Today, I chaired our team meeting. I was able to convince our senior executive to creatively come up with a behavioural intervention to address the unfolding public health crisis.
Continue reading “Behavioural Interventions in Health”
A big day today in social policy, data, and communications!
Continue reading “Improving Data and Systems”
Today I reflect on an important meeting for one of our projects. We’ve had a lot of setbacks because we don’t have useful data sources or infrastructure to enable us to run a proper randomised control trial. I discuss one example of how we assess the viability of our projects, and what this activity looks like in the context of a typical day as an applied researcher.
Continue reading “Assessing the Viability of an Applied Research Project”
Over the next couple of weeks, I’m going to be sharing my work journals, so you get another insight into the working life of applied social scientists! Today is typical day. I had to put together two different presentations: one about our research methods and the other one is about results from our field work.
Continue reading “Presenting Information for Policy Audiences”
Reflections on my most joyful project, and dealing with sexism and racial inequality in the workplace.
Continue reading “Institutional Racism”
More insights on what it’s like squeezing in my personal research admist a long (paid) working day. I also discuss why I’m getting ready to give a talk about my professional experiences working in equity and diversity.
Continue reading “Reflections on Equity and Diversity Work”
I worked from home. My team is great that way. I get a lot of flexibility to work remotely. I spent most of the day writing two chapters for our annual report, which are based on my projects.
Continue reading “Research Reporting”
Over the weekend, I’d been doing a lot of work redesigning my personal website and blog. Today I did a lot of work on my personal (unpaid) research.
Continue reading “Applied Research on the Side”
Today I attended a grants committee meeting. We had to review 21 applications. They were extensive and it was a lot of work.
Continue reading “Grants Committee”
Getting ready to give the first of two academic papers for this year! My paper is on using intersectionality in equity and diversity work. It is a reflection on my career as a woman of colour working to improve institutional equity, diversity, accessibility and inclusion.
Continue reading “Academic Work”
Social Science Insights 