Elizabeth helped to establish the University of Glasgow’s Lab for Academic Culture in late 2020, where she is now the strategic workstream lead for research culture, working on actions to progress support for careers, recognition of contributions, research integrity and the future of research assessment. She co-convenes the University’s Research Culture and Careers Group alongside Tanita Casci.

Prior to this, Elizabeth established and led the University’s Researcher Development team to deliver professional and career development opportunities for ~5,000 research students and staff across the Institution. Over a period of 13 years of developing researcher talent and leadership capacity, she looked for ways to have a positive impact on research culture – at the University of Glasgow and the wider sector – through training and development, communications, policy, conversations or other interventions. Elizabeth was the key point of contact for the University’s HR Excellence in Research Award, established the Glasgow Crucible, led a University-wide review of safeguarding researchers in fieldwork and was part of the UK writing group for the 2019 revision of the Researcher Development Concordat.

Elizabeth is a Chartered Manager with a PhD in Chemistry, and qualifications in coaching and mentoring (ILM) and learning and development (CIPD). She previously worked on Educational Projects for the Royal Society of Chemistry, moving to the University of Glasgow in 2008. She is a qualified cycling coach and mountain bike leader and brings experience of promoting diversity and inclusion in the outdoors and cycling, to support her work in academia.

Elizabeth.adams@glasgow.ac.uk

@ResearchDreams