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Welcome to Future Faculty at SLU
Future faculty is an organization for young scientists e.i. postdocs, assistant professors and researchers at the junior level working at SLU. We organize seminars, workshops and courses and are the voice of all junior scientists in relation to the NL-faculty board. If you wish to get involved please contact our chair person: Anna Lundhagen
If you do not receive regular emails from us but think you should be added to our email-list please send an email to futurefaculty@slu.se
Up coming activitiesFuture Faculty work shop.
Future Faculty has now been operating in more than two years. During this time we have arranged seminars, courses and other activities directed towards career development of young scientist at the NL-faculty and SLU. In early spring we are planning a workshop to direct the FF activities during the coming years. Please look out for an upcoming invitation and don’t hesitate in contacting the FF steering committee if you have thoughts about what FF should do in the future.
Recent activities
Seminar on LAS
On November the 9th, 2009, Future Faculty and SULF arranged a seminar on how LAS (Lagen om anställningsskydd eng. Swedish Employment Security Act) affect young scientist´s possibilities to pursue a scientific career. Invited speakers were: Kristina Glimelius, Dean of the NL faculty, Robert Andersson, Union representative from SULF and Elisabeth Askebro-Hansson, Head of SLU’s personnel department.
Presentation given by Robert Andersson can be down-loaded here.
The entire LAS-seminar can be be down-loaded here and here (the files are in MTS format and can be viewed in a VLC media player).
Information about FORMAS annual call 2009
On the 8th and 16th of April we organized seminars about FORMAS new organisation. Invited speakers were professor Barbara Ekbom from the scientific council at FORMAS (8th) and PhD Johanna Dernfalk, Senior Research Advisor at FORMAS (16th). Both gave information about the new organization for evaluation of research proposals
If you missed the meeting with Johanna you can view the presentation and the following questions here:
Presentation by Johanna Dernfalk
During the autumn and winter 2008-2009 we organized a seminar serie on the subject “How to become an independent researcher - tools and advices”
The serie included the following seminars:
Research fundings for young researchers and how to succeed in the application game as a relatively new scientist
Ingrid Ragnarsdotter Jajke, Grants Office, SLU administration
How to become Docent at the NL faculty, SLU
Professor Richard K. Johnson, chairman Docentnämnden, NL faculty, SLU
Bibliometric information, is it an important aspect for young researchers when publishing research?
Staffan Parnell, Senior Librarian, SLU
Scientific communication: open access and parallel publication
Urban Ericsson, Librarian, SLU
How to build a successful research group
Siv Andersson, Uppsala University
On the 16th of March 2009 we organized a course in Personal Planning
The course included:
· Planning what to do through goals
· Planning a way to take control over oneself
· How to manage your own time
· How to influence ones own behaviour
· How to influence other through communication
· How to handle stress
· What shall I do, my own personal plan
The course was organized by Rolf Olofsson Organisationsutveckling AB and Future Faculty.
November 2009. futurefaculty@slu.se