SOCs

Camilo Delgado-Correal, Hannah Stacey, Stefan Wallner, Anupam Bhardwaj, Jeremy Tregloan-Reed, Mustafa Yildiz, Brianna Smart

Rationale

The Working Group (WG) of IAU Junior Members (JMs) focuses on topics that are crucial to early career astronomers across the globe. This includes careers, teaching, mobility, wellbeing, financial security, transparency and diversity. JMs represent the majority of active astronomers worldwide, which represent the future of the field, but also provide an invaluable influx of skilled workers to all branches of society.

We will hold four 1.5hr workshops on several aspects of interest to junior members

• Mental health management; time management; work-life balance
• Writing effective grant proposals; selling your research for impact
• Improving scientific writing skills
• Public engagement in astronomy; communicating your research to the public 

Topics

Scientific/grant writing, Outreach, Mental Health, Early Career Researchers

Confirmed Speakers

• Ethan Vishniac
• Johan Knapen
• Nushkia Chamba (virtual)
• Richard de Grijs
• Vincenzo Mainieri
• Lina Canas
• Matipon Tangmatitham
• Lars Lindberg Christensen