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Dr Tania Lewis, Vice-Chancellor Senior Research Fellow
Dr Tania Lewis describes the experience of a research fellowship at RMIT.
AUDIO: Ambient music plays
TEXT ON SCREEN: Dr Tania Lewis, Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow, School of Media and Communication plus RMIT logo
VISUAL: Dr Tania Lewis sitting down in her office, a bright and homely room, surrounded by her personal and work effects including a few indoor plants.
DR TANIA LEWIS SPEAKS: I’d been thinking of myself as someone who would fit in with RMIT for some time, so probably, about four or five years ago I thought, RMIT is somewhere I’d like to see myself in a few years.
VISUAL: Dr Tania Lewis walks down a flight of stairs, then is shown smiling and laughing standing by herself on the stairwell. Return to Dr Tania Lewis sitting in front of her desk.
DR TANIA LEWIS SPEAKS: Here was an opportunity for a more senior research position, at a university that really fitted in many ways with my kind of approach to academic research. So it really was a no brainer.
VISUAL: Dr Tania Lewis sitting down on a funky yellow leather couch reading a newspaper. We see views of her from afar, and also close ups of her face concentrating on reading.
DR TANIA LEWIS VOICEOVER: My research currently really taps into what are two of the main research themes at RMIT.
VISUAL: Return to Dr Tania Lewis sitting in front of her desk.
DR TANIA LEWIS SPEAKS: And that would be, the future of cities. Uh, and also sustainability.
VISUAL: Dr Tania Lewis sits at a desk talking to someone and we see her side profile. We then move to footage of her writing on a whiteboard and explaining something to a group of people.
DR TANIA LEWIS VOICEOVER: I’ve been doing work with a team of others, funded by the Australian Research Council. Looking basically at consumer and lifestyle trends in cities of Asia. Particularly using popular television as a lens to look at the emergence of consumer trends.
VISUAL: Return to Dr Tania Lewis sitting in front of her desk, then cutting to two people gardening outdoors in the sun, then we see wo people walking along the street scoping some hard rubbish and a house roof with solar panels.
DR TANIA LEWIS SPEAKS: The other kind of main area of research that I’m currently involved in is looking at, a range of kind of, I guess you could say, ordinary everyday practices in Melbourne that people are introducing into their everyday lives to make their lives more sustainable and more green.
VISUAL: Dr Tania Lewis sitting at a desk talking with a pen in hand at a meeting, then returning to her sitting in front of her desk.
DR TANIA LEWIS VOICEOVER: This position is not just about being the solo researcher just doing research on your own. It’s also about working with teams, uh, about working with people across disciplines, and across the university which is also very exciting for me. I really really enjoy the kind of creative energies that go on in the university here. It’s a university that’s very connected to industry and community.
VISUAL: A close up shot of Dr Tania Lewis laughing and smiling.
DR TANIA LEWIS VOICEOVER: I actually feel very at home here and could see myself here long term
VISUAL: Return to Dr Tania Lewis sitting in front of her desk.
DR TANIA LEWIS SPEAKS: I think it’s a very friendly place and there’s a real sense of community here.
VISUAL: Close up of Dr Tania Lewis drinking a cup of coffee, then a close up of her placing the cup on the saucer, and another close up of her side profile talking, before she turns to look at the camera, smiling.
DR TANIA LEWIS VOICEOVER: The university is investing in me, but I’m also becoming part of this university in terms of its culture and its future. Um, much more perhaps than when I’ve been at other universities.
TEXT ON SCREEN: Find out more at www.rmit.edu.au/research/opportunities. RMIT logo, www.rmit.edu.au
AUDIO: Music fades out.
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