Dr Karen Burnell

You get papers through your career that are personally meaningful and ones that you're really proud of. I really hope this helps us to start better understanding the #WellbeingArchaeology movement.

Excavating the Past and (Re)Finding Myself: Exploring Veterans’ and Providers’ Experiences of Wellbeing Archaeology | Journal of Veterans Studies

Recently published with @karenburnell.bsky.social: a new study seeking to understand “Wellbeing Archaeology”

Excavating the Past and (Re)Finding Myself: Exploring Veterans’ and Providers’ Experiences of Wellbeing Archaeology | Journal of Veterans Studies
journal-veterans-studies.org/articles/10....

A bird with green, blue, and brown plumage. The bird looks in flight with wings swept upwards.

A wreath of summer flowers in pinks and greens.

Feel like I'm improving!

Imbolc celebration on a white, square watercolour tile. It reads 'Imbolc. May new life stir new dreams....and may the hearth fire ignite and inspire' in gold lettering. In watercolour are three purple crocuses.

Still very, very new to this. 🙈 I'm never happy when it dries. I think perhaps I need to work in stages a bit.

I wonder whether that’s what drew me in initially. As a narrative psychologist, the notion of integrating memories is vital to reconciliation. But - hips holding trauma (hadn’t realised that came from this book) not quite so sure on that…. Will read and report back.

It was 17 years ago today that I was awarded my PhD. What a journey it’s been so far, personally and professionally.

#AcademicSky

This is really important- thank you for telling me about this. I’ve just had a quick scan of the critique and it isn’t great is it? The last time I had anything to do with VDK’s writing was 17 years ago (today!). So it may well be what I did like about the work is not there anymore.

This has happened to me too. Twice now. First time I emailed the journal editor (about 10 years ago) because the citation made out I’d said the opposite of what I’d actually said. They weren’t bothered. Second time, this year, I just took to X I’m afraid.

Excellent! Thank you!

I AM looking! Goodness me.

A book written by Bessel van der Kolk called ‘The body keeps the score: Brain, mind and body in the healing of trauma’. It is published by Penguin and it has a cream background with a free flowing blue form on the front, which looks like a body in motion (to me anyway).

I cannot wait to start this. I drew on van der Kolk’s work in my PhD. But I finished that in 2007, some 7 years before this work was produced. I looking forward to catching up.

#AcademicSky

I’m 20 years into my career and posted my very first preprint yesterday after being very dubious. I’m working in a very niche area and publishing is tricksy. This way, it’s ‘out there’ protecting my IP while it goes through peer review with the journal. 🤞🏻Go for it I’d say.

2nd Dan here. Stopped training in my 20s and just got back into it in my 40s. These are wonderful. You’ve captured the spirit of Shotokan here. I’d know it anywhere ❤️

You’ve got this! You’ve spent years in preparation. Be confident, take on board critique that makes you work better, but don’t worry about doing anything more right now.

Well. This was an absolute joy. Finally got to meet @drclairenolan.bsky.social for the first time!

And it is also so good to hear from the veterans themselves.

Presented our most recent paper. Check out the preprint on Open Science Framework. Search for our names.

@tag45.bsky.social

Purple rectangular badge with silver lettering saying ‘psychologist’.

This might do

*scurries off to find ‘I’m not an archaeologist’ badge*

@tag45.bsky.social

These are fab! I started a year ago and I’m not great but I find the process itself so rewarding.

And social media has definitely made this worse. Loads of Profs, huge on SM, but actually pretty dire academics.

But we can be better, right? Champion those PhD students and ECRs. Show them they are important and that rules do apply to the profs too.

It’s nearly 20 years ago and I’m still not quite yet over it.

See my comment above….. #solidarity.

My first big international conference happened when I was a PhD student. I was put in a session with some very well known profs, who all happened to be male. Every one of them over ran. Chair did nothing. It came to me. I went over (inexperience) and the Chair stopped me dead. Humiliated.

A pink thank you card in landscape with gold calligraphy saying ‘thank you’. The gift I’ve been given is three origami flowers in blues, pinks, and purples with button centres and on wires. They are wrapped in a white tissue to make a bouquet.

I was given this gift by two students today as we’ve come to the end of a module. Aren’t they beautiful! I was really moved by the thoughtfulness of their gift, and it comes at a time when I’ve been rethinking my role and what I am prioritising.

#AcademicSky #PerfectTiming

Hello you! Yeah, it’s looking rather appealing on your side of the fence…..

IMO, over the past 20 years I’ve seen pseudo business creep in. Commercialising and monetising knowledge while simultaneously devaluing the voice of the expert. The most insidious part for me is the current model of academic publishing. Research strategy only really covering STEM, and student fees

And reading about funding cuts in NZ is heartbreaking.

Hands up if academia now bears no resemblance to when you first started your career. I’m still really passionate about research, training, and education, but I’m all outta love for the culture of the sector as it currently is.

I got my PhD in 2007. I was not prepared for the academic sector I have found myself in.

I needed this today.