Creating a Satisfying Academic Career with Jo Van Every

I help academics build their confidence to do the work they find meaningful and find the time to do it.

This podcast includes a whole range of topics: strategies for protecting your time, writing and editing advice, thoughts on careers and the wider context, preventing overwork and burnout, etc.

Pursuing a scholarly career is tough these days. I firmly believe that your academic career has the potential for joy as well as success.

I also believe that you can pursue your scholarly work in whatever situation you find yourself in, even if it's not ideal. You don't have to, but if it's important to you, you don't have to wait for someone else to create the ideal conditions.

For more audio tracks, we started posting over on Soundcloud before beginning this distribution journey. We'll be adding more to the platforms you love as soon as we can!

Enjoy your writing

JoVE

Podcasting since 2019 • 285 episodes

Creating a Satisfying Academic Career with Jo Van Every

Latest Episodes

When Your Systems Fail

Sometimes you drop a ball. You feel awful about it. In this track, I talk about how to move forward. You are not incompetent or lazy. Everyone makes mistakes. Don't let it derail you. Do assess what happened, forgive yourself, fix what you can ...

July 15, 2026 • 6:46

Do you have too many writing projects?

There are good reasons you have multiple writing projects on the go. However, too many active projects means progress is slow and you start to wonder if you can do this job at all. In this track, I explain why that is and what to do about it.&n...

July 10, 2026 • 22:53

Interest, Novelty, Challenge, Urgency with Christine Weddle

Planning is hard. It's especially hard when you have ADHD. In this episode, I talk to Christine Weddle, an ADHD coach, about how we think about planning, and what kinds of things work for folks with ADHD. Because we all have things ...

April 10, 2026 • 1:28:11

Writing is a decision making process with Emily Doucet

In this episode, Jo talks with Emily Doucet about the process of creating a draft of your book, article, or whatever. Emily is a developmental editor and recently developed a cou...

February 13, 2026 • 1:07:30

You need a writing practice

Of all the responsibilities you juggle as an academic, writing is perhaps the most frustrating. It’s very important to your career and your identify, but it’s also incredibly difficult to find time for, especially during teaching terms. I recom...

January 16, 2026 • 19:23