be monograph authors

32:46 – Key Points & Messages

36:58 – Outro

You can explore more about the Trailblazers programme here: https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/pages/trailblazers

Or to find out more about publishing with the Exchangesresearch journal visit: http://exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/

Episode Index

00:00 – Opening

00:42 – Introductions

02:44 – Understanding Trailblazers

07:36 – Facing Challenges

12:00 – Celebrating the Successes

16:32 – Unexpected Lessons & Outcomes

22:06 – Advice to Others

24:54 – Raising Awareness & Promoting the Programme

28:53 – Outro

For our second episode of 2025, I’m in conversation withauthor and health psychologist Sarah Golding (Surrey,UK). Alongside discussing her career and research activities, we focus in on an exploration of her recent article An Early Career Perspective on the Value of Interdisciplinary Training Networks, published in Exchanges (Vol 12.1). In particular, Sarah reveals how participating in an interdisciplinarytraining scheme, exposed her to a range of invaluable experiences, site visits and invaluable conversations with colleagues across the disciplines. Given her current work dealing with ‘grand environmental challenges’, requires cross and trans-disciplinary approaches, she expounds on how participating in such a programme helped initiate and inspire exactly these sorts of working and research practices.Along the way, we also talk over Sarah’s publication experiences – good, bad and indifferent – and she’s learned from these to become a better, more confident and successful academic writer. As always, she offers her tips for early career researchers looking to publish their earliest articles.

To read Sarah’s original article visit: https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v12i1.1595

Or to find out more about publishing with the Exchangesresearch journal visit: http://exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/

Episode Index

00:00 – Opening

00:36 – Introductions

04:32 – Paper explorations & interdisciplinary challenges

18:06 – Key messages and outcomes

24:42 – Experiences with publishing, and author advice

38:52 – Outro

For our first podcast of 2025, I talk with the hosts of the incredibly successful academic podcast Theoryish – Hannah Ayres and Paola Medina-Gonzalez (University of Warwick). In a lively exchange, they tell me how their academic thirst for knowledge acted as the instigation for an ongoing discussion series looking at books, researchers and theory from an enthused early career perspective. Along the way they offer some insights into the changing academic discourse and publication sphere, and we consider the part podcasting can play in this evolving field and within an academic career. Throughout, Paola and Hannah also graciously offer a range of tips and inspirations to other aspiring academics and research students looking to create and capture their own conversations within the podcast format.

To listen to the Theoryish podcast visit: https://open.spotify.com/show/2qDMP6AuodFB7KLcdvXz9e

Or to find out more about publishing with the Exchanges research journal visit: http://exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/

Episode Index

00:00 – Opening

00:44 – Introductions

01:56 – What is Theoryish?

05:00 – A Podcasting Vision

10:16 – Listener Demographics

15:24 – Inspirations, Planning & Strategy

18:37 – Relistening Reflections

21:16 – Challenges & Theoryish Evolution

29:08 – Tips for Academic Podcasters

34:06 – Outro

In our last podcast of the year, we talk with recent Exchanges author Giulia Lorenzi (University of Warwick). We talk through her career as a philosopher and musical scholar, with particular attention to her paper on public engagement with academic research. In her paper, ‘Musical Reflections’: An experience with public engagement, Giulia explores the challenges and inspirations which arise when scholars seek to engage disparate members of the public with academic research and discourse. Citing the amazingly positive experience, she explains how it reinvigorated the joy of research for her, and how she wishes more academics could experience such encounters. We also chat about her publishing experiences with other journals, and especially the impact that editor and reviewer comments can have on authors – for better or for worse. As always, we close out our discussions with some advice for other newer authors in the early career and post graduate researcher community too.

You can read Giulia’s  article here: https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v12i1.1522

Or for more on publishing with Exchanges, see our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠online guide for authors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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00:00 – Start

00:44 – Introductions

03:18 – Discussing the paper

10:40 – Public engagement challenges

16:40 – Key messages from engagement

18:35 – Future research publications

20:12 – Academic publishing experiences

26:02 – Advice to early career authors

30:44 – Outro (end)

This episode I have a revealing conversation with Mia-Marie Hammarlin (Media & Communication Studies, Lund University, Sweden), who contributed to the most recent issue of Exchanges. We talk through her diverse career in ethnology and communication, and explore the particular challenges to researchers as individuals from self-doubt and insecurity. We explore Mia-Marie’s paper - Interdisciplinary Labour: Researchers’ bodies at work – and the oft disregarded anxieties and physical sensations which can potentially overwhelm even the most hardy academics in a professional setting. After discussing various coping strategies, we move on to discuss her other work, in particular that dealing with vaccine-hesitancy within a performative and artistic lens. As always, we take a trip through the guest author’s publication experiences outside of Exchanges, and the lessons learned from each one. We close our energised conversation with Mia-Marie’s recommendations for new and emerging academic authors for creating their own impactful articles.

