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Recent publication that I have been v. bad at sharing!

Brilliant to work with @jiaburford and @netstah on this book chapter, "Working with/against #ImposterSyndrome: Research Educators’ Reflections" >> link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…

What's it about, you ask? (1/8)

As researcher developers, we hear about, see, feel, and discuss #ImposterSyndrome a lot. In this chapter, we talk about 4 key strategies to address this in our programs and actively nourished researcher community spaces. (2/8)

1st strategy to address #ImposterSyndrome: Contributing to the creation of conditions for belonging for all researchers. We talk about the "need to ensure that all researchers see themselves as a part of the institutional fabric". (3/8)

2nd strategy to address #ImposterSyndrome: Normalise the ‘hardness’ of becoming a researcher. We reflect on the "risks [of] tidying up and neutralising the discomfort of difficult learning" and consider what it means to be a researcher and feel intellectual uncertainty. (4/8)

3rd strategy to address #ImposterSyndrome: Offering opportunities for researchers to trial performances of their researcher selves because it's through these experiences that "emerging scholars are more likely to bring their researcher selves into being". (5/8)

4th strategy to address #ImposterSyndrome: Creating collective spaces to talk about it. Unlike Fight Club, we need to talk about imposter syndrome! This can erode its negative power. We embed these conversations through much of our teaching and programs. (6/8)

Conclusion: "We do not think that eradication of #ImposterFeelings in unis is possible...our aim is to engage constructively with these feelings, to disentangle what is the ‘hardness’ of learning, and what feelings might be productively deconstructed or even embraced." (7/8)

Our new book chapter is here: link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…

If you have trouble accessing this through your own institution, please feel free to DM me.
#ImposterSyndrome (8/8)

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