After our successful Online Forum on Research Careers & Policy last year, we are delighted to announce our second Irish RSA Online Forum on Research Careers , which will include presentations from key speakers and panel discussions. The Forum will be organised as a virtual event via Zoom.

We intend to facilitate a discussion on sustainable careers for researchers, with a focus on mobility, gender equality, open science by bringing together a number of key experts and stakeholders in research careers, both on national and international level.

Our target audience are researchers, higher education institutions, decision-makers in the public service and other relevant stakeholders.

KEY SPEAKERS:

• Arjumand Younus - Co-Director of Women in Research Ireland WIRI

• Joseph Twist - University College Dublin / EDI Officer

• Gareth O’Neill - Principal Consultant on Open Science at Technopolis Group

• Slaven Misljencevic - EC / RESAVER pension fund

PANELLISTS:

• Joan Donegan - Former General Secretary of IFUT (Irish Federation of University Teachers)

• Joanne Kenney - Assistant Professor at Dublin City University

• Máire Brophy - Dean of Graduate Studies and Research (SALI) at Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest

• Tara Hughes - Research Careers Manager at University College Dublin

AGENDA (in IST):

• 2.00 - 2.10pm: Welcome & opening speech (IrishRSA)
• 2.10 - 2.40pm: Presentations on research careers & mobility and open science
• 2.40 - 3.20pm: Panel discussion and Q&A
• 3.20 - 3.40pm: Coffee break
• 3.40 - 4.10pm: Presentations on research careers & gender equality and EDI
• 4.10 - 4.50pm: Panel discussion and Q&A
• 4.50 - 5.00pm: Closing remarks (Joan Donegan)

This page will be updated regularaly and a detailed agenda will be published soon!