https://www.instagram.com/relate_your_research/ | What is Relate Your Research? | Started as as a passion project in 2020, this podcast has become a wonderful space for conversation around research. A podcast created to generate, disseminate and preserve lessons and stories of researchers in South Africa. To provide a collaborative platform for young and early researchers to share their unique experiences, creating an innovative dialogue while preserving knowledge. | SEASON 3 | In this special podcast collab Relate Your Research, outgoing host Jessica Ronaasen passes the baton to season 3's new voice, Kayla Field. Making science relatable continues to be the heart of relate your research. Endorsed by Department of Social Work, Stellenbosch University Produced by Ward Wide Music, Cape Town Social Sciences en Sat, 05 Oct 2019 09:48:55 +0200 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:46:38 +0200 30 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss iono.fm 2.5.2.0 Relate your Research - A research conversation podcast no Kayla Field | Jessica Ronaasen Monthly feeds@iono.fm (Feed Manager) https://cdn.iono.fm/files/p1454/logo_4754_20250910_202859_1400.jpeg https://www.instagram.com/relate_your_research/ | What is Relate Your Research? | Started as as a passion project in 2020, this podcast has become a wonderful space for conversation around research. Relate your Research - A research conversation podcast episodic Relate your Research - A research conversation podcast jessicabaker3@gmail.com false ZA https://iono.fm/e/1644560 https://iono.fm/e/1644560 Connect with Kayla on Linkedin]]> Social Sciences Fri, 30 Jan 2026 18:34:00 +0200 0 0 S3/Ep.6 "Housing Policy & Social Impact with Fanele Msimango" 0 0 Kayla Field | Jessica Ronaasen full 16:24 Relate your Research - a social work podcast https://iono.fm/e/1623899 https://iono.fm/e/1623899 Connect with Kayla on Linkedin]]> Social Sciences Fri, 28 Nov 2025 17:21:00 +0200 0 0 S3/Ep.5 "Inside Immunology & Infection Disease Research with Ruth Purcell" 0 0 Kayla Field | Jessica Ronaasen full 26:41 Relate your Research - a social work podcast https://iono.fm/e/1616504 https://iono.fm/e/1616504 Connect with Kayla on Linkedin]]> Social Sciences Fri, 31 Oct 2025 11:42:00 +0200 0 0 S3/Ep.4 "Understanding Cancer Research: Insights from Atarah Rass" 0 0 Kayla Field | Jessica Ronaasen full 18:50 Relate your Research - a social work podcast https://iono.fm/e/1601294 https://iono.fm/e/1601294 Connect with Kayla on Linkedin]]> Social Sciences Fri, 26 Sep 2025 13:10:00 +0200 0 0 S3/Ep.3 "Inside the MD-PhD Journey: Research, Medicine, and Industry with Alex Dumas" 0 0 Kayla Field | Jessica Ronaasen full 28:46 Relate your Research - a social work podcast https://iono.fm/e/1592112 https://iono.fm/e/1592112 Connect with Kayla on Linkedin]]> Social Sciences Fri, 29 Aug 2025 17:45:00 +0200 0 0 S3/Ep.2 "Connecting People, Policy, and Place: A Conversation with Prof. Cathy Sutherland" 0 0 Kayla Field | Jessica Ronaasen full 23:42 Relate your Research - a social work podcast https://iono.fm/e/1587216 https://iono.fm/e/1587216
Connect with me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kayla-field-41618b17b Connect with Kayla on Linkedin]]> Social Sciences Fri, 15 Aug 2025 17:07:00 +0200 0 0 S3/Ep.1 “Kayla Field Takes the Mic: A New Season of Relating Research”  0 0 Kayla Field | Jessica Ronaasen full 9:05 Relate your Research - a social work podcast https://iono.fm/e/1143532 https://iono.fm/e/1143532
In 2022 I had a baby - and completed my Phd! What a journey! This episode features some tips and practical tools that helped me manage and complete the year with two of my life greatest achievements.

Some useful tools and referrals:
Richard Baker - Podcast Production and Mixing
https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-baker-325409111/

Lisa Gouws - Proof Reading, Editing & Reference Support
lglinguistique@gmail.com

Gloria Cooper - Transcription Services
https://transcriptions-services.co.za Connect with Kayla on Linkedin]]> Social Sciences Tue, 11 Jan 2022 15:06:00 +0200 0 0 S2/Ep.17 "Season 1 close out reflection from Dr Jessica Ronaasen" 0 0 Kayla Field | Jessica Ronaasen full 14:37 Relate your Research - a social work podcast https://iono.fm/e/971637 https://iono.fm/e/971637
Lauren describes herself as a Literary Artist, Professional Author, Radio Host 729AM, Ordained Minister, Journalist and Equality Advocate.

