ECR-Net: IAVCEI’s Early-Career Researchers Network

Aim

The IAVCEI ECR-Net is a global group of volcanology researchers dedicated to connecting Early-Career Researchers in volcanology and related subdisciplines worldwide.

Upcoming events

IAVCEI Scientific Assembly, Portland, U.S.A., 14-18 August 2017

⇒ ECR specific programming includes:

• Mentoring/mentee initiative;

• Early career mentoring fair;

• Early career social event;

• Crisis communication panel debate;

• and much more! Click here to view the IAVCEI 2017 ECR page.

   

  The ECR-Net Initiative

The IAVCEI Early-Career Researchers Network (ECR-Net) was established during the IAVCEI 2013 conference in Kagoshima (Japan) by a group of Early-Career enthusiasts and then-IAVCEI President Ray Cas, in order to (1) support career development, (2) form an active network and (3) coordinate specific activities for early-career volcanologists. Since then, the ECR-Net working group has held several social meetings, interacted with IAVCEI’s Executive Committee, set up ECR discussion platforms on social media, and prepared an early-career dedicated programme for the IAVCEI Assembly in Portland in August 2017.

Ongoing efforts include the following:

Supporting career development

• Hold workshops at IAVCEI-sponsored meetings: Q&A sessions with senior scientists, scientific CV writing, job opportunities, publishing, grant proposal writing, etc.;

• Develop an online forum for Q&A with senior scientists, linking to job opportunities, etc.

Forming an active network to share resources

• Use social media (Facebook, Twitter, VHUB) as informal ways to distribute ECR-specific information, e.g., international funding and partnership opportunities, ECR-Net activities, etc.;

• Produce an ECR-Net newsletter highlighting cutting-edge research by early-career volcanologists worldwide (within IAVCEI News);

• Highlight ECR news and science from listservs, websites, and journals. 

Co-ordinate early-career specific activities at IAVCEI assemblies and involvement in IAVCEI

• Increase opportunities for ECR involvement and recognition, e.g., develop an award to recognize early career scientists, and/or dedicated ECR events.

• Increase involvement of early-career researchers in convening sessions and IAVCEI commissions;

• Hold early-career specific pre-/post-conference workshops to provide training, networking and feedback/advice on presentations of other topics of early-career interest.

Join us!

• Become a member of our Facebook group “IAVCEI ECR-Net (Early-Career Researchers Network)”!

• Follow us on Twitter: @IAVCEI_ECRNet

• Become a member of the VHUB group and start a discussion!

(VHUB is a great way to build your network from the start of your career!)

• This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to receive mailing list updates!

If you want to be part of the core working group as a regional representative (Asia, Africa, Middle-East especially) or have any helpful suggestions to enhance the efficiency of the ECR-Net, please send us an email!

Meet the current ECR-Net Working Group members (2015-2017)