Acting Like A Doctor
When looking to pursue a scholarly career in international studies, one crucial question is: how? How do you decide where you want to live? How do you determine what you’ll study? Teach? How do you think about what the job is and what it entails?
How do you remain a whole person in a job that can demand ever-increasing amounts of your time?
Hosted by aspiring academic Rebekah Pullen (Season 1), this series of interviews will look at ‘how’ people have built and managed careers in academia, exploring some of the potentials, pitfalls, and positives. Aimed at early career scholars (graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and ECRs) our guests share the lessons they've learned, the advice they've been given, and the successes that have shaped their careers. This podcast is produced with support from ISA Canada, through their Professional Development Committee; and we focus on Canadian academics in international studies - but there is certainly something for everyone, whatever your career stage, discipline, or research.
Join us for Season 1, and check out what we think is key to Acting Like a Doctor.
Original title: How? ISA Canada's PD Pod
Acting Like A Doctor
'Your interest is interesting...' with guest, Dr. Philippe M. Frowd
Welcome to episode 4! Joining Rebekah and Liam, over zoom, is Dr. Philippe M. Frowd who is an Associate Professor in the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa. In this episode, Rebekah and Phil talk about the wide variety of advice that graduate students and ECRs receive, how to support yourself through the various stages of academia, and the importance of differentiating between what's urgent and what's important.
Show notes:
- 'When the chips are down: Can middle powers navigate the Great Powers’ high-stakes semiconductor game?' by Branka Marijan, Rebekah K. Pullen, Dmytro Sochnyev, Roman Vysochanskyy
- Mark Salter, University of Ottawa
- Peter Nyers, McMaster University
- Security Dialogue, journal
- Bridges: Conversations in Global Politics and Public Policy, journal
- Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, journal
- Matthew Paterson, The University of Manchester
- 'Top Boy', (television show)
- Arsenal FC
- KEY TERM: SSHRC (pronounced like 'shirk') - Around 45:00 Rebekah refers to her application to SSHRC, Canada's Social Science and Humanities Research Council, which provides research funding and support for post-secondary research
Thank you for listening!
You can find Rebekah on Bluesky and X @rbkpulln and ISA Canada on Bluesky @isa-canada - look for #aladoctor for podcast updates. You can also find updates on the show by following the ISA on Instagram, Facebook, BlueSky and LinkedIn.
Reach us by email at aladoctorpodcast@gmail.com
