{"podcast":{"title":"Research Adjacent","slug":"research-adjacent-5954790","podcast_index_feed_id":5954790,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/researchadjacent/","website_url":"https://researchadjacent.com/podcast/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/ef41010e-5060-4d9e-a5b6-e7ced6338ff2/podcast-artwork-2025-20250310-fkpw9zrafk.png","author":"Sarah McLusky","episode_count":99,"summary":"Research Adjacent is a podcast that shines a light on everything that goes into making research successful, except the research. I’m talking about public engagement, knowledge exchange, outreach, project management, research communications, publishing, funding, events, training, partnerships, facilitation, and the rest. Too often, all we hear about are the researchers and the research outputs. Well, not here! In the podcast Sarah McLusky talks to amazing research-adjacent professionals about what they do and why it makes a difference. Tune in to find out why we think the research-adjacent space is where the real magic happens.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T14:20:47.983709+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/research-adjacent-5954790"},"episode":{"title":"Diversity is complex, but it's not complicated with Jakob Feldtfos Christensen (Episode 93)","slug":"diversity-is-complex-but-it-s-not-complicated-with-jakob-feldtfos-christensen-episode-93","published_at":"2026-05-26T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/research-adjacent-5954790/diversity-is-complex-but-it-s-not-complicated-with-jakob-feldtfos-christensen-episode-93","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/research-adjacent-5954790","url":"https://researchadjacent.com/diversity-is-complex-but-its-not-complicated-with-jakob-feldtfos-christensen-episode-93","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/03c3d0a0-394a-48cf-b3cd-c7ee248f5bc1.mp3","summary":"Jakob Feldtfos Christensen is a research manager at the Defaktum research centre in Denmark, an independent consultant, host of the Diversity in Research podcast and author of the book Diversity Leadership for Research Managers: A Practical Guide. Sarah and Jakob talk about That diversity isn’t just about staff – it needs to be woven through every part of a research project How research professionals can step up and take the lead on diversity and inclusion Why more data isn’t the answer and can even make things worse The small steps and incremental progress that can lead to big changes over time Find out more Find full show notes and transcript on the episode webpage Connect with Jakob on LinkedIn or via the Diversiunity website Get a copy of Jakob’s book - Diversity Leadership for Research Managers: A Practical Guide Listen to Sarah guesting on Jakob's Diversity in Research podcast About Research Adjacent Follow Research Adjacent on LinkedIn Email a comment, question or suggestion Leave a voice note Post a review on Podchaser Sign up to the Research Adjacent newsletter Mentioned in this episode: Helping you have conversations that move research forwards When she's not hosting Research Adjacent, Sarah McLusky organises, facilitates and trains people to run events, workshops and meetings that get people talking about research. To find out more about working with Sarah and to book a free call go to https://sarahmclusky.com/","meta_description":"Jakob Feldtfos Christensen is a research manager at the Defaktum research centre in Denmark, an independent consultant, host of the Diversity in Research…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2523,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/research-adjacent-5954790/episodes/diversity-is-complex-but-it-s-not-complicated-with-jakob-feldtfos-christensen-episode-93/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/research-adjacent-5954790/diversity-is-complex-but-it-s-not-complicated-with-jakob-feldtfos-christensen-episode-93.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}