13. Kara Langford: self-awareness and doing research that’s fits your values Bumps In The Road

Kara Langford is a PhD student in the Norwich Business School at the  University of East Anglia. Kara shares how she found herself making a  massive change to her research direction and methods in response to the  COVID pandemic. Although Kara’s PhD challenge is linked to the COVID-19  pandemic the core story behind it: starting down a path and finding that  the project no longer fits your values, or you couldn’t get from it  what you want, isn’t pandemic-specific and I’ve seen this situation crop  up many times. So, I think her message here is a timeless one, and her  ability to deal with the situation with self-awareness, humour,  perseverance and trust in her own ability should be inspiring to many.

Kara also brings her business background to the topic of failure,  sharing processes and theories that can change the way we view research  projects, whether they’re going right or you’re facing difficulties. I  absolutely loved these fresh takes on how we do our work – this was just  the sort of thing I was hoping this podcast project would throw up – I  hope you enjoy it to.

More here: https://emmaelvidge.wordpress.com/2021/10/04/episode_13_kara_langford/