Going for yes in your academic life
With Dr Silvia Valenzuela-Lamas
Dr Silvia Valenzuela-Lamas is a Principal Investigator and archeologist at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) in Spain. She was previously a recipient of a prestigious European Research Council Starting Grant. She used this success to leverage a permanent position back to her home country after several years of hard work and academic uncertainty.
More about Silvia
https://www.asd-csic.es/staff/silvia-valenzuela-lamas/
Listening to our conversation will prompt your thinking:
How conversations with partners are key in negotiating the challenges of academic dual careers
How choosing what you need (more stability and more support) can give you the courage to become empowered and take control
How the transition to the PI role becomes a privilege and a responsibility to create opportunities for others
“Necessity pushes you. Because I had no other choice than, breaking my mental barriers about speaking with people that I don’t know, and then I started doing it.”
