On this episode of the Media Futures Podcast, we hear from Dr Danielle Hynes (Maynooth) and Dr Kevin Witzenberger (QUT), two postdoctoral researchers who recently completed their PhDs in the Media Futures Hub at the University of New South Wales, as they share tips and strategies from their experiences of moving from PhD to Postdoc. Recent years have seen a move from approaching the PhD experience as aimed primarily at the production of a thesis, to the more expansive aim of cultivating a researcher. Amid this changing academic landscape, this discussion addresses a series of increasing relevant questions: How can HDRs best position themselves for postdoctoral opportunities beyond the thesis? What is the contribution and value of research networks in the development of researchers? How can HDRs find Postdoc opportunities and then position themselves as the best candidate? This conversation was recorded at the From PhD to PostDoc workshop at the University of New South Wales in October 2024, hosted by the UNSW Data Justice Research Network and the UNSW Media Futures Hub. This episode was produced by Mitchell Price and Tanja Dreher. Speakers: Dr Danielle Hynes: https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/people/danielle-hynes Dr Kevin Witzenberger: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/kevin.witzenberger Professor Lyria Bennett-Moses: https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/lyria-bennett-moses Associate Professor Tanja Dreher: https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/tanja-dreher Associate Professor Sukhmani Khorana: https://research.unsw.edu.au/people/dr-sukhmani-khorana A podcast from the Media Futures Hub at www.mediafutureshub.org