I think academia is just still very conservative in the way that people are hired and promoted. - Patricia Kingori

You find yourself wondering what makes a society work and why this society is different to another one.

We can try and manage our own careers, but it’s very different to trying to manage other people’s.

I’m very conscious that diversity is sometimes skewed to a very narrow interpretation- it’s generally gender diversity, so racial, social class and other forms of diversity get put on the back foot. That is changing, but it’s changing very slowly.