Futurum Careers

Based at Brock University in Canada, Dr Kathryn Halverson highlights the many aspirations that a career in nursing can fulfil.

What could you contribute to the field of nursing?

https://futurumcareers.com/what-makes-nursing-a-dream-career

In a world grappling with healthcare staffing shortages, exploring the exciting field of nursing has never been more crucial. Dr Kathryn Halverson, from the Department of Nursing at Brock University, in Canada, shares insights into the challenges, rewards and opportunities awaiting the next generation of nurses.

What makes nursing a dream career? - Futurum What are the rewards of a career in nursing?

Do you want a career that allows you to travel the world and explore ancient civilisations? Archaeology could be for you! Matthew Longstaffe, a PhD candidate at the University of Calgary and member of the Stann Creek Regional Archaeology Project, highlights the amazing experiences and opportunities that studying archaeology has given him. “I have many amazing memories from archaeology fieldwork in Belize, Mexico and Canada,” he says. “I got to camp in the jungles of southern Mexico, travel by myself across the Yucatan Peninsula to Belize and spend two months excavating at Alabama.”
https://futurumcareers.com/how-are-archaeologists-uncovering-the-secrets-of-an-ancestral-maya-boomtown

Dr Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown, an archaeologist at Athabasca University who leads the Stann Creek Regional Archaeology Project, highlights the joys of working with communities around the world as she helps to uncover ancient history. What could you achieve with a career in archaeology?
https://futurumcareers.com/how-are-archaeologists-uncovering-the-secrets-of-an-ancestral-maya-boomtown

Over 1000 years ago, Alabama was a bustling Ancestral Maya town. Today, all that is left are structures and artefacts lying among an orange grove in Belize. A team of archaeologists (Stann Creek Regional Archaeology Project), including Dr Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown (Athabasca University), Matthew Longstaffe (University of Calgary) and local Mayas, is excavating the remains to discover what life was like for the people who once lived in this economic hub.

How are archaeologists uncovering the secrets of an Ancestral Maya boomtown? - Futurum Discover how archaeologists are excavating an Ancestral Maya town and what they are learning about the people who once lived there.

Professor Siwei Lyu, a computer scientist at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, is a leading expert in the field of generative AI and media forensics. Much of Siwei’s research focuses on the detection of deepfake media, although his expertise spans the whole field of generative AI.

What could you contribute to the field of computer science?

https://futurumcareers.com/detecting-deepfakes-how-can-we-ensure-that-generative-ai-is-used-for-good

The field of generative artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing at an astronomical pace. As a result, deepfakes – manipulated pieces of media using generative AI technology and designed to trick their viewers – are becoming more convincing, prevalent and problematic. Professor Siwei Lyu, based at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York in the US, is determined to halt the advance of deepfake media and ensure that generative AI is used for the good of society.

Detecting deepfakes: how can we ensure that generative AI is used for good? - Futurum How can we detect deepfakes and control generative AI?

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Electrical engineering students from Navajo Technical University share the importance of role models for training the next generation of Navajo engineers.
https://futurumcareers.com/power-to-the-people-how-electrical-engineering-can-empower-the-navajo-nation

Thanks to the new electrical engineering graduate programme at Navajo Technical University, students are training to improve accessibility to electricity and clean water, develop new technologies and become role models to inspire the next generation of Navajo engineers.

Power to the people: how electrical engineering can empower the Navajo Nation - Futurum Encouraging a new generation of Navajo electrical engineers will increase the self-determination of the Navajo Nation

At the Royal College of Music in the UK, Professor Aaron Williamon is supporting the health and wellbeing of performing artists through a range of collaborative and interdisciplinary projects.

What could you contribute to the field of performance science?

https://futurumcareers.com/looking-after-performing-artists-physical-and-mental-wellbeing

Careers in the performing arts are incredibly rewarding, but they also present a number of unique risks to performers’ physical and mental health, ranging from repetitive strain injuries to performance anxiety. Professor Aaron Williamon heads the Centre for Performance Science at the Royal College of Music in London, where he also leads the Healthy Conservatoires network. He is investigating the physical and mental demands of performance and how performing artists’ health can be best supported.

Looking after performing artists’ physical and mental wellbeing - Futurum How can performance science support performers’ physical health and mental wellbeing?

“I might be aiming for small goals, but I’m thinking big!”

So says National Star student Sam Vestey who is leading a campaign to launch a more inclusive disability badge that moves away from the assumption that all disabilities are visible.

National Star Chief Executive Officer Lynette Barrett tells us about the charity's aims as a specialist further education provider. “We are a forward-looking organisation, and our teams are always looking for innovative projects that we can be a part of,” she says.

