Dr Heather Shaw returns to&nbsp;conclude the Reimagining Research Culture&nbsp;series and&nbsp;discuss&nbsp;our latest event on the use of AI in research. The conversation&nbsp;reflects&nbsp;on the&nbsp;balance between&nbsp;maintaining&nbsp;critical human judgement&nbsp;when using AI, autonomous decision making&nbsp;by&nbsp;AI&nbsp;in research processes&nbsp;and the&nbsp;balance between&nbsp;reproducibility&nbsp;and&nbsp;research integrity with AI use in research.&nbsp;

Reimagining research culture: AI in research

In this episode,&nbsp;Post-Doctoral Researcher Dr Seth&nbsp;Robinson&nbsp;&nbsp;discusses&nbsp;the challenges of instilling a change in attitudes to sustainability in research culture. The conversation tackles the dilemma for early career researchers and international travel, the trade-offs between environmental sustainability and research quality and the implications AI is having on environmental efforts

Reimagining Research Culture: Sustainability dilemmas in research 

Science, activism, and higher education

Dr Samuel Finnerty, a social psychologist at Lancaster University&nbsp;researches&nbsp;the intersection of science, activism, and higher education — looking at how scientists and universities respond to the climate crisis.&nbsp;In this episode&nbsp;he&nbsp;discusses&nbsp;the role of the university, the individual, and where we go from here, bridging the gap between aspirations and reality.&nbsp;

Reimagining Research Culture: Universities' response to the climate crisis 

Dr Sophie Nightingale is this week’s guest discussing&nbsp;the&nbsp;work&nbsp;of her&nbsp;UKRI Future Leaders fellowship on protecting ordinary people from deepfakes. The discussion reflects on the benefits and challenges of this emerging technology, possibilities for future regulation and the push for responsible and ethical development in this area.&nbsp;

Reimagining Research Culture: How is Deepfake technology impacting society? 

Lancaster University’s&nbsp;Public engagement manager, Jess Shaw, joins us in this week’s episode to discuss the challenges around undertaking research with communities. Tackling dilemmas of equity,&nbsp;ownership and terminology&nbsp;of both citizen science and community-based research.&nbsp;

 Reimagining Research Culture: Public Participation and Citizen Science

 Is social media is a public or private space?

As&nbsp;part of our research culture project funded by&nbsp;Wellcome, this series hosted by Dr Dan Craddock unpacks conundrums on a variety of topics relating to ethical tensions in research. Every week a new&nbsp;guest&nbsp;reflects&nbsp;on a different conundrum, discussed informally over a cuppa, from AI in research to climate action,&nbsp;sustainability&nbsp;and citizen science.Psychology Lecturer Dr Heather Shaw joins us in this&nbsp;week's&nbsp;episode to discuss&nbsp;the development of the&nbsp;‘cuppa conundrum’&nbsp;series&nbsp;and&nbsp;ethical challenges relating to the use of social media data in research.&nbsp;The topics covered include whether social media is a public or private space? Do researchers&nbsp;require&nbsp;consent when using social media data in research? And what considerations are&nbsp;required&nbsp;when using social media data from vulnerable groups in research?&nbsp;

Reimagining Research Culture: Using Social Media Data in Research 

Meet the Head of Lancaster University’s new School of Global Affairs, Professor Caron Gentry who makes a passionate argument for the role universities play in making 'a world of difference'.

In this episode, Professor Caron Gentry discusses her own academic journey, which began with research into the history of women and terrorism – against the back drop of unfolding events following 9/11 - and took her across the Atlantic from America to the UK, where she is now leading a school of 'people of purpose'.

A World of Difference: People of purpose

Meet Lancaster graduate,  ITV journalist and ‘multi-hyphenate’ Warren Nettleford.

ITV journalist and ‘multi-hyphenate’&nbsp;Warren Nettleford is the Chatham House podcaster and production company entrepreneur who found himself and lifelong friendships at Lancaster University …with a little help from a Nick Drake poster.

A World of Difference: ‘Be curious and ask questions’

Meet Lancaster graduate and global campaigner Kate Foster, who is shifting the dial for small businesses in international trade, drawing on lessons learned as a languages student at Lancaster University.

Kate Foster is Deputy Head of International Affairs at the Federation of Small Businesses. Based in London, she lobbies the UK government to tackle the barriers to international trade affecting UK SMEs. She is also a board member of SMEunited, the European association for crafts and SMEs.

A World of Difference: Storytelling to tackle global trade barriers 

Researchers share the stories, setbacks and discoveries behind the headlines.   

This is Lancaster. Global research tales from the North of England.&nbsp;Here at <a href="https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lancaster University</a>, we bring research communities together to deliver solutions to complex problems. At the heart of Lancaster's research endeavour, our people are trying to make a difference. Here we share just a few of their stories.&nbsp;

This is Lancaster. Global research tales from the North of England.

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