You can read Mia-Marie’s article here: https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v12i1.1612

Or for more on publishing with Exchanges, see our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠online guide for authors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Timecodes

00:00 – Start

00:41 – Introductions & publishing with Exchanges

04:21 – Article discussions & researcher impacts

14:39 – Vulnerability & emotional affect in research

21:52 – Key article messages

25:16 – Work & publications in progress

29:54 – Lived academic publishing experiences

37:21 – Advice for early career authors

38:49 – Outro (end)

We are delighted to share the first of a series of guest episodes on the theme of ‘Energy & Poetry’. With many thanks to the ⁠MaREI, Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine⁠,  ⁠University College Cork.⁠ Ireland.

This episode is about renewable energy. It features a reading and discussion of a poem – Wind and Wave, by Derek Mahon – which explores renewable energy technologies of wind turbines and wave energy.

The podcast opens with a historical preamble on the long history of wind technologies, particularly windmills, which sets the scene for the entrance of its modern cousin: the wind turbine. The poem and the discussion of the poem switch between the human scale of wind blowing a musical instrument and the planetary scale of wind powering the electrification of our modern lives. The podcast features an interview with Brendan Tuohy, the chairperson of EirGrid (the electricity system operator in Ireland), who previously had the poem published in EirGrid’s annual report and who presents a perspective on the role of poetry in the energy transition.

Music by: ⁠Francis Heery⁠ and hosted by ⁠Fionn Rogan⁠ & ⁠Paul Deane⁠ (MaREI), with Brendan Tuohy (MaREI & EirGrid) and coordination by ⁠Evan Boyle⁠ (MaREI). A ⁠transcription of this episode⁠ is available. Listeners might also be interested in ⁠Life On Earth, by Derek Mahon⁠ and the ⁠EirGrid Annual Report 2022⁠.

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Episode Index

00:00 – Exchanges introduction

00:46 – Episode introduction with Francis Heery

03:48 – Wind & Wave by Derek Mahon

05:00 – Wind power in Ireland today

08:35 – Life on earth, poetry & Lovelock

10:50 – Irish power, poetry & Brendan Tuohy interview

23:34 – Transitioning, data demands & Mahon

27:34 – Acknowledgements and close

28:32 – Exchanges outro

This time I’m chatting to Taryn Bell (Organisational Development & Professional Learning, University of Leeds), who’s another of our contributors to the recent research culture special issue. We talk through Taryn’s varied career in archaeology and more recent efforts in researcher development. And it’s the latter of these which forms the focus of her paper The More the Merrier: Approaches to the design and delivery of professional development for researchers in UK higher education institutions, which we explore in some detail. We discuss the benefits and challenges in organising researcher development events, targeted at specific seniority levels or broadly accessible alike, along with danger in assuming anything about the age of scholars at different career stages. Along the way, we talk about Taryn’s publishing experience, focusing especially on dealing with reviewers, but also in terms of positive experiences too. We close out our conversation as always with advice for early career scholars about publishing and crafting their early articles.

You can read Taryn’s article here: https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v11i3.1537

Or for more on publishing with Exchanges, see our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠online guide for authors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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00:00 – Start

00:41 – Introductions

03:59 – Article discussions

12:38 – Other publications & peer-reviewers

17:56 – Positive publishing experiences

21:33 – Advice for authors

24:36 – Outro (end)

In our latest episode we talk with Anna Fancett (Researcher Development Online, University of Warwick), who contributed to our recent special issue on research culture. We talk through Anna’s varied international career, as well as her current work helping to develop academics' writing and publishing skills. We also take a look at Anna’s recent article in Exchanges (Developing Researchers’ Writing Skills: Acritical reflection of developing a series of academic writing workshops for postgraduates) and what lessons can be drawn from it. We chat too about Anna’s varied publication experiences, including some valuable advice in terms of positively engaging with peer-review and reviewers. We end as always with advice for early career scholars about publishing and crafting their early articles.

