So proud of UoM & @mermanchester.bsky.social ECRs for putting together this amazing day of microbiology. Fully ECR conceptualized, organized, and led - brilliant!
Kicking things off for @atmicroverse.bsky.social with an introducing by @flanagella.bsky.social & our first keynote speaker @raveentank.bsky.social 🧫
September 24, 2026 at 9:24 AM
So proud of UoM & @mermanchester.bsky.social ECRs for putting together this amazing day of microbiology. Fully ECR conceptualized, organized, and led - brilliant!
Dear Plant ECRs, don't miss this wonderful opportunity!
Are you an experienced PhD student or postdoc in plant science looking to connect, present your work, and discuss career paths?
Join us at the 3rd Early Career Plant Researchers Network Meeting, Halle (Saale), 20–21 April 2026
Deadline: 23 January 2026
plant-ecr-networking.eu
Join us at the 3rd Early Career Plant Researchers Network Meeting, Halle (Saale), 20–21 April 2026
Deadline: 23 January 2026
plant-ecr-networking.eu
December 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Dear Plant ECRs, don't miss this wonderful opportunity!
We really need a comprehensive (government funding bodies, charitable funders, universities, learned societies and ECRs) summit and plan for maintaining postdoctoral pipelines AND not letting the crises simply re-inscribe extant inequalities in the system.
September 20, 2026 at 9:50 AM
We really need a comprehensive (government funding bodies, charitable funders, universities, learned societies and ECRs) summit and plan for maintaining postdoctoral pipelines AND not letting the crises simply re-inscribe extant inequalities in the system.
yes. also 1/year is really challenging for ECRs.
(we see this with NSERC & @SSHRC)
(we see this with NSERC & @SSHRC)
September 25, 2026 at 9:30 PM
yes. also 1/year is really challenging for ECRs.
(we see this with NSERC & @SSHRC)
(we see this with NSERC & @SSHRC)
As the new ug year approaches, I am feeling very angry and bitter about the
- lack of opportunity for ECRs
- the last 2 years of national/ local redundancies
- lack of opportunity for ECRs
- the last 2 years of national/ local redundancies
As others have noted:
a key outcome of restructuring a University/ Faculty
is increasing vertical stratification
to impede direct contact between employees and managers
a key outcome of restructuring a University/ Faculty
is increasing vertical stratification
to impede direct contact between employees and managers
September 21, 2026 at 8:44 AM
As the new ug year approaches, I am feeling very angry and bitter about the
- lack of opportunity for ECRs
- the last 2 years of national/ local redundancies
- lack of opportunity for ECRs
- the last 2 years of national/ local redundancies
Reminder to all Old Norse PGRs and ECRs! The next NECRON event is happening NEXT WEEK! Hope to see many of you there 🌟
📣 Calling all Old Norse PGRs and ECRs! 📣
On 29 September @necron-network.bsky.social will be hosting an online panel discussion on the theme of ‘Navigating Old Norse Careers in the 21st Century’.
The event is free and you can sign-up here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/h0CAucG0y7
#medievalsky #oldnorse
On 29 September @necron-network.bsky.social will be hosting an online panel discussion on the theme of ‘Navigating Old Norse Careers in the 21st Century’.
The event is free and you can sign-up here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/h0CAucG0y7
#medievalsky #oldnorse
September 22, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Reminder to all Old Norse PGRs and ECRs! The next NECRON event is happening NEXT WEEK! Hope to see many of you there 🌟
Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!
December 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!
Fantastic inaugural @cclguk.bsky.social Early Career Researcher Network day in Birmingham today. Great projects presented by ECRs as well as career talks from established leaders. Huge thanks to everyone who has supported this work, inc the peer-led ECR network committee
November 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Fantastic inaugural @cclguk.bsky.social Early Career Researcher Network day in Birmingham today. Great projects presented by ECRs as well as career talks from established leaders. Huge thanks to everyone who has supported this work, inc the peer-led ECR network committee
Oxford University Press will be awarding as many as 10 ECRs the opportunity to publish their first book in fully open access as well as in hardback. Today the website was revised to make clear that independent/unaffiliated scholars are eligible. Deadline March 3. academic.oup.com/pages/early-...
