【Networking for Scientists】
Series Description:
Descriptions of science by Nobel laureates often highlight the role of
networking. Donna Strickland (Nobel in Physics, 2018) calls science “a
team sport,” Morten Meldal (Nobel in Chemistry, 2022) notes that “none
of us can know everything” we need to know by doing science alone, and
David Baker (Nobel in Chemistry, 2024) argues that scientists have
greater impact when they share their work and invite others in.
Networking is a learnable professional skill that makes research,
collaboration, and career development possible.
This three-part Zoom workshop helps scientists learn, practice, and
adapt networking to their own goals. The workshop presents networking as
a purposeful and reciprocal process: asking for advice, exchanging
information, building relationships, and creating access to people,
ideas, opportunities, and support.
Through facilitated discussion, structured exercises, asynchronous work
on the provided Microsoft Teams site, and feedback on tangible workshop
products, participants will develop practical strategies for identifying
useful contacts, initiating conversations, and maintaining professional
relationships. In each session, participants will produce materials that
they can later use and refine, as they go about networking to support
both their research and broader career development. Each participant may
also schedule up to two, half-hour, one-on-one sessions with the
workshop facilitator, Dr. Brandon Conlon, Academic Professional and
Career Development Specialist, OIST Graduate School.
Module 1: Intro to Networking for Scientists, Mapping Your Network, &
Setting Goals (August 6, 3:00-5:30 PM)
Module 2: Initiating Conversations & Conveying Your Purpose (August 20,
3:00-5:30 PM)
Module 3: Cultivating, Maintaining, and Leveraging Professional
Relationships (September 3, 3:00-5:30 PM)
How to Apply:
Please provide your name, email address, year of study,major and
nationality to following address.
Institute for Innovation and Social Value Creation（社会価値創造機構）
email: sangaku@hq.u-hyogo.ac.jp
deadline: July 22