You can read Anna’s article here: https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v11i3.1567

Or for more on publishing with Exchanges, see our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠online guide for authors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Timecodes

00:00 – Start

00:38 – Introductions

04:53 – Focusing on the article

10:15 – Unexpected research outcomes

15:08 – Other publications in progress

18:10 – Personal publication experiences

21:02 – Advice for early career authors

26:02 – Outro (end)

This episode takes a look back at the special issue and symposium which formed a big part of the Modern Record Centre’s 50th anniversary celebration. Pierre Botcherby (Dept of Modern Languages, University of Warwick) and Rachel MacGregor (MRC, University of Warwick) talk us through their article The Modern Records Centre (MRC): Fifty years on and how it related to the special symposium hosted in September 2023. We touch on the highlights from the event, and those speakers who especially resonated with the pair, along with the kinds of message we hope readers and delegates alike took away from these activities. We also take the chance to reflect on where next for the MRC, and especially the role it may be playing in Warwick’s forthcoming 60th anniversary celebrations.

You can read Pierre & Rachel’s article here: https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v11i4.1741

Or for more on publishing with Exchanges, see our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠online guide for authors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Timecodes

00:00 – Start

00:37 – Introductions

06:59 – Article overview

13:43 – Symposium & issue highlights

22:57 – Central messages & key points

29:32 – Where next for the MRC?

34:00– Outro (end)

In this episode we talk to history student and former novice historical archive user Nia Belcher (History, University of Warwick) about her paper and experiences in using archives. As an undergraduate student, Nia’s paper – Using the Modern Records Centre as an Undergraduate – offers a canid look at the difficulties and delights that can be found even for less experienced researchers within the MRC. Contrasting this with her experiences at other archives in the UK and abroad, Nia shares some of the surprises that using digital and physical archival collections have offered towards her studies. She also kindly offers some words of advice for other students who might be thinking about using an archive about the steps they can take to get the most out of the experience.

You can read Nia’s article here: https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v11i4.1553

Or for more on publishing with Exchanges, see our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠online guide for authors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Timecodes

00:00 – Start

00:37 – Introductions

03:22 – Using the MRC as a student

04:39 – Surprise encounters

06:05 – Physical vs digital collection use

07:48 – advice for other archive users

11:11 – Outro (end)

You can find out more about Reinvention, and the citational justice project here: https://reinventionjournal.org/index.php/reinvention/index

Timecodes

00:00 – Start

00:35 – Introductions

02:00 – What is ‘citational justice?’

04:05 – Disciplinary differences & rectification

07:00 – Citational Justice project overview

09:15 – Uncovered exemplar practices

13:12 – Key findings

17:19 – Where next & report publication

20:55– Outro (end)

This episode we have the wonderful Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Hidson (Faculty of Education and Society, University of Sunderland) on the podcast to talk about her research and educational work training teachers from around the world. In talking about her paper (Developing a Research Culture with Trainee Teachers on International Initial Teacher Training Programmes). Liz expands on her desires to create a research culture within teaching practitioners. She also highlights the many challenges, differing perceptions and insights which come from working alongside trainee teachers and academics drawn from a myriad of international cultures and backgrounds. After this we move on to look at some forthcoming publications from Liz. In particular we discuss the benefits open access publishing brings in terms of increased readership and through reducing any financial barriers for readers outside of academia. We then talk about some of Liz’s own experiences in publishing, before closing with her advice for new authors to ‘find your tribe’ in terms of publishing and creating an effective research discourse.

You can read Liz’s article here: https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v11i3.1527

Timecodes

00:00 – Start

00:34 – Introductions

02:20 - Article discussions

06:16 – Practitioners as a researcher community

11:04 – Appreciating international perceptions & expertise

14:46 – Forthcoming publication plans

16:12 – Personal publishing experiences

19:56 – Advice for new authors

23:40 – Outro (end)

In a very special episode, I have a lengthy discussion with Jonathan Vickery (School of Creative Arts, University of Warwick) about his life, research and thoughts on publication. While we touch on his recent article for Exchanges (Critical Reflections on Universities, Publishing, and the Early Career Experience), Jonathan expands to consider the challenges facing higher education, research students and early career researchers as we reach an era of major change in publication praxis. Touching on ideas of knowledge economy, academic enterprise and collaboration vs competition in the academy, Jonathan offers a beautiful companion to both his article and discussions hosted at the Institute of Advanced Study. Nevertheless, there is time as always to offer some practical advice and guidance for academic authors approaching their first or earliest research publications.