In the same spirit of looking ahead, Futurum ran a teachers’ focus group to find out what teachers like about our resources and what we can do to make them even better. The fantastic feedback we received has resulted in the new, slightly larger font size you will see us using from this issue of Futurum onwards.

As Sam’s campaign highlights, how you present your message can make a profound difference!
https://futurumcareers.com/Issue-25.pdf

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At Toronto Metropolitan University in Canada, Dr Lisa Landrum is passionate about architecture and the joy it can bring to individuals and societies.

What could you achieve with a career as an architect?

https://futurumcareers.com/building-a-better-future

Can architects build a better world? Dr Lisa Landrum, an architect at Toronto Metropolitan University, is encouraging architecture students to develop a visionary architectural policy that uses built environments to promote social and environmental justice.

Building a better future: how can architecture help make a better world? - Futurum Discover how Dr Lisa Landrum is encouraging architecture students to shape to future of Canada’s architectural policy

While highly efficient, the way we process information to make decisions is far from perfect. Finding out how this process works – and how we can use this awareness to make better decisions – is at the heart of cognitive science. At The University of Melbourne in Australia, Professor Andrew (Andy) Perfors is studying the nature of bias and other features of cognition, and even applying these findings to machine learning.

https://futurumcareers.com/bias-assumptions-and-emotions-why-we-think-what-we-think

Shape | Home SHAPE in Schools champions social sciences, humanities and the arts in schools across the UK and works alongside STEM to promote a balanced and diverse curriculum.

Professor You-Ta Chuang, Professor of Management at York University in Canada, opens a window onto the challenges faced by LGBTQ+ individuals in the workplace.

What would you investigate as an organisation management theorist?

https://futurumcareers.com/can-workplaces-truly-embrace-lgbtq-inclusivity

Based at York University in Canada, Professor You-Ta Chuang is exploring intricate LGBTQ+ workplace dynamics and addressing key aspects such as the impact of organisational policies, the pervasive issue of microaggression and the role of activism in fostering a truly inclusive work environment.

Can workplaces truly embrace LGBTQ+ inclusivity? - Futurum How can workplaces truly embrace LGBTQ+ inclusivity?

Dr Catherine Malboeuf-Hurtubise (Bishop's University), Dr Catherine Herba (UQAM | Université du Québec à Montréal) and Dr Jonathan Smith (Université de Sherbrooke) share their tips for teachers to help you help your students cope with eco-anxiety.
https://futurumcareers.com/using-creative-arts-to-address-childrens-ecoanxiety

Children are increasingly aware of the climate crisis, which can have negative impacts on their mental health. A team of psychology researchers, including Dr Catherine Malboeuf-Hurtubise (Bishop's University), Dr Catherine Herba (UQAM | Université du Québec à Montréal) and Dr Jonathan Smith (Université de Sherbrooke), is providing teachers with the tools to help their students explore eco-anxiety through creative arts.

Using creative arts to address children’s eco-anxiety - Futurum Do your students experience eco-anxiety? This brochure provides a toolkit for teachers to help students address eco-anxiety through the creative arts.

As the climate crisis deepens, do you feel hopeful or hopeless about the future? Clinical psychology researchers Dr Catherine Malboeuf-Hurtubise (Bishop's University) and Terra Léger-Goodes (UQAM | Université du Québec à Montréal) are using creative arts to help children cope with eco-anxiety.

How can creative arts help children cope with eco-anxiety? - Futurum Discover how Professor Sheila Petty and Dr Estrella Sendra are helping to remove colonial influences from film festival research

As a clinical psychology student at UQAM | Université du Québec à Montréal, Terra Léger-Goodes is exploring how creative arts can help children express their emotions about climate change. What could you achieve with a career in clinical psychology?
https://futurumcareers.com/how-can-creative-arts-help-children-cope-with-ecoanxiety

As a clinical psychologist at Bishop's University, Dr Catherine Malboeuf-Hurtubise conducts assessments of children, coaches parents and helps children explore their emotions about climate change through creative arts. What could you achieve with a career in clinical psychology?
https://futurumcareers.com/how-can-creative-arts-help-children-cope-with-ecoanxiety

Dr Geraldine Balzer, from the University of Saskatchewan in Canada, is developing a social justice pedagogy that aims to deliver inclusive, decolonised teaching methods and materials. Her podcast provides her personal insights and points for professional reflection.

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At the University of Saskatchewan in Canada, Dr Geraldine Balzer is working to address the injustices of colonisation through one particularly powerful tool: teaching.

