SEFI 2026 – Special Session: Community building around research career challenges

📅6 September 2026 | 17:00 – 19:00 CEST

📍 In-person (CTU campus, i.e.SEFI2026 venue) and online

Organised by: Becky Bergman (Chalmers University of Technology), Homero Murzi (TAMU), Inês Direito (University of Aveiro), Jan Van Maele (KU Leuven) on behalf of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion SIG and Capacity Building SIG

This event will focus on community building for you who have experienced challenges around your chosen research career in recent years. This might be connected to opportunities connected to external factors including but not limited to changes in funding, changes in institutional or organisational priorities, or having to relocate due to personal reasons. The event will not focus explicitly on the political situation in any single country. Instead, it will acknowledge political contexts across the globe, while also making space for other factors that may shape participants’ experiences, including personal circumstances. 

Finger food and non-alcoholic drinks will be provided

👋 There is still room to join! ! If you are attending the SEFI conference in Prague on 6 September, feel free to drop by and participate, even without registering. For online attendance, registration via the link is required: https://forms.office.com/e/QEy6qWQRjA hashtag#SEFI2026

Please note: The information shared in this form will only be visible to the hosts of this activity and will not be used or shared in any way. We will arrange hybrid opportunities to attend if you are not able to join us in person in Prague. Please indicate this in the form.

More information about the SEFI 2026 Annual Conference are available on www.sefi2026.eu