You can read Jonathan’s Article here: https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v11i2.1583

Our thanks to Warwick's School of Arts for the use of their podcasting suite to record this episode.

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00:00 – Start

00:44 – Introductions

03:11 – Centre for Policy Studies & IAS Seminars

06:10 – AI, education and publication transitions

11:53 – Adapting to feedback and interdisciplinarity

16:06 – A whole (new) world of knowledge production

21:18 – Upskilling research students for future publication trends

27:22 – Academics as knowledge workers

30:30 – Core messages of the Exchanges paper

32:30 – Power dynamics and knowledge economy actors

35:30 – The (local) roads not taken & barriers to publishing change

40:58 – Past personal publishing experiences

47:12 – Entering into the republic of knowledge

57:10 – Advice for new academic authors

59:18– Outro (end)

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)

In this episode we talk to Liam Greenacre (@LiamG352) about his recent book review article for exchanges: Postdisciplinary Knowledge, Edited by Tomas Pernecky. In our conversation we discus Liam’s work in the ontology and postdisciplinary arena, along with how this book and a summer school served to inspire and shape his thinking. We touch too on his work in a transdisciplinary, political and complex systems mode in and around issues of futures studies. As always, we touch on issues of publication, and look at the importance that having confidence in your work, original insights and writing is important especially for new academic authors.

You can read Liam’s article here: https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v11i2.1464

Timecode

0:00 - Opening

0:52 – Introductions & Context

01:54 – Postdisciplinary Knowledge

03:57 – Academic Inspirations

05:54 – Other Publishing Plans

07:03 – Publishing Experiences

9:49 – Advice for New Authors

12:11 – Closing & Outro

This episode we talk with Associate Fellow Simona Di Martino (@SimoDiMa1) about the recent conference event she organised at Warwick which tackled questions of girlhood, transnationalism, identify, gender and culture. We talk about the challenges and delights of hosting such an event, and Simona reflects on the emergent themes and key messages discussed by the participants. Girlhood is, Simona argues, a neglected area of study, making an event such as this not just a crucial forum for current scholars, but a way to energise and enthuse the next generation of researchers in the topic.

Podcasts of the conference talks will be coming soon on the conference site.

Timecode

0:00 - Opening

0:49 – Introductions & Context

4:17 – Event Format & Keynote Speakers

7:13 – American Dolls, Toys and Comics

10:00 – Favourite Papers & Absent Elements

13:50 – New Scholars & Takeaway Messages

17:12 – Lessons, Reflections & the Future

21:30 – Closing & Outro

Our first episode of 2024 sees a return of an old friend of the journal and podcast, as geography academic Catherine Price (University of Nottingham, UK) talks about her contributions to Exchanges. We start by talking about her conversation with Sophie Chao entitled Multispecies, More-Than-Human, Nonhuman, Other-Than-Human: Reimagining idioms of animacy in an age of planetary unmaking, which incidentally was one of our most downloaded papers of 2023. Moving on from that we turn to Catherine’s other paper in that issue which was concerned with the question Do we need Artificial Pollination if we have Multispecies Justice in the Anthropocene? We also reflect back on the reception for Anthropocene and More-Than-Human-World special issue of Exchanges from last March, before moving on to look at Catherine’s future work. As always, we close with some pointers and advice for would-be academic authors.

For more on publishing with Exchanges, see our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠online guide for authors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Or to read Catherine’s articles, visit: https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v10i2

Timecode

0:00 Opening

0:47 Introductions

5:19 Multispecies Paper

11:30 Artificial Pollinators Paper

15:15 Special Issue Reception

17:40 Future Research

18:55 Advice for Authors

24:28 Closing & Outro

Read the call for expressions of interest here: https://exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/index.php/exchanges/announcement/view/55

Or for more on publishing with Exchanges generally, see our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠online guide for authors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Timecode

0:00 Opening

0:50 Introductions

3:38 Exploring the Call

4:55 Inspirations & Origins

8:05 Alignment with Exchanges’ Mission

11:47 Globality & Representation

14:45 Why Submit to this Issue?

