WEN Web-Mentoring for ECR women in academia - Session 2 - ONLINE ONLY

The Women in Economic Network (WEN) is proud to announce the second edition of an online national mentoring initiative aimed at supporting women economists in academia across Australia.

This is an initiative targeted at supporting ECR women, such as post-docs, and levels B and C.

As part of this initiative, WEN has organised a teaching session in 2023 and another 3 mentoring sessions throughout 2024. These sessions will cover a range of essential topics, including research, teaching, and service, and are open to any ECR woman. We are thrilled to announce the second series with a session focused on research:

Session Details:

1. Date: Wednesday, 6^th of March
2. Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Canberra time)
3. Speakers: Profs. Deborah Cobb-Clark (USyd), Isabella Dobrescu (UNSW), and Agnieszka Tymula
4. Moderator: Marian Vidal-Fernandez (USydney)
5. Format: 30-minute panel discussion followed by 10 minutes of Q&A, and concluding with a 20-minute break-out discussion session.

Format:

• 30-minute panel discussion
• 10 minutes Q&A
• 20-minute break-out interactive discussion session.

Note that only the first 30 minutes of the panel discussion will be recorded.

Registration to the first three sessions is entirely free and open to any Early Career Research (ECR) academic woman, regardless of WEN membership status. To secure a spot, ECRs need to register by February 29th using the link below.

Registered participants will receive the Zoom invitation details upon registration.

Furthermore, we are planning mentoring sessions focused on service and teaching later this year. We hope to see you there and please feel free to share among colleagues.

WEN Academic Mentoring Committee

Swee-Hoon Chuah

Tina Rampino

Marian Vidal-Fernandez

Duygu Yengin.