SC3.1How to convene a session at EGU's General Assembly Early career scientists Convener(s): Stephanie Zihms Co-Convener(s): Helen Glaves, Roelof Rietbroek Tue, 10 Apr, 13:30–15:00 / Room -2.85 This session will discuss the ins & outs of convening or co-convening a session from proposing to a session, the promotion and abstract handling to the actual General Assembly. We will discuss what makes a good session abstract and what are your options. What happens are you suggest a session and what you can do to promote your session. Read more
SC3.11Unconscious bias Early career scientists Convener(s): Claudia Alves de Jesus Rydin Co-Convener(s): Alberto Montanari, Marie Bocher, David Gallego Torres Tue, 10 Apr, 10:30–12:00 / Room -2.91 The goal of the short course is to increase awareness of the impact of gender unconscious bias and provide tools to facilitate equitable decision-making across a range of processes. In this short course you will be presented with various situations where gender imbalance may occur and you will be invited to interactively discuss concrete actions to change this reality. The situations presented will range from formal/institutional (e.g. recruitment and evaluation committees) to informal/individual (e.g. daily-life choices or actions). The short … Read more
SC3.12How to find funding and write a research grant Early career scientists Convener(s): Stephanie Zihms, Olivia Trani Thu, 12 Apr, 13:30–15:00 / Room -2.16 Drafting your first grant proposal can be daunting. Grant writing improves with experience, so how do early career scientists compete on equal footing with those who are more established? In this short course, scientists will give tips for success when trying to secure those first (usually small) research grants. NOTE - this course has a broader scope than the more specific ERC and Marie Curie short courses. This course gives broad tips and hints on how to write a successful … Read more
SC3.19/NH10.3Speed-dating: Research-match making (co-organized) Early career scientists Convener(s): Giulia Roder Co-Convener(s): Raffaele Albano, Luigi Lombardo, Jonathan Rizzi Mon, 09 Apr, 15:30–17:00 / Room -2.31 This Short Course is a quick-fire and sociable way to talk about your research! It allows many Natural Hazards Early Career Scientists to come together to discuss their research interests and find others with similar interests or with ideas and experiences they can draw on. It is particularly useful in allowing researchers to share ideas and build connections through which future research collaborations can be developed, or to identify and solve specific problems they are addressing in their research or … Read more
SC3.20Meet the editors of ACP, BG and CP Early career scientists Convener(s): Sam Illingworth Thu, 12 Apr, 10:30–12:00 / Room -2.16 The first encounter with the review process can be a disheartening experience: Laborious, time-consuming and unfulfilling. Unfortunately, there is no way around it: if you want a career in research, you need to publish in peer-reviewed journals. This means responding to reviews of your own work and reviewing the work of other scientists. In this short course you will get the chance to learn how to navigate the review process, and you will also get to meet the chief executive … Read more
SC3.21Meet the editors of ADGEO, ESD, ESurf, and SE Early career scientists Convener(s): Sam Illingworth Thu, 12 Apr, 08:30–10:00 / Room -2.16 The first encounter with the review process can be a disheartening experience: Laborious, time-consuming and unfulfilling. Unfortunately, there is no way around it: if you want a career in research, you need to publish in peer-reviewed journals. This means responding to reviews of your own work and reviewing the work of other scientists. In this short course you will get the chance to learn how to navigate the review process, and you will also get to meet the chief executive … Read more
SC3.4/CL6.05/CR8.10/OS6.3Polar science career panel (EGU Cryosphere and APECS) (co-organized) Early career scientists Convener(s): Clara Burgard Co-Convener(s): Emma Smith, Sonika Shahi Tue, 10 Apr, 12:15–13:15 / Room -2.85 Are you an early career scientist coming to EGU looking for inspiration to take the next step in your career? Are you feeling a little lost with all the opportunities both academic and elsewhere? Then this short course is for you! Join us for a panel discussion about everything to do with life post-polar-PhD and expand your ideas about where you might go next. Our five expert panelists come from a wide range of backgrounds, from various stages of academia … Read more
SC3.5Academia is not the only route: exploring alternative career options for Earth scientists Early career scientists Convener(s): Olivia Trani Co-Convener(s): Bárbara Ferreira Thu, 12 Apr, 15:30–17:00 / Room -2.16 With more PhD and post-doc positions than there are tenured posts, landing a permanent job in academia is increasingly challenging. For some the prospect of many years of funding and position uncertainty, coupled with having to relocate regularly is an unwelcome prospect. The skills acquired by those striving for an academic career are valued in other job sectors. In this workshop, a repeat of the popular 2017 course, a panel of current and former geoscientists will discuss career opportunities for … Read more
SC3.8How do you peer-review? Early career scientists Convener(s): Mathew Stiller-Reeve Wed, 11 Apr, 10:30–12:00 / Room -2.85 How do you peer-review? Apparently you are just supposed to miraculously know. Many of us never receive formal training in peer review, yet our peer-reviews are the cornerstone of scientific legitimacy. Constructive, respectful, coherent reviews nurture dialogue and advance research. So, how can we review papers in an efficient way? Are there techniques that could make the process more efficient and ensure that we give the authors the most useful feedback? In this short course, we will hear from peer-review … Read more
SC3.9Scientific publishing, science integrity and work ethics: short-course on the scientific method and our modern work environment Early career scientists Convener(s): Sebastian Doetterl Co-Convener(s): Carsten W. Mueller, Taru Sandén, Jörg Schnecker, Cordula Vogel, Steffen A. Schweizer, Annegret Larsen Fri, 13 Apr, 08:30–12:00 / Room -2.91 Outline: Why is the Peer Review process so important and how does it work in practice? How should we act as scientists in the current working environment? How should we behave and conduct our scientific work and what ethical guidelines should we follow? These topics will be addressed by three invited speakers in this short-course. Each speaker will give a lead presentation followed by an open discussion and response section on the general concepts of ethical working and writing in … Read more
