Dear Colleagues,
I hope everyone is keeping well.
We are recruiting two staff members (a postdoctoral researcher and a
research assistant) for a research project. I would be very grateful if you
could share this with your networks and potentially interested contacts.
(The deadline is tight, 10th of Sept, but only due to the timeline of the
funding starting asap)
Growing scientific research talent requires technical training, material
resources, and nurturing researchers' social well-being. Robust evidence
highlights the importance of a conducive social, legal, and economic
environment to recruit new talented workers, enhance their training and
facilitate their employment progression. Thus, this Science Foundation
Ireland (SFI) funded investigation will explore these factors alongside the
workplace factors necessary to achieve an equitable and socially beneficial
research talent pipeline and researcher career progression in Ireland,
Denmark, and Singapore. Qualitative oral history interviews (n=90) will
capture the lived experiences of Postdoctoral researchers in Biotechnology,
Digital Technology and Energy Engineering. A portion of these interviews
will be carried out online, with 2 international fieldwork trips (estimated
as two-three weeks in Denmark and Singapore). 12 Value Stream Maps will
document the existing research talent pipelines across different fields and
nations. These annotated maps will illuminate the constraints and blockages
within the pipelines, paying particular attention to aspects of gender,
ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and disciplinary differences. Finally, two
training events will be held in Ireland with visits from our international
academic experts delivering a public lecture regarding science policy
research, an expert seminar in relation to a specific topic related to the
project, and one-to-one visits with PhD students and Postdoctoral staff
within science policy research. Robust, actionable recommendations will be
made to organisations and postdoctoral managers. The research will be a
comparative, cross-national community study conducted in Ireland, Denmark
and Singapore.
The research team is composed of Dr Ingrid Holme, Dr Brendan Flynn, Dr
Alexander Sting at the University of Galway, Prof. Pat O'Connor (UL), Prof.
Susi Geiger (UCD), Dr Shane O'Donnell (UCD), Dr Jennifer Keenahan (WITS),
Prof. Jane Calvert (The University of Edinburgh) and Dr. Conor Douglas
(York University).
Please find the job descriptions at
https://www.universityofgalway.ie/about-us/jobs/# (click on research
vacancies type 2)
Best wishes,
Ingrid
Dr. Ingrid Holme
School of Political Science and Sociology and Ryan Institute,
University of Galway, University Road,
Galway, Ireland.
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