January 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Oxford University Press will be awarding as many as 10 ECRs the opportunity to publish their first book in fully open access as well as in hardback. Today the website was revised to make clear that independent/unaffiliated scholars are eligible. Deadline March 3. academic.oup.com/pages/early-...
Almost there. Step by step... #Tolkien #LotR #Romantic #PhD #PhDLife #Glasgow @tolkiensociety.org @bars-ecrs-pgrs.bsky.social
June 7, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Almost there. Step by step... #Tolkien #LotR #Romantic #PhD #PhDLife #Glasgow @tolkiensociety.org @bars-ecrs-pgrs.bsky.social
One can imagine the impact on the ECRs involved in this work
April 9, 2026 at 1:26 PM
One can imagine the impact on the ECRs involved in this work
The MitoCluster team was well represented at the @mrcmousenetwork.bsky.social Science Meeting in York this week w several presentations from PIs & ECRs - well done!
@uclqsion.bsky.social @mrc-mbu.bsky.social @mrcharwell.bsky.social @robpitceathly.bsky.social @jellevda.bsky.social
@uclqsion.bsky.social @mrc-mbu.bsky.social @mrcharwell.bsky.social @robpitceathly.bsky.social @jellevda.bsky.social
September 24, 2026 at 11:44 AM
The MitoCluster team was well represented at the @mrcmousenetwork.bsky.social Science Meeting in York this week w several presentations from PIs & ECRs - well done!
@uclqsion.bsky.social @mrc-mbu.bsky.social @mrcharwell.bsky.social @robpitceathly.bsky.social @jellevda.bsky.social
@uclqsion.bsky.social @mrc-mbu.bsky.social @mrcharwell.bsky.social @robpitceathly.bsky.social @jellevda.bsky.social
Absolutely recommended for ECRs.
📢 Applications for the Winter Workshop on Complex Systems 2027 are now OPEN!
🗓️ 17–22 January 2027
📍 Briançon, France 🇫🇷
⏰ Apply by October 4th, 2026
Join us for a week of science, collaboration, and fun in the French Alps!
👉 Apply & learn more: wwcs2027.github.io
🗓️ 17–22 January 2027
📍 Briançon, France 🇫🇷
⏰ Apply by October 4th, 2026
Join us for a week of science, collaboration, and fun in the French Alps!
👉 Apply & learn more: wwcs2027.github.io
Winter Workshop on Complex Systems 2027
wwcs2027.github.io
September 20, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Absolutely recommended for ECRs.
just putting out there that i would like to cowrite a paper about this with a trans woman linguist, especially ecrs. email me if you're interested (& fairly serious about it)
Funny how trans women are always 'they' when they're saying things you don't like.
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
just putting out there that i would like to cowrite a paper about this with a trans woman linguist, especially ecrs. email me if you're interested (& fairly serious about it)
5 + 2 ECRs. First time in my 24 years as PI. Do not recommend. Zero stars
March 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
5 + 2 ECRs. First time in my 24 years as PI. Do not recommend. Zero stars
In the past month 4 trainees in my lab lost: NIH diversity supplement, MARC, & STEP-Up funding. NSF SBE meeting (incl. ECRs) indefinitely postponed. Pipeline cuts disproportionately affect underrepresented scholars. Individual lives & our collective future impacted. #ScienceMatters
April 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
In the past month 4 trainees in my lab lost: NIH diversity supplement, MARC, & STEP-Up funding. NSF SBE meeting (incl. ECRs) indefinitely postponed. Pipeline cuts disproportionately affect underrepresented scholars. Individual lives & our collective future impacted. #ScienceMatters
#PuG2026 in Heidelberg started with the ECRs meeting on the topic of power and abuse of power in German academia by Andrea Kübler. Kudos to the ECRs representatives for raising awareness on such relevant and sensitive issue!
June 3, 2026 at 1:26 PM
#PuG2026 in Heidelberg started with the ECRs meeting on the topic of power and abuse of power in German academia by Andrea Kübler. Kudos to the ECRs representatives for raising awareness on such relevant and sensitive issue!
Let’s try again: I’d like to hear about new research from Scottish historians. Especially ECRs whose work may not get much attention. This is because I have a newspaper column where I publicise new work by Scottish historians! Tell me about your research!
August 30, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Let’s try again: I’d like to hear about new research from Scottish historians. Especially ECRs whose work may not get much attention. This is because I have a newspaper column where I publicise new work by Scottish historians! Tell me about your research!
