Exploring academic identity with Dr. Catherine Queen

About this episode

Dr. Catherine Queen discusses her academic journey and research on supporting academic identity development for early career colleagues.

In this episode, Catherine shares reflections on her journey into academia and her recent research on supporting academic identity development for early career colleagues on a Teaching & Scholarship track. Guest: Dr Catherine Queen Catherine is a Senior Lecturer in Planning and a dual Chartered Town Planner and Landscape Architect with 35 years’ professional experience. Her research activity investigates gendered aspects of planning and design with a focus on intersectionality including marginalised, stigmatised and peripheralized communities. She has achieved global impact through her partnership with Arup and the UNDP on the multiple award-winning Cities Alive: Designing cities that work for women report and she has been recognised throughinstitutional and national awards for both her pedagogy and professional practice. Reading List: Baxter, J. (2023) The role of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in developing practitioner/academic identities, AdvanceHE blog at https://www.advance- he.ac.uk/news-and-views/role-scholarship-teaching-and-learning-developing-practitioneracademic-identities (Accessed 13/08/25) Bourdieu, P. (1988) Homo Academicus, Cambridge, Polity Press…

People in this episode

Guest: Dr. Catherine Queen

Topics covered

• academic identity
• early career development
• Teaching & Scholarship track
• gendered aspects of planning
• intersectionality
• pedagogy
• professional practice

Keywords

• academic identity
• early career
• Teaching & Scholarship
• gender
• intersectionality
• planning
• pedagogy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Liverpool, Arup, UNDP

Books & works: Cities Alive: Designing cities that work for women, Homo Academicus, Academic identities in contemporary higher education: Sustaining identities that value teaching, Bourdieu and Education

More episodes of Developing Practice - University of Liverpool

• Secrets to Successful Working Relationships with Denise Chilton · May 27, 2026 · 39 min
• Communicating with industry and kick starting knowledge exchange with Dr Jaque Durrant · May 6, 2026 · 33 min
• Making science labs more inclusive with Dr Gina Washbourn · May 1, 2026 · 44 min
• Staff Apprenticeships at Liverpool: The unique pathway that’s shaping the future of professional growth · February 9, 2026 · 53 min
• Filling the gap: Leveraging neurodivergence to promote equal learning environment for autistic students · January 5, 2026 · 23 min
• Re-imagining Doctoral Supervision: Empowerment Practices Through Power Negotiation · November 28, 2025 · 34 min