17:58 Authentic Lives & Experiences

22:17 Practicalities & Deadlines

26:06 Closing & Outro

Our third in a series of 10th birthday issue celebration conversations sees me talking with linguist, cultural historian and conceptual association scholar Constance de Silva (School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University, Australia) about her recent paper and ongoing research. We begin by discussing her beautifully illustrated article The Rise of Conceptual Association and Linguistic Register as Advertiser Persuasive Instruments: An Australian study of press artefacts 1800s–1950s, touching on elements from the rise of the water cure, emerging new concepts and meanings alongside the changing role of women in medicine. We also discuss her ongoing publishing activities and plans for future papers, before we close with a range of advice for fellow authors on getting published.

For more on publishing with Exchanges, see our ⁠⁠⁠⁠online guide for authors⁠⁠⁠⁠. Or to read the Constance’s article in Exchanges visit: ⁠https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v11i1.1256

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0:00 Opening

0:51 Introductions & Context

3.34 Exploring the Article

13:06 New Words, New Meanings

15:44 Hydropathy, Women & Future Papers

18:52 Publishing Advice

22:30 Closing & Outro

Continuing our 10th birthday issue celebrations, I chatted with senior librarian and former biology Beth Montague-Hellen (Library and Information Services, Francis Crick Institute, UK) about her recent paper and ongoing work. We start by discussing her article, Placing ChatGPT in the Context of Disruptive Technology in Academic Publishing and especially the advantages and challenges such generative AI tools offer in the publishing and coding domains. We move on to talk about her contrasting experiences publishing – both as a researching library practitioner and within the biological fields, touching especially on the emotional affect overtly harsh reviewers can engender. Moving on, we talk about non-English language authors publishing in Anglosphere journals, before closing with Beth’s considered publication advice to scholars working on their earliest articles.

For more on publishing with Exchanges, see our ⁠⁠⁠online guide for authors⁠⁠⁠. Or to read the Beth’s article in Exchanges visit: https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v11i1.1289

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0:00 Opening

0:50 Introductions

2:24 Discussing Beth’s Paper

11:31 Coding, Statistics & AI Accuracy

13:34 Reviewer Experiences

19:19 Publishing in the Anglosphere

21:44 Publications in Progress

23:48 Advice to Authors

26:30 Closing & Outro

Celebrating our 10th birthday issue, I have the pleasure of chatting with researcher Jean Marshall (WMG, University of Warwick) about her recent paper and ongoing research. We start by discussing her paper, Sustainability: Getting Everyone Involved, and especially about the multifactorial issues involved in achieving a greater global sustainability culture. We expand our conversation to aspects of battery technologies, polymer chemistry and recycling of multilayer materials – yes, including the Pringles can. As always, we talk about Jean’s publication experiences, manuscripts she has under development and her reflections of being a publishing academic. Finally, we close with advice for other scholars moving towards their first publications.

For more on publishing with Exchanges, see our ⁠⁠online guide for authors⁠⁠. Or to read the Jean’s article in Exchanges visit: https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v11i1.1219

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0:00 Opening

0:51 Introductions

3:39 Exchanges Paper

6.44 Electric vs Fossil Fuel Vehicles

9:02 Recycling Challenges

13:59 Multilayer Materials

15:22 Publication Plans & Battery Technologies

17:53 Publication Experiences

22:09 Advice for Scholarly Authors

24:25 Closing & Outro

For our 50th Episode I’m in conversation with Intissar Haddiya (Professor of Nephrology, Oujda, Morocco) about her twin lives as a practicing scholar and fiction author. Intissar featured as the subject of a recent paper in Exchanges – The Doctor-Writer Experience of Intissar Haddiya - and hence that’s why she’s appearing in discussion with us today.

We discuss balancing her professional roles, and how the insights from each help inform her work in the differing sphere. We touch too on her experiences with professional publishing, and the advice she has for other scholars and writers of fiction looking towards their first work.

For more on publishing with Exchanges, see our ⁠online guide for authors⁠. Or to read the related article in Exchanges visit: ⁠https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v10i3.1280

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0:00 Opening

1:02 Introductions

3:15 Balancing Academic & Creative Roles

6:40 Recent Publishing & Research

7:18 Writing Process(es)

9:58 Capturing Authentic Authorial Voices

13:50 Publishing Experiences

19:50 Advice for authors

23:29 Closing

This episode I’m in conversation with past journal author Imogen Birkett about her paper: Literature in Politics: The Appropriation of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four in contemporary British parliamentary debate. We discuss the invoking of Orwell’s work within contemporary political speech, from a literature perspective. We look as well at some of themes ripe for further development within Imogen’s piece, specially as it relates to social media discourse. Naturally, we also touch on words of advice for graduate and early career researchers approaching their first journal articles.