This is a great response by ECRs to a paper that came out recently that didn’t include a single Ethiopian author, even though the research was done in Ethiopia. The last paragraph is 🔥. 🏺
December 2, 2023 at 6:18 PM
This is a great response by ECRs to a paper that came out recently that didn’t include a single Ethiopian author, even though the research was done in Ethiopia. The last paragraph is 🔥. 🏺
Despite Prepublication Peer Review being a core part of science, training materials for it are sparse. This open source guide is very valuable for ECRs!
ecr-reviewers.gitlab.io/guide/
ecr-reviewers.gitlab.io/guide/
ECR Reviewers Platform
ecr-reviewers.gitlab.io
December 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Despite Prepublication Peer Review being a core part of science, training materials for it are sparse. This open source guide is very valuable for ECRs!
ecr-reviewers.gitlab.io/guide/
ecr-reviewers.gitlab.io/guide/
Treat ECRs like people, prepare ECRs in our fields for other careers, only supervise students if you can really commit. It’s sad this stuff still needs saying.
2nd anon post in ECR in 2025 series on the French History Network asks “What can be done?”
🗃️#FRHistory
frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6693/
2nd anon post in ECR in 2025 series on the French History Network asks “What can be done?”
🗃️#FRHistory
frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6693/
ECR in 2025: Part Two- What can be done? – SSFH
frenchhistorysociety.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Treat ECRs like people, prepare ECRs in our fields for other careers, only supervise students if you can really commit. It’s sad this stuff still needs saying.
2nd anon post in ECR in 2025 series on the French History Network asks “What can be done?”
🗃️#FRHistory
frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6693/
2nd anon post in ECR in 2025 series on the French History Network asks “What can be done?”
🗃️#FRHistory
frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6693/
medium warm take but I don't think advising PhDs and ECRs to become influencers is going to solve the academic jobs crisis
December 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
medium warm take but I don't think advising PhDs and ECRs to become influencers is going to solve the academic jobs crisis
Our new podcast by ECRs, for ECRs is here. Tune in as researchers share their academia survival tips.
The first episodes of Confessions of an Early Career Researcher are available now. Subscribe for our final episodes, going live 15 October. https://bit.ly/47PXZQH
The first episodes of Confessions of an Early Career Researcher are available now. Subscribe for our final episodes, going live 15 October. https://bit.ly/47PXZQH
September 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Our new podcast by ECRs, for ECRs is here. Tune in as researchers share their academia survival tips.
The first episodes of Confessions of an Early Career Researcher are available now. Subscribe for our final episodes, going live 15 October. https://bit.ly/47PXZQH
The first episodes of Confessions of an Early Career Researcher are available now. Subscribe for our final episodes, going live 15 October. https://bit.ly/47PXZQH
Starting this week, I set aside one hour each week to meet ECRs outside my group who want to discuss career development, mentorship, or any non-technical professional questions.
Here is a blog that explains my motivation for this and how to schedule a meeting:
merenlab.org/2025/11/16/E...
Here is a blog that explains my motivation for this and how to schedule a meeting:
merenlab.org/2025/11/16/E...
ECR connection: Meet Meren when you need to
A means for ECRs to get advice from a senior scientist outside of their support network
merenlab.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Starting this week, I set aside one hour each week to meet ECRs outside my group who want to discuss career development, mentorship, or any non-technical professional questions.
Here is a blog that explains my motivation for this and how to schedule a meeting:
merenlab.org/2025/11/16/E...
Here is a blog that explains my motivation for this and how to schedule a meeting:
merenlab.org/2025/11/16/E...
Great list of ECRs working in the field of National Security. Keep suggestions coming to @maargentino.com ⬇️
go.bsky.app/NFDzxqK
#NatSec #Counterterrorism #ECRs #AcademicChatter
go.bsky.app/NFDzxqK
#NatSec #Counterterrorism #ECRs #AcademicChatter
November 17, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Great list of ECRs working in the field of National Security. Keep suggestions coming to @maargentino.com ⬇️
go.bsky.app/NFDzxqK
#NatSec #Counterterrorism #ECRs #AcademicChatter
go.bsky.app/NFDzxqK
#NatSec #Counterterrorism #ECRs #AcademicChatter