In this podcast we chat with Catherine about her motivation to set up a new women’s network at the University of Liverpool and what that looks like in practice.

Guest background Catherine Durose is Professor of Public Policy and has been Co-Director of the Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place since 2022. Catherine is an established institutional leader on equality, diversity and inclusion, and is convenor of Women@Liverpool a staff equality network by and for academic women. She acts as a mentor to early career researchers across a range of initiatives.

Catherine loves running and hiking, her 2023 obsession is the podcast about old books, Backlisted. She lives in Manchester with her young daughter.

The Academy’s Developing Practice Podcast is produced by The Academy, University of Liverpool. The role of the Academy is to promote and enable organisational excellence through the strategic development of the University’s people and practices. To find out more about the work of The Academy check out: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/the-academy/⁠⁠⁠

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