Some noteworthy achievements include;
Desmond Tutu - Gerrit Brand Award Winner 2017, Ted x Cape Town Speaker 2018, Next Generation Award Winner (Washington, U.S.A) 2019, Global Women's Empowerment Summit Speaker (Sandton) 2021.

She completed her
B.A degree - UNISA | Post graduate Honours | Master in Divinity - Therapeaia Bible College |

Link Up:
Website: https://laurenjacobs.co.za/
Instagram: @profuselyprofound
https://www.cbeinternational.org/persons/aliyah-jacobs Connect with Kayla on Linkedin]]> Social Sciences Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:59:00 +0200 0 0 S2/Ep.16 "How are our communities responding to Gender Based Violence with Lauren Jacobs" 0 0 Kayla Field | Jessica Ronaasen full 40:10 Relate your Research - a social work podcast https://iono.fm/e/971614 https://iono.fm/e/971614
Adriaan describes his investigation into the perceptions of social workers on the role of financial literacy education in facilitating social development. Financial literacy education has been understudied in South Africa and studies (in countries with similar socio-economic challenges to SA) have shown financial literacy education initiatives can act as effective mediums to help buffer clients against poor socio-economic circumstances.

Endorsed by Stellenbosch University Department of Social Work

Linkedin Account:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriaan-jordaan-9455351b7/ Connect with Kayla on Linkedin]]> Social Sciences Tue, 15 Dec 2020 15:59:00 +0200 0 0 S2/Ep.15 "The role of financial literacy education in facilitating social development with Adriaan Jordaan" 0 0 Kayla Field | Jessica Ronaasen full 34:35 Relate your Research - a social work podcast https://iono.fm/e/946173 https://iono.fm/e/946173
This episode focuses on the Parenting for Lifelong Health programmes for Young Children which is a package of open access, non-commercialised parenting programmes to prevent violence in low-resource settings.

Link to online resources & programme: https://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/child/plh/en/

Youtube link about PLH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g553h4KGKR8 Connect with Kayla on Linkedin]]> Social Sciences Tue, 27 Oct 2020 07:25:00 +0200 0 0 S2/Ep.14 "Parenting for Lifelong Health programmes for Young Children with Catherine Ward" 0 0 Kayla Field | Jessica Ronaasen full 43:12 Relate your Research - a social work podcast https://iono.fm/e/933941 https://iono.fm/e/933941
This episode is part of our ECD series, bridging the ECD sector with research and those in the field.

LITASA Website: https://www.litasa.org.za
Literacy in SA Research: https://www.litasa.org.za/research
LITASA Conference 2020 Youtube Playlist: http://shorturl.at/qNQW0 Connect with Kayla on Linkedin]]> Social Sciences Fri, 02 Oct 2020 16:12:00 +0200 0 0 S2/Ep.13 "National Chairperson of LITASA shares on Literacy for children (0-6 years)" 0 0 Kayla Field | Jessica Ronaasen full 31:00 Relate your Research - a social work podcast https://iono.fm/e/920861 https://iono.fm/e/920861
Early Childhood is time of great potential but also for many mothers is a time of risk if positive health practices are not prioritised particularly if the mother or the child is HIV positive.

In this episode we talk about a Participatory Action Research Initiative in the Eastern Cape with Teresa Wilson, Community Dietitian and postgraduate researcher.

Links to resources for community engagement can. be found at : https://sakhaesethu.com Connect with Kayla on Linkedin]]> Social Sciences Tue, 08 Sep 2020 10:36:00 +0200 0 0 S2/Ep.12 "Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV with Teresa Wilson" 0 0 Kayla Field | Jessica Ronaasen full 29:11 Relate your Research - a social work podcast https://iono.fm/e/901768 https://iono.fm/e/901768 communicable disease presented to have a huge influence on parenting.

Living in an underprivileged community has been found to have an influence on the management of non-communicable disease as well as raising a child aged 0-6 years old.

Teresa Wilson from Department of Health & Nelson Mandela University shares her project exploring the link between nutrition and diseases of lifestyle.

Links from Episode:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/teresa-wilson-37a4085b/

This podcast is supported by the DG Murray Trust. Connect with Kayla on Linkedin]]> Social Sciences Mon, 03 Aug 2020 11:37:00 +0200 0 0 S1/Ep.11 "Early Years, Nutrition & chronic disease of lifestyle with Teresa Wilson" 0 0 Kayla Field | Jessica Ronaasen full 27:33 Relate your Research - a social work podcast https://iono.fm/e/884509 https://iono.fm/e/884509
Jessica Blom shares her research highlighting the value of a collective experience and shared knowledge which is strengthening the ECD sector in a number of ways.

