Science & Career Talks

This paper aims to explore mobility and its relationship with tangible and intangible resources. We often tend to think of resources as something exclusively material and valuable in purely economic terms, creating a de facto equivalence between resources and commodities. On the other hand, resources can be broadly understood as socially produced constructions that express what people find relevant to their lives, whether in terms of physical or social needs. As such, like raw materials or finished goods, they play a role in mobility. The 3rd millennium BC is an epoch characterised by the presence of large-scale and ideologically motivated interactive networks that spread across Europe and beyond. These networks were materially expressed through complex archaeological assemblages in which different features and practices were distributed over large areas. In the Western Balkans, the so-called Cetina culture can be described as a widespread pattern of interconnections, traceable through a particular ceramic style, which spread in the Adriatic-Ionian area in the second half of the 3rd millennium BC. The diffusion of Cetina pottery types across the central Mediterranean is the material evidence that reflects the movement of small groups of seafarers and testifies to recurrent contacts. In this paper I will attempt to provide a further explanation for these patterns by adopting a community of practice approach to network analysis, focusing mainly on the ritual and ideological spheres and their connection with mobility. 

Many competitive postdoctoral fellowships are based on and emphasize the importance of academic mobility, viewing it as a valuable asset that enhances researchers' knowledge and competitiveness in the academic job market. In today’s universities and research centers, mobility and internationalization are essential for the career advancement of academics. While geographical mobility can indeed bolster the careers and employability of junior and insecurely employed researchers, it often comes with personal costs.

For those in precarious academic positions, the pressure to relocate is significant if they hope to secure more stable roles. However, individuals on short-term contracts may be less inclined to embrace this mobility. It has been suggested that men find it easier to navigate geographical mobility due to established networks and mentors, and they are often not required to demonstrate their international potential as rigorously as women. In contrast, women face real barriers when balancing work and family commitments, which can limit their mobility more than men's.

Interestingly, women tend to be more mobile early in their careers, when they typically have fewer family responsibilities. Factors such as gender, age, academic tenure, and personal circumstances influence the mobility strategies employed by researchers.

This workshop will explore the issue of research careers and mobility from the perspective of women in academia.

28.11.2024 – Talk
Deep Earth Query: Information Discovery from Big Earth Observation Data Archives

29.11.2024 – Workshop
Stepping Stones to Success: The Journey of Transitioning from a Research Associate to a Full Professor Position
 

07.10.2024 – Talk
Developmental mechanisms that establish neuronal heterogeneity in the dopaminergic system

08.10.2024 – Workshop
A Woman’s Path in Science: Career Insights and Overcoming Challenges

16.11.2023 – Talk
Scientific Career and Family

12.06.2023 – Talk
Intervening Temporalities: Aesthetic of (lost?) Relations at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale

13.06.2023 – Workshop
Navigating your Career. Intersektionale Perspektiven auf die Karriereentwicklung in der Wissenschaft

16.09.2022 – Workshop
Karriereentwicklung von Frauen an Universitäten: Gestaltung – Vernetzung – Kommunikation

24.06.2022 – Talk
Regulated targeting to the endoplasmic reticulum in the context of sterol metabolism

24.06.2022 – Workshop
How to buid a cohesive research profile - balancing scientific question(s) and main techniques of the lab

31.03.2022 – Talk
A look through the ice on Earth and Mars

30.03.2022 – Workshop
Navigating the glass labyrinth of science, technology, engineer and math (STEM)

02.02.2022 – Talk
Where and how are the heaviest elements produced in the universe?

03.02.2022 – Workshop
Academic career in nuclear astrophysics

12.01.2022 – Talk
Zwischen Kritik, Widerstand und einfach nur "mehr desselben": Wie männliche Führungskräfte über Gleichstellung sprechen

13.01.2022 – Workshop
"Strategische Karriereplanung" oder "einfach nur berufen sein"?