A message from the end of a PhD
Gabriel Matos Rodrigues narrates his experience to move from a PhD to the research world, highlighting values such as empathy and kindness. Read more [...]
Tag Archives: Career
Response to consultation on inclusion and diversity
This article presents the results of a consultation about culture of work, working conditions and the COVID-19 impact in researchers work. Read more [...]
Will ‘research impact’ affect my work?
Research impact defines an operational change within universities, governments and industry stakeholders to expand the key outcomes of university research. This article discusses how junior researchers can cope with such change. Read more [...]
Exploring inequities that affect academic output and career trajectories in the aftermath of COVID-19
This article explores how COVID-19 highlights differentials and inequities that potentially disadvantage the academic career trajectories. Read more [...]
COVID-19 consequences exposing existing inequalities in academia
Tanja Vukovic Juros describes how COVID-19 pandemic has exposed many of the challenges already faced by vulnerable researchers in their career. Read more [...]
ESOF2020 Trieste – Interview #3 Travel Grantees
Travel Grantees Dominiek Lootens and Ibon Santiago tells us about their experience at ESOF2020 as networking opportunity and career boost. Read more [...]
Looking to Pursue a Career in STEM?: Here are 7 Things You Should Know
Ours truly is the great age of technology. Indiana Lee proposes 7 things you should know before embarking on your STEM career. Read more [...]
Early-Career Researchers’ prospects during COVID-19: Costed extensions denied to MSCA researchers amid a discourse of support from the EU
With university and other research institutions closed, researchers have had their research interrupted: from slight readjustments to work from home to complete project interruptions that cause delays. Read more [...]
Updating the culture of academia
Do you love science but are unhappy with the culture in academia?
As a PhD student, postdoc or lab leader (PI), do you feel like your mental health may be suffering because of problems in the system?
Do you think your lab could be managed more efficiently? Read more [...]
Radio Astronomy driving new competences and innovation on the European scale
LOFAR (Low Frequency Array) is the world’s largest and most sensitive low frequency radio telescope. It was designed, built, and is now operated by ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy. LOFAR’s reach now spans Europe – from Ireland to Poland, with the newest LOFAR antenna station being delivered to Ventspils University of Applied Sciences in Latvia. Here we propose that LOFAR is a prime example of how state-of-the-art facilities leads to the sharing and building of competencies and innovation: it is one of today’s major success stories of research infrastructures on a European scale. Read more [...]
Publications in academic research: Publish with a ‘Purpose’ and not just in the fear to ‘Perish’
To publish a number of articles at a very early stage cannot be a direct way to measure one’s ability and interest to do research later in time. Read more [...]
Need career advice? Seek help from a Science Professional
The truth about the scientific field is it’s segregated, disjointed and impersonal. We spend years in higher education to end up widely on our own to figure out our career path. We can cold call or blindly send emails in hopes of connecting to someone Read more [...]
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