What impact could decolonising the classroom have on you and your learners?

https://futurumcareers.com/decolonising-the-classroom

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Current teaching methods in many nations across the globe tend to stem from Eurocentric traditions, which can be at odds with the communities and experiences of the students and teachers involved. Based at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada, Dr Geraldine Balzer is advocating the introduction of alternative methods and materials that give a broader worldview. These can support the deconstruction of the systemic ills of colonialism, helping upcoming generations to appreciate diversity and address injustices.

Decolonising the Classroom - Futurum How can teachers decolonise the classroom?

Today is and we are celebrating the amazing role that books can play in our lives. Discover how books and stories have inspired the researchers we work with:

World Book Day: where could books lead you? - Futurum On World Book Day, learn how books and stories have motivated and inspired researchers.

The interdisciplinary approach to health and care economics allows researchers from many fields, such as Dr Michela Tinelli at The London School of Economics and Political Science - LSE, to improve health and social care. How could you contribute to improving society with a career in health and care economics?
https://futurumcareers.com/how-can-health-and-care-support-break-the-cycle-of-homelessness

Learn how Dr Michela Tinelli, a health and care economist at The London School of Economics and Political Science - LSE, is using data science to improve health and social care for people experiencing homelessness:

How can health and care support break the cycle of homelessness? - Futurum Learn how Dr Michela Tinelli is using data science to improve health and social care for people experiencing homelessness

Dr Laura Béres, from King's University College at Western University in Canada, highlights the broad scope of social work. Careers in the field promote positive social change and development, at the individual, community and regional level. What would you investigate as a social work researcher?

https://futurumcareers.com/creating-narratives-of-resilience-with-people-affected-by-cancer

The psychological toll that accompanies living with cancer can be immense. To aid the mental well-being of people affected by cancer, Dr Laura Béres, from King's University College at Western University, and Tracey Jones, from Wellspring London and Region Cancer Support Centre, in Canada, successfully sought research funding for the development of the Journey Through Words programme, which uses the practices of narrative therapy and narrative medicine to help foster stories of resilience and hope in people with cancer and their families.

https://futurumcareers.com/creating-narratives-of-resilience-with-people-affected-by-cancer

Dr Vincent Ricigliano, a molecular biologist at the USDA Agricultural Research Service, enjoys beekeeping and improving the health of bees. Advances in molecular biology are improving human and animal health. What could you achieve with a career in the field?
https://futurumcareers.com/can-microalgae-improve-honeybee-health

Every year, billions of bees are transported around the US to commercially pollinate crops. However, these bees are suffering from malnutrition. At the USDA Agricultural Research Service, Dr Vincent Ricigliano is developing pollen substitutes and edible vaccines from microalgae to improve honeybee health.

Can microalgae improve honeybee health? - Futurum Discover how Dr Vincent Ricigliano is helping feed bees by developing pollen substitutes and edible vaccines made from microalgae.

For millennia, malaria has plagued human civilisation, killing billions over the course of history. Finding ways to combat this complex and clever disease remains a significant challenge. However, Professor Richard Bucala and his team at Yale School of Medicine in the US have found a way to develop a potentially super-effective vaccine – by turning the disease’s most devious tactics against it.

https://futurumcareers.com/how-to-build-a-game-changing-malaria-vaccine

Teaching is a highly rewarding but also highly challenging career. Ensuring that pre-service teachers avoid compassion fatigue and burnout, both through their own self-care and through accessing support resources, is the mission of HEARTcare. Dr Astrid Kendrick, of the University of Calgary in Canada, believes that the HEARTcare resources that she helped formulate can set pre-service teachers on the path to a truly rewarding teaching career.

Supporting pre-service teachers in kickstarting a mentally healthy career - Futurum How can pre-service teachers’ mental well-being be supported?

As behavioural scientists at The London School of Economics and Political Science - LSE’s Inclusion Initiative, Dr Grace Lordan, Teresa Almeida and Dr Jasmine Virhia highlight the importance of behavioural science for improving society.
https://futurumcareers.com/why-is-diversity-important-for-productivity

Of the top 100 companies in the UK in 2023, only ten were led by women. And only four were led by a person of colour. There are many reasons for this concerning lack of diversity in senior management positions, including a lack of opportunities for people from under-represented backgrounds at all stages of their educational and career journeys. At The London School of Economics and Political Science - LSE, Dr Grace Lordan is leading the Diversity and Productivity project, where researchers, including Dr Jasmine Virhia and Teresa Almeida, are working to prove the importance of diversity for increasing productivity.

Why is diversity important for productivity? - Futurum Discover how a team of behavioural scientists is exploring the importance of diversity for increasing productivity