OPPORTUNITIES ABROAD: INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY AND CAREERS
Are you considering pursuing your PhD and going abroad for a postdoc of one or more years? If so, you may be wondering about the relevance of such an experience, its potential benefits, and the challenges it might present.
Join us for two amazing round tables where you can participate and listen to inspiring testimonies from both foreign and French researchers, young and experienced. This is your chance to ask questions and benefit from their experience regarding their career strategy and tips for overcoming initial obstacles! The event is organised by the Doctoral College of the University of Montpellier and the Montpellier Advanced Knowledge Institute on Transitions.
It’s a great chance to expand your network and gain useful knowledge for your next career step.
Additionally, you may participate via Zoom online.
Programme:
5:00 PM – 5:15 PM: Welcome and Introduction
5:15 PM – 6:05 PM: Round Table: ‘Understanding Cultural Codes for Foreign PhD Students and Researchers Arriving in France or Abroad, for French PhDs? (in English), with :
- Ramia Al Bakain (Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Jordan and former MAK’IT fellow)
- George Brown (Soil ecologist of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation – EMBRAPA and current MAK’IT fellow)
- Silvia Giordani (Chair Professor of Nanomaterials at the School of Chemical Sciences at Dublin City University and current MAK’IT Fellow)
- Mourad Latati (Professor of Agronomy at University of Skikda and current MAK’IT fellow)
6:05 PM – 7:00 PM: Round Table: ‘Bénéfices et défis d’une expérience postdoctorale à l’étranger après une thèse en France’ (in French) with:
- Julien Audemard (CEPEL – Centre d’Etudes Politiques Et sociaLes : Environnement, Santé, Territoires – Post-doc at Doshisha University)
- Pauline Colinet (Institute Charles Gerhardt Montpellier – Post-doc at Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung)
- Cécile Echalier (Max Mousseron Biomolecules Institut – Postdoc at EMBL, and Marie Sklodowska-Curie scholarship at Imperial College London)
- Delphine Renard (Center for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology – Post-doc at McGill and University of California in Santa Barbara)
7:00 PM – 7:10 PM: Conclusion
7:10 PM: Drinks reception