Fieldwork in the inner Western suburbs. An excellent site visit at a health services provider, and interview with a service manager on how to support vulnerable people. We sat in the sun and chatted for a few hours. I then typed up my fieldwork notes in this cafe. Continue reading Fieldwork Cafe
A challenging day that ended well. My day started with an executive meeting where we presented a case to save one project from political inertia (stakeholder relations outside my domain – but we did it!).
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Most of my trip in New Zealand was spent at the University of Auckland. I gave a talk on intersectionality and the March for Science as well as attending various meetings providing advice and listening to progress and thinking on inclusion in science.
Continue reading “Public Talks and Visual Sociology of New Zealand”
This week ended on a hectic note, but much was achieved!
Continue reading “Finalising Fieldwork Interviews”
Completed the design for a mock up brochure and a client paper explaining the social science behind the design.
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I attended excellent presentations from justice practitioners in Sydney.
Continue reading “Engaging Hard-To-Reach Communities”
Tuesdays are a massive day of back to back meetings. Managed to make good progress on an education project focusing on communicating change.
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Phew, what a day! I led an executive meeting to discuss our research project progress. I had a meeting on our forthcoming short-term research on education, which has a two-week around.
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Today was an incredibly hectic day. I attended various back to back meetings to receive feedback on a case study I’m working on, before moving on to discuss drafting a template for research agreements.
Continue reading “Phase One of Fieldwork Ends”
Attended corporate training today, focused on integrity principles, ethics and fraud in the public sector (amongst other themes).
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