For more on publishing with Exchanges, see our online guide for authors. Or to read Imogen’s article visit: https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v10i3.1197

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0:00 Opening

1:59 Exploring Imogen's paper

8:08 Public awareness of Orwellian concepts

10:43 Why Orwellian speech matters

13:26 Developing further research themes

15:16 Orwellian social media discourse

16:48 Advice for authors

20:26 Closing

For more on publishing with Exchanges, see our online guide for authors. Or to read Sona’s article visit: https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v10i2.1127

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0:00 Opening

0:43 Introductions

4:26 Exploring Sona’s paper

9:10 Other publications & creative writing

19:20 Positive publishing experiences

23:58 Advice for authors

33:41 Closing

This episode I talk with past journal author, Julian Westgate, about the paper he authored entitled Corals, Geo-Sociality, and Anthropocene Dwelling. Along the way we discuss the challenges of publishing as a ‘transdisciplinary scholar’ and also Justin’s reflections on conducting fieldwork around the Great Barrier Reef. As always we touch on experiences of publication and publishing, especially with an eye for advice for first time authors and early career scholars.

For more on publishing with Exchanges, see our online guide for authors. Or to read Justin’s article visit: https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v10i2.979.

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0:00 Opening

0:42 Introduction

4:28 Paper overview

13:34 Other research & work

17:28 Positive publishing experiences

21:21 Publication challenges

24:10 Advice for authors

30:45 Closing

This episode I talk to past journal author Berilsu Tarcan (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), about the paper she co-authored Repositioning Craft and Design in the Anthropocene: Applying a More-Than-Human approach to textiles as part of our recent special issue. We discuss the challenges of publishing design and artifact related research, as well as exploring Berilsu’s current research focus. We close with considerations and advice for authors looking to submit their papers to Exchanges and other academic journals.

For more on publishing with Exchanges, see our online guide for authors. Or to read Berilsu’s article visit: https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v10i2.973 ---

Episode Index

• 00:00: Opening
• 00:52: Introduction
• 05:55: Article Perspectives & Insight
• 14:34: Current Research Activities
• 19:00: Publication Feedback Experiences
• 25:00: Article Publication Advice
• 31:06: Closing Conversations
• 31:50: Outro

We talk with past journal author Rebecca Stone (University of Warwick) about her paper Scaling Up: The pedagogical legacy of Then & Now, as well as her work on US presidential history – especially pertaining to Harry Truman. We move on to discuss pandemic lessons for effective digital pedagogies and what students can learn from trying and failing. As always, we offer advice for early career and first time academic authors in publishing a journal article.

For more on publishing with Exchanges, see our online guide for authors.

Digital Pedagogies Library: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/dal/digitalpedagogylibrary/

Episode Index

• 00:00: Opening
• 00:49: Introductions
• 02:48: Article Perspectives
• 06:15: Lockdown Pivot
• 14:52: Harry Truman & Higher Education
• 20:55: Post-Pandemic Digital Pedagogies
• 31:50: Publishing Horror Stories
• 39:02: Publishing Advice
• 43:03: Outro

For more on publishing with Exchanges, see our online guide for authors.

The art of conversation is one thing, but the application of creating a Conversation Article is another. In this discursive episode, the editor looks at the rationales, approaches and format pertaining to this exciting and engaging article format. With tips and advice for first time authors, along with exploring why such pieces mater, the episode is an essential listen for anyone considering submitting one to the Exchanges journal.

For more on article formats and submissions, see our guide for authors page.

Episode Index:

• Opening: 00:00
• Context: 01:07
• Defining Conversation Articles: 03:33
• Why Conversations Matter: 10:30
• Writing Conversation Articles: 15:00
• Conclusion: 23:45
• Wrap Up: 24:48

In this episode the Editor-in-Chief talks in some depth about one of the Exchanges journal’s article submission formats: critical reflections. He explores what they are, why they matter and how authors might go about writing one for the Journal.

Episode Index:

• Introduction (01:08)
• Defining critical reflections (04:12)
• Why they matter (09:28)
• Writing critical reflections (14:08)
  • Wrap up (21:12)

For an earlier discussion see this blog post. Or to access Exchanges submission guidelines visit here.

