Because this show is so much work on top of my full-time job, Wesearch is currently on hiatus!
I’m a designer (aka not a true and hardcore scientist or researcher), but I want to make learning better! I have an intense passion for learning new things, but academic-style learning isn't everyone's thing. Being able to discover new and exciting fields, learning fun facts, and being able to share what you love is incredibly important to me, and I want to use Wesearch as a platform to let other people do this as well.
Wesearch really started because I realized that the older I get, the more I’m acutely aware that being scientifically literate, and able to read and understand research is such an important skill in our current political (and actual) climate, but it is also so easy to mess up or be discouraged by.
Research is more than papers, it's the people working hard to make connections and discover new things. I want to create content that makes huge (and tbh boring to read) published studies more accessible to non-researchers without specialized knowledge. I do this by sitting down with a smart person to talk about their jobs, goals, inspiration, and genuine excitement for the work that they do. We work together to break down their processes and talk about why the work that they do is so important.
We all benefit from research, so we deserve an opportunity to understand it too! By doing Wesearch, I hope to make excitement, information, and research resources more accessible, for free!
Are you a researcher who is passionate about the work that you do? Interested in talking about your research and what gets you excited to do it? Have something to share about what you wish everyday people would know about your work? Just want to talk about how excited you are about learning with someone equally excited about learning? I want to hear from you!!
