We regularly organize online meetings that offer an informal opportunity for students, PhD researchers, and postdoctoral researchers to share their personal experiences and engage in discussions related to academia and sustainable welfare.
Our meetings usually take place via zoom directly before or after the colloquium. The concrete time will be announced on the homepage as well as via our mailing list.
If you are interested in joining us, you can sign up for our mailing list by sending an e-mail to:
Jana Brandl (jana.brandl(at)univie.ac.at), Alessia Greselin (Alessia.greselin(at)tuni.fi), Adriano La Gioia (Adriano.La.Gioia(at)ulb.be) and Carlotta Terhorst (carlotta.terhorst(at)jku.at).
What is this group about
- Getting to know other students, PhD and post-doc researchers interested in issues of eco-social policies and sustainable welfare
- Sharing experiences on working within academia and career development
- Discussing our own research (and hardships we might be facing)
- Exploring overlaps in interests for potential future collaborations
- Exchanging and connecting before relevant conferences and summer schools
- Discussing important themes and questions within the field
- Possibility to read and discuss our own individual work and/or other important publications in the field
Upcoming meetings
Early-Career Researchers Meeting
The next Early-Career Researchers Meeting will take place on 29 October at 3 pm (CET).
The Zoom link to the meeting is available here.
Book Club
In addition to the regular meetings we have decided to initiate a Book Club. The idea is to read books relevant to our work to discuss them together. We choose the books together.
Further information on the next Book Club meeting will be posted here.
Past books:
- Ostrom, E. (1990). Governing the commons: The evolution of institutions for collective action. Cambridge University Press.
- Domorenok, E., Graziano, P., & Zimmermann, K. (2025). The Eco-Social Polity?: Theoretical, Conceptual and Empirical Issues. Policy Press.
Previous meetings
1st virtual get together for early-career researchers, December 13th 2022, 16.00 – 17.30 (CET)
2nd virtual Young Scholars get-together, February 15th 2023
3rd virtual Young Scholars get-together, May 10th 2023, 16:00 – 17:30 (CET)
4th Virtual Young Scholars’ get-together, January 24th, 2023; 17:00 – 17:30 (CET)
5th Virtual Young Scholars’ get-together, November 29th, 2023; 16:00 – 16:30 (CET)
6th Early-Career Scholars Meeting, March 27th 2024; 16:00-17:00 (CET)
7th Early-Career Scholars Meeting, June 5th 2024; 14:30-15:30 (CET)
In this meeting, we had a certain focus on the conference season that is coming up. We shared our experiences with previous conferences and provide space to already get to know some people to meet at the conferences.
8th Early Career Scholar meeting, November 27th (Wed.), from 13:30 to 14:30 CET.
9th Early Career Scholar meeting, January 23rd 2025 (Thurs.) from 13:30 to 14:30 CET.
10th Early Career Scholar meeting, March 26th 2025 from 13:30 to 14:30 CET.
11th Early Career Scholar meeting, 21 May 2025 h. 13:30-14:30 CET.
12th Early Career Scholar meeting, 10 December 2025 h. 14-15 CET.
11th Early Career Scholar meeting, 11 February 2026 h. 2.30-3.30 PM CET.
Early Career Scholar meeting, 24 June 2026 h. 2-3 PM CET.
Organizers:
Jana Brandl, Alessia Greselin, Adriano La Gioia and Carlotta Terhorst.