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Increasing Collegiality in Research: Lessons from the InFrame Project 

How can research leadership and academic cultures become more collegial, supportive, and transformative?

 

Online Symposium | Wednesday 25 February 2026 | 11:00–12:30 GMT | Microsoft Teams

 

 

Join us for an inspiring online symposium showcasing insights and practical lessons from the InFrame Project. This interactive session explores how hidden structures, relationships, and practices shape research culture, and how intentional collegiality can drive meaningful change.

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Drawing on real-world experience from across the project, the InFrame team will present three complementary perspectives on fostering cultural change in research environments:

  • Giving voice to the community
    Co-creating a framework for research culture change
    Lisa Backwell (University of Edinburgh) shares insights from Culture Catalyst Fund data, highlighting how research communities collaboratively design initiatives to strengthen collegiality.

  • Making hidden labour visible
    Mapping leadership, collegiality, and support networks
    Zain Ul Abidin (University of Glasgow) uncovers the often-invisible infrastructures of care and connection that underpin successful research funding and collective achievement.

  • Role modelling collegiality in practice
    An interdisciplinary research support team case study
    Joulie Axelithioti (University of Glasgow), Caitlin McDonald (University of St Andrews), and Cristina Vazquez Martin (University of Glasgow) reflect on how a newly formed team navigated role clarity, interdependence, and shared purpose.

If interested, REGISTER HERE. The symposium will conclude with a live discussion and Q&A, offering space for reflection, exchange, and shared learning.

 

Accessibility Policy

We aim to ensure all people have equal access to InFrame events. If you need alternative formats or other reasonable adjustments, please contact the InFrame events team via email: InFrame@St-Andrews.ac.uk with your request by close of business on Wednesday 11th February 2026, so that arrangements, where possible, can be made. Our underpinning project commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion will apply to all events, and we can accommodate accessibility requests, for example, hire of British Sign Language interpreters, use of devices related to meeting accessibility, and other arising accessibility adjustments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

First published: 12 January 2026

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