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Vanessa De Luca from IIT presented Nexus at the WORLD FORUM FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE highlighting its role as a catalyst for promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion within research and innovation ecosystems. This online scientific conference took place from April 15th to 17th, followed by a networking meeting on April 19th at Parco della Musica in Rome. Vanessa De Luca took part in the World Forum for Women in Science (WFWS) 2024 – ENVISIONING TOMORROW on April 17^th (12:15 -13:45). She contributed to a panel discussion titled “Sustainable, Inclusive, Decolonized Innovation.” Her talk centered on “Nexus’s Innovative Approach to Addressing Diversity Gaps in Research and Innovation.

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia held two Open Labs with internal staff and external stakeholders to collaboratively design inclusive initiatives aimed at fostering intersectional and intersectoral inclusivity within the institute on 18^th of March and 8^th of April.

Online training provided to internal staff at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) focuses on “Incorporating Intersectional and Intersectoral Perspectives into Research and Innovation” was held on 7^th and 8^th of March.

On March 18th, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) hosted the inaugural Open Lab for co-design within the framework of Nexus.
The co-design approach stands as a cornerstone of Nexus, championing the engagement of both internal staff and external stakeholders within the R&I ecosystem. Together, we’re fostering inclusivity and driving impactful actions. #CoDesign #Nexus #Innovation

TU Dublin held two co-creation Open Labs – ‘Towards More Inclusive Athena Swan Actions’ in March 2024. TU Dublin staff were joined by colleagues from Maynooth University, Trinity College Dublin, the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland and a visiting academic from Austria.
The Open Labs were a great opportunity to discuss advancing inclusivity in higher education institutes and research organisations. Both co-creation workshops included very interesting and productive discussions which illustrated the strong interest and commitment to inclusivity in TU Dublin and beyond!

Experts from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya visiting partners‘ universities

The postdoc career stage is increasing in numbers and duration worldwide. At the same time, the postdoc role is complex, open, and uncertain: The tasks postdocs are confronted with are more diverse and complex compared to the Ph.D. stage. There is also less guidance helping postdocs to cope with the situation.
This presentation addresses the question how postdocs learn what it means to ‘be a postdoc’. Bridging the literatures on the socialization of postdocs and on academic competition, we reveal a neglected function of academic competition:
Competition is not only a mechanism for allocating scarce resources, it also has a socializing function because it conveys expectations and values to early career scientists.
Drawing on qualitative interviews with 60 postdocs in Modern History and Particle Physics in Germany, we show how they distinguish competitions for publications, funding, and jobs. Different types of competition convey different expectations to them. The multiplicity of competitions experiences by postdocs results in time conflicts and “role strain”.

Kathia Serrano is a professor of sociology at Heidelberg University. She works on scientific governance, precarious careers and civic engagement.

3rd April 2024 at 13:00 (CEST)

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