In our final episode of 2022 we talk to independent scholar and author Colin Hutchinson. Our guest talks briefly about their research around the concept of the social novel and the 1980s, before we move on to reflect on his recent article End of the Line: The unpublished novels of Anita Mason. This appeared in the Autumn 2022 issue (Exchanges v10.1). As an established author, Colin shares his advice pertaining to publishing and writing, with a particular focus on capturing your own voice and techniques for clarifying your text.

This episode’s guest is young scholar Pavel Fedotov, based at the University of Manchester. We talk about his studies, but mainly about his recent article for Exchanges (Exchanges v10.1) entitled: Critical Analysis of the Electric Vehicle Industry: Five forces and strategic action fields. As always, the episode wraps up with suggested advice on early career and first-time academic journal authors, focusing in on how to successfully overcome trepidations at the point of submission.

In this episode we talk to Huayi Huang (Usher Institute of Health and Wellbeing, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland) about his work and publications. We focus in on Huayi’s recent article – Reflections from Research Practice: Realism and its reality, coming to know this, and working out its mechanisms of socio-material change – which appeared in the Autumn 2022 issue (Exchanges v10.1). In a broad conversation we discuss realism, knowledge systems, compromises and normalising change. As always, the episode wraps up with suggested advice on early career and first-time academic journal authors, focusing in on how to successfully overcome trepidations at the point of submission.

In this episode we talk to Simon Varwell (SPARQS, Edinburgh, UK) about his work and publications. We focus in on Simon’s recent article – A Literature Review of Arnstein’s Ladder of Citizen Participation: Lessons for contemporary student engagement – which appeared in the Autumn 2022 issue (Exchanges v10.1). In a wide ranging conversation we discuss Arnstein’s relevance in various sectors today, explore student partnerships and representation within tertiary education alongside reflections on effective peer-reviewer practice. As always, the episode wraps up with suggested advice for early career and first time authors looking to publish within academic journals.

In this episode we talk to Harriet Richmond (Organisational Development Consultant for Research Active Staff, University of Warwick, UK) about her work and publications. We focus on her recent article entitled The Use of Collage in Autoethnography, which appeared in the Autumn 2022 issue (Exchanges v10.1). Our lively discussions also touch on the marketisation of higher education, the Non-Traditional Research Methods Network, locating oneself within a discipline and the role ‘organisational stories’ play in defining and propagating an institution’s predominant cultural impetus. As always, we finish by chatting about advice for postgraduate and early-stage researchers in terms of publishing, and especially dealing with ‘challenging’ reviewer feedback.

Stemming from a question and discussion at a recent journal and publishing workshop, the interdisciplinary Exchanges journal's Editor-in-Chief offers a few thoughts about the qualities he considers makes a good reviewer. From an ability to deliver (and respond) on time to feedback requests, through to a sense of self-awareness and academic rigor, this short episode offers a little food for thought on the matter.

For more about becoming a peer-reviewer with Exchanges, read our online guide.

In this episode we talk to Kwasu David Tembo (Lecturer, Humanities and Social Science, Ashesi University, Accra, Ghana) about his research and publications; focusing on the Exchanges article Social and Spatial Representations of the Nerd in Donnie Dark, which appeared in our most recent special issue on The Lonely Nerd special issue (Exchanges, v9.3). We discuss representation within nerd culture, take a segue into the fictional universe of Doctor Who, before examining issues of belonging, identity and community within various subcultural groups. As always, the episode also explores authorial advice for postgraduate and early career researchers in terms of publishing, and especially dealing with ‘challenging’ reviewer feedback.

In this episode we talk to Sharon Coleclough (Senior Lecturer, Culture, Heritage and Society, Staffordshire University, UK) about her research and publications; focusing on her Exchanges article So Many Ways to be an Outsider: ‘Nerdism’ and ethnicity as signifiers of otherness which appeared in our recent Lonely Nerds special issue. We talk about her research into representation, and her exciting progress into new avenues of publication and research. The episode touches on advice for postgraduate and early career researchers in terms of establishing your personal brand, researching your passions and how to accept feedback on your writing more effectively.

In this episode we talk to scholar Alena Cicholweski (Institute of English and American Studies, University of Oldenburg, Germany), about her research and publications, especially her article ‘A place where everybody is a legendary hero… and a total dork’ which appeared in our recent Lonely Nerds special issue. We move on to talk about her experiences teaching academic writing and Muslin American cultural representations in pop culture. We finish as always by offering advice to potential early career authors for publishing in future issues of Exchanges and other journals.

