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S3-E4: Why Data Protection Matter in UX research: A Conversation with Natasha den Dekker Jul 30, 2025

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In Today's episode, I am delighted to have a conversation with Natasha den Dekker.

Natasha is a Lead User Researcher working in the financial services industry, and today, we will be discussing data protection in user research. With extensive experience spanning the legal, healthcare, and public sectors, Natasha brings a rigorous and methodical approach to safeguarding customer data while driving meaningful insights. She also supports research democratization efforts, helping teams scale research responsibly and effectively.

This is a conversation with someone who truly knows how to embed data protection into research at scale.

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S3-E3: Why Coaching and Mentoring UXR Matter: A conversation with Javier Bargas-Avila Jun 25, 2025

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In today's episode, I am delighted to have a conversation with Dr Javier Bargas-Avila.

Dr. Javier Bargas-Avila is a UX Research Director with 20+ years of experience, passionate about building exceptional products and high-performing teams. He spent 14 years at Google leading UX research across Cloud, Ads, YouTube, and Play, after founding the HCI lab at the University of Basel.

In 2025, he co-founded Astrolabium with Nina Weber, also a former Googler, focusing on coaching and mentoring for UX professionals. They support clients through career transitions, leadership growth, and job search coaching, working with individuals from junior to VP level.

Javier is a very active member of the UX community, sharing valuable insights and his experience.

Javier is a dedicated mentor, published author (30+ articles), and international speaker (150+ talks). He teaches at the University of Basel and the University of Applied Sciences.

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📖 The UX Research Powerhouse, Vol. 1 — The Foundation of UX Research Strategic Leadership

Launching in November 2025, A playbook and manifesto for research leaders, with a 365-day leadership roadmap, tools to measure impact, and a bonus chapter on AI. 📘 Get the book on Amazon: here

S3-E2: Why Research Ops Matters: A conversation with Kate Towsey May 28, 2025

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In today's episode, I am delighted to have a conversation with Towsey
Kate Towsey is an independent strategic advisor, ResearchOps guru, and founder of the Cha Cha Club a members' club for ResearchOps professionals.
Kate has been at the forefront of ResearchOps for over a decade. The inventor of the widely used acronym PWDR (pau·duh)
for “people who do research,”
Kate also wrote some of the earliest blog posts about setting up research operations, founded the ResearchOps Community, and launched the #WhatisResearchOps movement, putting ResearchOps on the map.

Kate has delivered e-commerce, education, government, retail, and tech operations.
She built and managed the Atlassian ResearchOps team, which is widely recognised as the benchmark for scaling research services and systems to hundreds of people and is the exemplar in the industry. She recently released her first book, Research That Scales: The Research Operations Handbook.

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📖 The UX Research Powerhouse, Vol. 1 — The Foundation of UX Research Strategic Leadership

Launching in November 2025, A playbook and manifesto for research leaders, with a 365-day leadership roadmap, tools to measure impact, and a bonus chapter on AI. 📘 Get the book on Amazon: here

S3-E1: Why Accessibility Matters: A Conversation with Julia Gurney Apr 30, 2025

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In this episode of The UX Research Club, I’m joined by Julia Gurney, Senior UX Researcher and Accessibility Lead at Eye Square in Berlin.
We discuss why accessibility must be embedded into UX research from the start — not treated as a final step. Julia shares her journey, practical tips for inclusive research, and why accessible design benefits all users, not just those with disabilities.
Please find the references mentioned during the episode:
Persona Spectrum: This is a more design-focused resource, but it includes Microsoft’s persona spectrum we talked about:
Podcasts: A few accessibility podcasts (one I mentioned, other I didn’t, but it has some great content)

Beyond Barriers podcast— Hector Minto, Microsoft accessibility specialist
The Digital Accessibility Podcast— not mentioned, but a good resource

Deque Systems: a digital accessibility testing tool.
This can be a significant first step in the two-step methodology approach.
They also have some information on how to get started with the EAA; you can sign up for the guide here:https://www.deque.com/european-accessibility-act-eaa-compliance/
AI webinar: AI and Accessibility The Good, the Bad and the Solutions YouTube channel.
GOV.UK Accessibility and assisted digital
GAAD: Global Accessibility Awareness Day

WCAG: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

📖 The UX Research Powerhouse, Vol. 1 — The Foundation of UX Research Strategic Leadership

Launching in November 2025, A playbook and manifesto for research leaders, with a 365-day leadership roadmap, tools to measure impact, and a bonus chapter on AI. 📘 Get the book on Amazon: here

