Stories, strategies, and support to help you thrive in a research-adjacent career

Discover ALL the amazing people and professions that go into making research successful – and how you can join them!

Whether you’re employed, self-employed or just curious, if you want to know more about research-adjacent careers then you are in the right place.

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Who’s behind all this?

Hello! I’m Sarah McLusky and I’ve been proudly research-adjacent for over 20 years.

This whole Research Adjacent thing started back in 2022 when I was asked to organise an ‘alternative careers’ panel for a research consortium. Read all about what happened next.

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