In this episode we talk to Russian scholar Natalia Rumak (The Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University), about her research and publications, especially her article Sherlock and Shārokku: ‘Nerdy’ detectives in the West and in the East which appeared in our recent Lonely Nerds special issue. We move on to talk about the highs and lows of being a publishing academic, focusing in on issues of native and non-native speakers writing in different languages. We finish as always by offering advice to potential early career authors for publishing in future issues of Exchanges and other journals

This episode we talk to scholar, artist and past-Exchanges author, Francesca Brunetti (ISI Florence, Italy), about her paper Delicious Bodies, Beautiful Food, Powerful Pleasure, which appeared in the most recent issue of the Exchangesjournal (V9.2). Along the way we touch on desire and pleasure, food and sex, and cultural perceptions of the southern Italian women. We also talk about some of Francesca’s work in progress, alongside her advice for new authors too.

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If you’d like to be featured in a future episode, then find out here how to submit your paper to Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal.

We talk with Jon Braddy, Florida Gulf Coast University, about his paper Utilizing the Octothorpe (#): Schizoanalytic cartographies recognized in War Games, which appeared in the most recent issue of the Exchanges journal (V9.2). Along the way, aside from contrasting the trans-Atlantic weather differences, we look at passion how it can serve to evolve your own academic voice within your writing. We also discuss some areas of mutual challenges for authors and editors of scholarly journals, and reflect on the value and process of peer-review.

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If you’d like to be featured in a future episode, then find out here how to submit your paper to Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal.

If you’d like to be featured as a guest in a future episode, then find out here how to submit your paper to Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal.

In this episode I chat with visiting professor in English and Related Literature at the University of York, Monica Mastrantonio. Our initial conversation concerns her recent article in Exchanges, The Question of Time for Norbert Elias: Challenges of an interdisciplinary concept and approach towards time. As a result we discuss topics including the meaning of ‘figurational sociology’, the work of Norbert Elias and in particular how this allows us to better understand our own relationships with time. Contrasting the medieval experience with the present, Monica discusses how humanity increasingly utilises time as a framework for organising everything including the forging of interpersonal connections. We touch too on the concepts of ‘meaningful time’ and the value of diverse relationships. Moving on, our discussions move to explore Monica’s research and current publication plans, before we shift to examining some of her broader experiences in publishing. In particular, Monica shares her thoughts and advice for first time and early career authors.

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If you’d like to be featured in a future episode, then find out here how to submit your paper to Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal.

In this extended episode, we talk with researcher Huayi Huang of the University of Edinburgh about their research and publications. At the heart of our early discussions is Huayi’s excellent paper published in Exchanges volume 9 issue 1 - A Tasty Encounter with Routine Dynamics Ideas. Huayi goes on to clarify the relevance of routine dynamics thinking both in research and everyday contexts. Then the conversation progresses to encompass wider-ideas around the concepts of stability and change alongside considering the positive contributions early career researchers can make within public society. Naturally, as always, we also chat about our author’s current and future publication plans, before finishing with examining some thoughts on how to support early career researchers in their publication activities.

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If you’d like to be featured in a future episode, then find out here how to submit your paper to Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal.

In this episode Elloit Cardozo talks about his research activities, especially as they relating to his recent paper ‘The Sagacity of Words’: Gandhi and 21st Century Hip Hop. Elloit discusses how the paper was partly inspired from desires to provide an easier route for younger school and university students to gain a greater understanding of the life and times of Gandhi. While deploying an analytical lens empowered through Hip-Hop music might seem an unusual approach to some readers, Elloit explores how it offered him a fresh and exciting way to explore the topic. Elloit also takes us into his current publishing plans, and how The Big Lebowski factors into them, before finishing by offering advice to other early career researchers looking towards publishing their first paper.

Find out how to submit your paper to Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal here.

Read Mehdi and colleagues' paper in full here: A Teacher’s Autoethnography: The impact of lifelong experiences in shaping worldviews and teacher identity

Or find out how to submit your paper to Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal here.

We cap off a year for the journal and the podcast, with a look back at the contents of the last two issues of the year. Volume 8.4 was a special issue, dedicated to the Then & Now projects and looked at the experience of art students studying at Warwick over the past half a century. By contrast Volume 9.1 of Exchanges was a regular journal issue, and brought a selection of articles dealing with everything from ethnography to Norbert Elias to GMOs and Early Career Researcher experiences.