Links from Episode:
https://cecd.org.za/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-blom/

https://www.facebook.com/CentreForEarlyChildhoodDevelopment/

Thesis still to be published online *Link to follow*

This episode was supported by the DG Murray Trust Connect with Kayla on Linkedin]]> Social Sciences Wed, 01 Jul 2020 09:44:00 +0200 0 0 S1/Ep.10 "ECD Forums – creating community support with Jessica Blom" 0 0 Kayla Field | Jessica Ronaasen full 25:43 Relate your Research - a social work podcast https://iono.fm/e/849952 https://iono.fm/e/849952
Featuring both, Catherine Draper, Senior Lecturer at Wits University and Simone Tomaz, University of Stirling who both worked on the development of the Movement Guidelines for South Africa..

Useful Tools:
https://www.ssisa.com/news/movement-guidelines-children/
https://ilifalabantwana.co.za/7476-2/

Articles & Related Research:
Draper, C.E., Tomaz, S.A., Stone, M., Hinkley, T., Jones, R.A., Louw, J., Twine, R., Kahn, K. and Norris, S.A., 2017. Developing intervention strategies to optimise body composition in early childhood in South Africa. BioMed research international, 2017.

Tomaz, S.A., 2018. Physical activity and gross motor skills in rural South African preschool children (Doctoral dissertation, University of Cape Town).

Draper, C.E., Tomaz, S.A., Stone, M., Hinkley, T., Jones, R.A., Louw, J., Twine, R., Kahn, K. and Norris, S.A., 2017. Research Article Developing Intervention Strategies to Optimise Body Composition in Early Childhood in South Africa.

Jones, S., Hendricks, S. and Draper, C.E., 2014. Assessment of physical activity and sedentary behavior at preschools in Cape Town, South Africa. Childhood Obesity, 10(6), pp.501-510.

This ECD Series is supported by the DG Murray Trust Connect with Kayla on Linkedin]]> Social Sciences Mon, 01 Jun 2020 09:00:00 +0200 0 0 S1/Ep.9 "The South African 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Birth to 5 with Simone Topaz & Catherine Draper" 0 0 Kayla Field | Jessica Ronaasen full 48:49 Relate your Research - a social work podcast https://iono.fm/e/831732 https://iono.fm/e/831732
Masters Research: THE EXECUTION OF INDIVIDUAL REFLECTIVE SUPERVISION SESSIONS: EXPERIENCES OF INTERMEDIATE FRONTLINE SOCIAL WORKERS: http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/103336 Connect with Kayla on Linkedin]]> Social Sciences Fri, 15 May 2020 10:17:00 +0200 0 0 S1/Ep.7 "Talking about Social Protests & Social Action with Hilary Chibaya" 0 0 Kayla Field | Jessica Ronaasen full 28:04 Relate your Research - a social work podcast https://iono.fm/e/850463 https://iono.fm/e/850463
This episode starts off our ECD series by looking at the pathway and progress of ECD policy in South Africa and the implications of this in the ECD sector.

Centre for Early Childhood Development: https://cecd.org.za

Atmore, E., 2019. An Interpretive Analysis of the Early Childhood Development Policy Trajectory in Post-apartheid South Africa. https://scholar.sun.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10019.1/105968/atmore_childhood_2019.pdf?sequence=1

Van Niekerk, L. Ashley-Cooper, M and Atmore, E. (2017) Effective early childhood development programme options meeting the needs of young South African children. Cape Town: Centre for Early Childhood Development.

https://cecd.org.za/news/

http://www.capetalk.co.za/articles/343631/eric-atmore-completes-groundbreaking-phd-at-62

This Podcast Series is supported by the DG Murray Trust Connect with Kayla on Linkedin]]> Social Sciences Thu, 23 Apr 2020 09:00:00 +0200 0 0 S1/Ep.8 "The Trajectory of ECD Policy in South Africa with Eric Atmore" 0 0 Kayla Field | Jessica Ronaasen full 27:09 Relate your Research - a social work podcast https://iono.fm/e/830984 https://iono.fm/e/830984
Melinda is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Development in Africa (CSDA) at the University of Johannesburg

Recent article in the Conversaiton.com:
https://theconversation.com/south-africans-describe-the-pain-of-unemployment-130250?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton&fbclid=IwAR3hxKnycXDTB19wSs0Oz9jyZsTQ2BImNfSafN8bYBXPRhWmP3SOM0hhFDE

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14330237.2018.1454575

Contextual factors and the experience of unemployment: A review of qualitative studies:
http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2222-34362018000100055

Exploring experiences of unemployment in South African townships [PhD (Industrial Psychology):
http://repository.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/31643 Connect with Kayla on Linkedin]]> Social Sciences Sun, 15 Mar 2020 09:12:00 +0200 0 0 S1/Ep.6 "The experiences of the unemployed in South Africa with Dr Melinda Du Toit " 0 0 Kayla Field | Jessica Ronaasen full 41:44 Relate your Research - a social work podcast https://iono.fm/e/823492 https://iono.fm/e/823492 This episode denatures the doctoral research exploring the contemporary issues facing NGOs today. Termed the 'neoliberal tenants', this study presents the voices of South African, NGO-based frontline social workers.

