Career day for early career researchers

The Faculty of Social Sciences hosts its first career day with the aim to support early career researchers in their next career step. The event will deal with funding opportunities and elements for success, communication and social media strategies, strategic thinking and time management, and different career paths for researchers within and outside academia.

Target group

The career day is intended for researchers at postdoctoral level at the Faculty of Social Sciences but is also open for other researchers early in their career.

Kindly note that this is not for PhD candidates (see i.e. courses in Research communication and career planning available for this group). 

The deadline for registration has passed, contact Marit Eldholm for enquiries about participation.

Programme

 

08:45 Coffee and registration

 

09:00

Welcome and introduction

Tore Nilssen, Pro-Dean of Research

 

09:15

Funding opportunities for early-career researchers

Marit Eldholm, Senior Adviser External Funding

This section will introduce the participants to prestigious European and national research grants, elements of writing a successful research proposal, and how to build and present a competitive CV.

 

10:15 Break

 

10:25

Building a professional profile in the digital dialogue

Lise Paulsrud Mj?rlund, Head of Communication
Daniel Quintana, Senior Researcher, Department of Psychology

This section will discuss how researchers can use social media as part of a strategy to share their work and expertise, engage with communities within and beyond academia, and what to do when the journalist calls.

 

11:25 Break

 

11:35

Strategic thinking and time management

Johannes Elgvin, Head of Research and Communication

This section will invite participants to reflect on career goals, prioritization, and how to plan the future. 

 

12:20

Career paths after postdoc – in academia and beyond

Research is carried out both within and outside academia. Alumni go on to a variety of successful careers across the academia, for-profit and non-profit sectors, industry, government, education, and more. In this section, alumni will share their personal career journey from a phd/postdoc to “landing the job” in academia and beyond, followed by Q&A.

Chair: Barbro Kolbj?rnsrud, Career and Employability Coordinator

Panelists:

  • Siri Brorstad Borlaug, Deputy Head of Reserach/Senior Researcher, The Nordic Institute for Studies of Innovation, Research and Education (NIFU)
  • Jarle Hildrum, Vice President, Head of Service Innovation, Telenor Research
  • Andreas Moxnes, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Oslo

 

13:15-14:00 Lunch

Published Nov. 2, 2022 3:32 PM - Last modified Aug. 21, 2023 10:41 PM