ThriveAcademia

We have been friends and colleagues for over 20 years – long before starting our PhDs. By coincidence we started our PhDs within 6-months of each other and both ended up living in the upper Blue Mountains. This gave us the opportunity to write together across our kitchen tables, keeping us motivated and accountable. We got more done and we supported each other along the way. We realised the value of connection and community in an area that often feels isolating and hard. We also learnt how connection and mentoring were essential to creating and maintaining a happy academic life.

Serendipitously, we found ourselves working together again in the School of Public Health at the University of Technology Sydney. We collaborate on research projects and have co-authored a number of academic publications. For many years we have also worked together to develop and deliver training, workshops and seminars for higher degree research students and early career academics, and are committed to mentoring and supporting PhD students and early career academics – the fun bit we love doing! This is why we developed this partnership Thrive Academia.