S2-E6: The role of the UX research Manager Mar 26, 2025

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This Episode is about the role of the UX Research Manager it will cover the following topics:
Why Do We Need UX Research Managers?
Some Historical Evolution of UX Research in Organisation
Who has managed researchers over the years?
The need for UX research managers
The Key Difference: IC Researcher vs. UX Research Manager
What Does a UX Research Manager Actually Do?
How to Transition from UX Researcher to Manager
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📖 The UX Research Powerhouse, Vol. 1 — The Foundation of UX Research Strategic Leadership

Launching in November 2025, A playbook and manifesto for research leaders, with a 365-day leadership roadmap, tools to measure impact, and a bonus chapter on AI. 📘 Get the book on Amazon: here

S2-E5: Applying for a UXR role Mar 27, 2024

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This Episode is about applying for a UXR role and it will cover the following topics:

The importance of understanding the reason why you are applying for a new role
What is the current market situation
Disappointment is also part of the process
The importance of asking yourself the right questions
Where are you in your career,
Having a plan is essential
The general process of applying for a UXR role, as well as sharing some advice from my journey along the way

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📖 The UX Research Powerhouse, Vol. 1 — The Foundation of UX Research Strategic Leadership

Launching in November 2025, A playbook and manifesto for research leaders, with a 365-day leadership roadmap, tools to measure impact, and a bonus chapter on AI. 📘 Get the book on Amazon: here

S2-E4: Running a research project (Part 3) - Analysing, preparing and sharing Dec 13, 2023

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This episode looked at analyzing the data, extracting the main findings, preparing the presentation and sharing it with your stakeholders.
Where do you start?
Going back to the raw data
Create the Excel in which you will capture the analysis
Create the themes
Go back to the research objectives
Extract the main findings
Preparing the documentation (deck)
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📖 The UX Research Powerhouse, Vol. 1 — The Foundation of UX Research Strategic Leadership

Launching in November 2025, A playbook and manifesto for research leaders, with a 365-day leadership roadmap, tools to measure impact, and a bonus chapter on AI. 📘 Get the book on Amazon: here

S2-E3: Running a research project (Part 2) - Preparing, collecting and storing your data Dec 06, 2023

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In the last episode, we looked at how to prepare your research plan and what categories needed to be integrated into it, including the methods to be used.
Now that you have decided on the methods you want to use, which participants or respondents you want to take part in your research and without forgetting the objectives and research questions you want to get some answers you now need to start organizing and planning your data collection, collecting data
This episode covers:
Analytics
Collecting qualitative data
Preparing a discussion guide
Participant recruitment
Running the sessions
Recording the data
Storing your data
etc.
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📖 The UX Research Powerhouse, Vol. 1 — The Foundation of UX Research Strategic Leadership

Launching in November 2025, A playbook and manifesto for research leaders, with a 365-day leadership roadmap, tools to measure impact, and a bonus chapter on AI. 📘 Get the book on Amazon: here

S2-E2: Running a research project - Planning your research (Part 1) Nov 29, 2023

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While doing a research project, it is important to follow a systematic process, such as preparing a research plan, identifying your participants/respondents, collecting the data, analysing them, extracting and interpreting your data to translate them into actionable insights, and communicating them to your stakeholders.

As there is so much to cover to conduct a research project, I will propose 3 episodes to cover all the steps.

Planning
Before starting any research project, planning or preparation for any research project is essential. I have seen so many organisations skipping this phase.

The planning phase is, in my opinion, one of the most important steps of any research project.

Could you imagine any medical, psychological, or social research without any plan or protocol?
This episode will cover the research plan, starting by defining what a research plan is. why we are doing it before starting any project? and what should be included in your research plan.

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📖 The UX Research Powerhouse, Vol. 1 — The Foundation of UX Research Strategic Leadership

Launching in November 2025, A playbook and manifesto for research leaders, with a 365-day leadership roadmap, tools to measure impact, and a bonus chapter on AI. 📘 Get the book on Amazon: here

S2-E1: I need some UX research for my product, where do I start? Nov 22, 2023

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You are about to launch a product or a new feature. You are still at an early stage of your product development, your product is live, and your analytics are irregular. You want to understand your users, understand the market, and test a new feature. You can have 100 reasons that will trigger your appetite for research.
So, now what?
This episode will take you through all the steps that you need to follow before making a research request. This episode is not about preparing a research plan; it is about taking you through what you need to do before you can ask a researcher in your org, commission an agency, or hire a contractor to do your research.
Thank you for listening 🙏

📖 The UX Research Powerhouse, Vol. 1 — The Foundation of UX Research Strategic Leadership

Launching in November 2025, A playbook and manifesto for research leaders, with a 365-day leadership roadmap, tools to measure impact, and a bonus chapter on AI. 📘 Get the book on Amazon: here

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