Are you doing your doctoral/postdoc research on higher education or do you otherwise consider yourself as an early-career higher education researcher focusing on Finnish higher education in one way or another? Do you wish to connect with others who identify as “Finland-based” early-career higher education researchers? If so, we would love to get to know you!
Finland-based early-career higher education researchers are an interdisciplinary group of master’s students, doctoral and postdoctoral researchers who are studying Finnish higher education. Most of us are also based at a Finnish university, but that is not required. This informal subgroup of CHERIF was established in spring 2021 (see the original invitation here) and has around 50 members.
Our activities include:
- Informal, monthly morning coffee breaks, during which we discuss higher education research-related issues (see below the announcement for the upcoming meeting)
- Reading groups
- Events and seminars meant specifically for early-career higher education researchers
- Any other activities that support early-career researchers in doing research and planning their future careers, whether in academia or elsewhere
Online coffee meetings
We are pleased to invite you to join our upcoming online coffee, scheduled for Friday, January 16, 2026 from 10-11 EET. This will be our first meeting of the new year, so we will have no plan other than catching up and thinking about activities for the coming year. If you wish to participate, please contact vesna.holubek [at] tuni.fi and a Zoom link will be sent to you before the meeting.
For additional information about the online coffee sessions, please reach out to: Vesna Holubek, vesna.holubek [at] tuni.fi
ECR news
Book chapter that explores the benefits of informal academic communities by focusing on the Finland-based early career higher education researchers’ network
Holubek, V., & Juusola, H. (2024). Invitation to an Online Coffee! Exploring How Informal Academic Communities Support Early Career Researchers’ Professional Growth and Well-Being. In M. Aarnikoivu, & A. T. Le (Eds.), Building Communities in Academia (pp. 73-87). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83797-500-620241006
Early career researchers, how are you doing in academia today and in the future?
In this post we explore the wellbeing of early career researchers working in Finland, based on discussions at the CHERIF Symposium in 2023. Wellbeing is a topic we feel passionate about, so we are delighted to share some takeaways from the event with you.
2023 Early Career Researcher Workshop
’Rejections, setbacks, and everlasting uncertainty: workshop on “failure” in academia’ – pre-symposium event open for anyone who wants to share their experiences of doing research, whether they are an early-career researcher or a more established scholar. The workshop organised on 14 Aug 2023 and facilitated by Melina Aarnikoivu.
Seminar ’Careers in Higher Education (Research)’ organised on 17 June 2022
We gathered at Tampere University to discuss the variety of careers and professional paths of higher education researchers in Finland and internationally. See the seminar description here https://research.tuni.fi/het/blog/early-career-he-researchers-careers-tau-june-2022/
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