Develop Research Leadership within Your PhD with Cilla Harries

Develop Research Leadership within Your PhD with Cilla Harries

March 17, 2025 · 31 min

About this episode

Cilla Harries discusses the importance of bravery and passion in research leadership and shares strategies for building collaborations.

In this episode we explore the value of being brave and passionate in research. Cilla shares her own journey into research leadership and identifies the most important research skills to develop. We consider strategies for building research collaborations and Cilla shares advice on how to maintain authenticity while navigating the ideas of others. You can find out more about Cilla's work here: NIHR ARC South London Applied Research Leadership Academy | ARC South London https://arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/events-training/events-training/nihr-arc-south-london-applied-research-leadership-academy-0 Kingston University launches academy to support academics and PhD students to become research leaders - News - Kingston University London https://www.kingston.ac.uk/news/article/2647/18-mar-2022-kingston-university-launches-academy-to-support-academics-and-phd-students-to-become-research-leaders/ Researcher Development Concordat – Platform of Practice (vitae.ac.uk) You can read a transcript of the episode here: thephdliferaft.com If you would like a useful weekly email to support you on your PhD journey you can sign up for 'Notes from the Life Raft' here…

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Host: Emma Brodzinski

Guest: Cilla Harries

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Organizations: NIHR ARC South London Applied Research Leadership Academy, Kingston University, Researcher Development Concordat, Vitae

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