We talk NGO sector funding, burnout and the challenges that social workers are facing in an ever growing global economy.

Links from the episode:
https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=5552
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/438f/dcb7d9d92bdf97e7a99eabf99235a3285aea.pdf
http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-80542018000300003&lng=en&tlng=en

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-global-social-work-definition%3A-Ontology%2C-and-Ornellas-Spolander/c9bfd715d24349d293910874733b7d0d4fdf52f6 Connect with Kayla on Linkedin]]> Social Sciences Fri, 28 Feb 2020 08:19:00 +0200 0 0 S1/Ep.5 "The Unseen Neoliberal Implications on Social Work & NGOs with Dr Abigail Ornellas" 0 0 Kayla Field | Jessica Ronaasen full 31:51 Relate your Research - a social work podcast https://iono.fm/e/816990 https://iono.fm/e/816990
In Part 1, we hear the personal journey and the road to becoming a social work research as well as the stories behind wanting to leave an impact in South Africa through research and academia.

Part 2: The Unseen neoliberal implications on social work :voices of South African Social workers with Abigail Ornelles [Link to come]

Links from Episode:
https://www.blacksash.org.za/index.php/media-and-publications/media-statements/625-sassa-s-decommissioning-process-has-devastating-consequences-on-social-grant-beneficiaries

https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/south-africa/2019-10-08-rural-social-grant-beneficiaries-bear-the-brunt-of-closed-sassa-pay-points/

https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=5552
https://www.linkedin.com/in/abigail-ornellas-a2991b65/ Connect with Kayla on Linkedin]]> Social Sciences Mon, 17 Feb 2020 10:55:00 +0200 0 0 S1/Ep.4 "My journey as a social work researcher with Abigail Ornellas " 0 0 Kayla Field | Jessica Ronaasen full 29:14 Relate your Research - a social work podcast https://iono.fm/e/813883 https://iono.fm/e/813883
Links from the episode
SU Staff Profile: http://www.sun.ac.za/english/faculty/arts/social-work/Pages/Staff/Zibonele-Zama.aspx

Challenges faced by traditional healers when treating people living with HIV and AIDS: the case of Intsika Municipality, Eastern Cape province. Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1015357

Zimba, Z. and Tanga, P.T., 2014. Challenges faced by traditional healers when treating people living with HIV and AIDS: the case of intsika municipality, Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Studies on Ethno-Medicine, 8(3), pp.269-275.

Zimba, Z.F., 2017. The impact of family preservation and family reunification services on families in South Africa: a case study of Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape Province. Link : http://hdl.handle.net/10353/3088 Connect with Kayla on Linkedin]]> Social Sciences Mon, 10 Feb 2020 19:19:00 +0200 0 0 S1/Ep.3 "Traditional healers & social workers in South Africa" 0 0 Kayla Field | Jessica Ronaasen full 32:02 Relate your Research - a social work podcast https://iono.fm/e/767137 https://iono.fm/e/767137
In this podcast call, Noreth Muller-Kluits, lecturer from College of Cape Town an PhD Candidate from Stellenbosch University shares her findings, resources and research related to caring for people with disabilities.

Links from Episode
Informability Blog: https://informability.blog/about/
Masters Research Thesis: http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/102919 Connect with Kayla on Linkedin]]> Social Sciences Wed, 06 Nov 2019 12:15:00 +0200 0 0 S1/Ep.2 "Caring for people with physical disabilities with Noreth Muller-Kluits" 0 0 Kayla Field | Jessica Ronaasen full 37:19 Relate your Research - a social work podcast https://iono.fm/e/753896 https://iono.fm/e/753896
Social worker and postgraduate researcher, Thea Wynne shares with us her research lessons, findings and reflections on her Masters Study titled: The potential factors contributing to harmful supervision of social workers.

For research outputs: https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/62
http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/107900

Stellenbosch University Social Work Department: http://www.sun.ac.za/english/faculty/arts/social-work Connect with Kayla on Linkedin]]> Social Sciences Sat, 05 Oct 2019 10:42:00 +0200 0 0 S1/Ep.1 "Social Work Supervision with Thea Wynne" 0 0 Kayla Field | Jessica Ronaasen full 23:22 Relate your Research - a social work podcast