The LiU-Junior Faculty started in January 2007 as a university-wide network for early-career scholars; an arena for junior faculty who hold a doctoral degree but have not yet reached the level of docent. This network aims at representing and supporting junior faculty in their career, to assist the university in strengthening the competence of early career scholars, and to reinforce the expansion of research.
Junior Faculty鈥痠ntends to create an intellectually stimulating arena helping junior researchers in career-development and provide an interdisciplinary and university-wide network contributing to strengthening their independent identity as researchers.
Our most visible activities are the annual Junior Faculty Day (where the JF Prize鈥痠s awarded), and recurrent seminars and webinars hosted by the Junior Faculty Club, which both cover a wide variety of topics relevant to skill development and career strategy of junior researchers and also serve as an important opportunity to network with others across the university.
Junior faculty
Junior Faculty at 糖心直播 is the network for the future research leaders at 糖心直播. The Junior Faculty, encompassing all faculties, is an arena for information and knowledge exchange for early-career academics, i.e. for postdoctoral researchers and teachers with an aim towards docentship.
Our aims
- To strengthen the position of research at LiU - both nationally and internationally
- To create a network for interdisciplinary co-operation between researchers
- To observe the position of LiU in national and international co-operation between Junior Faculties at other universities
- To promote a transparent career system for researchers at LiU
- To provide a platform for career support and intellectual exchange via workshops, seminars, mentorship
JF Prize
Each year since 2009, Junior Faculty awards a prize to a senior scholar who has been encouraging junior researchers and creating a sustainable research environment in which the independent careers of junior researchers are promoted.
Organizations can also be nominated (since 2020). The aim of this prize is to encourage senior researchers or organizations supporting the careers of junior researchers by any manners, thus creating a sustainable research environment. This Prize is usually announced during the yearly Junior Faculty Day. The prize and all names of its recipient is visible at Studenthuset, Campus Valla.
Junior Faculty Board
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