What this is about...
This weblog is intended to growth the visibility of early-career researchers (ECRs) inside the scientific community too to brand their voices heard. The weblog focuses on the scientific work, experiences, too opinions of researchers who are but starting their careers. ECRs from all fields of paleosciences* are encouraged to hold upward involved inward creating this blog, too everybody is invited to comment on existing posts too spread the word. ...and how it came to be
The thought of creating an early-researchers grouping was born at the 3rd Young Scientists Meeting of PAGES (Past Global Changes), a centre projection of Future Earth and scientific partner of the World Climate Research Programme. The Young Scientists Meeting took house inward May 2017 inward Morillo de Tou, Spain, too featured almost eighty early-career researchers, lots of Sun too wine, even out astronomy too folk-dance lessons, a few obligatory mosquitoes, too of class a marathon of preparation too science!
During the meeting, breakout groups were formed to speak over the necessity too potential remit of an early-career grouping inside PAGES. ECRs convey fresh too novel ideas that stimulate got the potential to contribute to existing noesis too challenge established paradigms. Unfortunately, intense contest inward the electrical flow chore marketplace coupled with challenges such every bit establishing a professional person identity, competing for grants, too choosing independent career paths Pb to pocket-size success rates of ECRs inward science. What’s more, the move of ECRs does non ever become appropriate attention.
Thus, some of the telephone commutation priorities for ECRs are:
- Better communicate betwixt working groups, private researchers too other institutions; practice opportunities to starting fourth dimension novel scientific collaborations
- Develop too commutation both difficult too soft skills
- Increase exposure too visibility of ECRs inward the scientific community
For these reasons, a grouping of 10 highly motivated PhD students too PostDocs decided to submit a proposal for an ECR group, with friendly encouragement from the PAGES leadership. The principal objectives for the grouping were (1) to initiate too strengthen international collaboration with ECRs, (2) to facilitate an commutation of scientific ideas too experience, too (3) to promote the adjacent generation of researchers of Earth’s yesteryear environment.
After months of collaborative writing too discussions via email, a dedicated online forum, too virtual meetings; the proposal for a PAGES Early-Career Network (PAGES ECN) was submitted inward Oct 2017. A few weeks passed where nosotros unfortunately could practice zilch but attend to our ain research, but too thence the message from PAGES came, too it was a positive one: The PAGES ECN proposal was accepted! The Network officially launched inward Feb 2018 too since too thence the network leaders stimulate got been organizing webinars too meetings, preparing newsletters, setting upward a skills database, and, with many to a greater extent than things, creating this real blog! For to a greater extent than information on the Network, its objectives, upcoming events too how to join, delight catch our fresh new web page!
After months of collaborative writing too discussions via email, a dedicated online forum, too virtual meetings; the proposal for a PAGES Early-Career Network (PAGES ECN) was submitted inward Oct 2017. A few weeks passed where nosotros unfortunately could practice zilch but attend to our ain research, but too thence the message from PAGES came, too it was a positive one: The PAGES ECN proposal was accepted! The Network officially launched inward Feb 2018 too since too thence the network leaders stimulate got been organizing webinars too meetings, preparing newsletters, setting upward a skills database, and, with many to a greater extent than things, creating this real blog! For to a greater extent than information on the Network, its objectives, upcoming events too how to join, delight catch our fresh new web page!