Date:
Friday, 11 July, 2025 - 09:00 to 12:30
Location:
Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, 3 South Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QY
Join us for an interactive workshop, at Oxford University, designed for early and emerging academic researchers, led by experienced international researchers, mentors, and life coaches. This event offers invaluable insights into navigating your academic career, writing and publishing research, and maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
Workshop Part I (9:00 AM - 10:30 AM):
- Fulfilling the Academic Pressure to Write and Be Cited - including guidance on formulating your research to facilitate paper writing: Smoothing the submission process: Early-career mentoring and networking opportunities
- Professor Niall Young: Selecting your research topic and writing scientific literature
- Professor Charles Brennan: Understanding the journal submission process
- Professor Witoon Prinyawiwatkul: Navigating peer review and crafting good reviews
- Q&A panel discussion
BREAK 10:30 - 11:00 AM
Workshop Part II (11:00 AM - 12:30 PM):
- Managing Your Academic Career - including managing priorities and expectations: reviewing strategies for developing long-lasting collaborations to benefit careers as well as work-life balance
- Professor Margaret Brennan (Creative Choices): Strategies for developing collaborations, recognizing burnout triggers and managing change fatigue: How to move forward - discussing ways to approach repairing the rupture evident in the workplace and creating a balanced work-life environment
Spaces are limited to 40 participants.
Don't miss this opportunity to advance your academic journey!