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What do you get if you cross a psychologist with a research communicator?

I’m Dr Clare Jonas: skills trainer, coach and research communicator with a PhD in Psychology, extensive experience of working in academia and at research funders, and a love of dad jokes.

My services for individuals

  • Career and wellbeing coaching


    Need calm, nonjudgemental support to figure out what you want from work and life?

    I offer online 1:1 coaching for everyone, but I might be particularly helpful if you want someone with lived experience of neurodivergence, career change, or working in academia.

    Learn more about coaching with me

  • Career skills and wellbeing workshops for researchers


    Want to develop the skills you need as a academic (or in a new career) while not losing your mind with stress?

    I offer online small-group workshops on emotional wellbeing and career skills for academia and beyond. Come for the training. Stay for the awful puns.

    Learn more about my workshops for individuals

  • Research comms and engagement mentoring


    Want to get really nerdy about research communication and engagement?

    I offer online 1:1 mentoring in this area for researchers and for people considering a career in research communication.

    Learn more about research comms mentoring

  • Research communications and engagement consultancy


    Got a specific healthcare, neuroscience or psychology research engagement challenge you need support with?

    If you’ve got stuck as you’re planning, doing or evaluating research comms, I offer expert advice to help you get unstuck. If you’re looking for a specialist to plan, deliver or assess research engagement for a project, I offer that too.

    Learn more about my research engagement consultancy

My services for organisations

  • Online and in-person researcher development workshops


    Looking for someone to deliver researcher skills training for a team or organisation?

    Whether you’re a research funder looking for a wellbeing session for a researcher awayday, a university wanting career skills training for your PhD students, or a research team wanting support with developing research engagement skills, I can provide practical, enjoyable workshops and activities to meet your needs.

    Learn more about my off-the-shelf and tailored workshops for teams and organisations

  • Research communications and engagement consultancy for healthcare, neuroscience and psychology


    Got a specific organisational research engagement challenge you need support with?

    Whether you’re a university press team in need of an extra pair of hands for a week, an internal comms specialist who wants advice on how to communicate about research, or an organisation looking for someone to plan, deliver or assess how you communicate about research, I can provide expert advice and support.

    Learn more about my research engagement consultancy

What people say about working with me

  • "Clare is passionate, deeply creative and completely awesome to work with."

    - Stephanie Singer, founder and Creative Director of BitterSuite

  • "I attended Clare's workshop on coping with academic stressors while working as a researcher on a fixed-term contract within a big university. The demands and expectations of my role and sourcing future research funding weighed heavily on me, so learning about Clare's well-thought out coping strategies and her active encouragement to think outside the box was so helpful to my personal development and my wellbeing."

    - Dr Emma Ferguson-Coleman, Lecturer in Dementia and Ageing, GIAM, University of West London

  • “Clare brings a wealth of experience to her workshops and sessions but what comes through the most is that she cares about people. Her focus on your experience and wellbeing as a researcher is refreshing and stands out in what can be a very competitive and outcomes-focussed area.”

    - Dr Graham McClelland, Vice Chancellor’s Fellow, Northumbria University

  • "Clare's workshop set me up with key skills for coping with academic life. What I learned that day has been tremendously helpful to me in the years since."

    - Sam W, wellbeing workshop participant

  • "Clare handles workshops beautifully, with confidence, humour and a great deal of knowledge about teaching others."

    - NB, collaborator