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the national level. This website could also be developed
on a national level and could expand on the European
EURAXESS website.
• A database on the mobility challenges faced by scholars to provide statistical evidence should be created so
that policymakers can be approached with data-driven
arguments.
• Social media pressure, organizing email/phone call
campaigns, and leveraging personal networks to advocate for policy changes could be employed by individuals.
Facilitating Movements and Family Planning
• Dual career offices should also provide contacts for accompanying parties looking for work in the area. Offices
should at least compile a list of documents with guides,
tips, and a list of companies and points of contact to
provide support and guidance to incoming early-career
researchers and their families.
• Hosting institutions should help with finding childcare
and even offer emergency childcare services, which are
especially relevant in the first weeks after moving to a
different country.
• Hosting institutions should offer to pay the first salary upfront to reduce financial strain on early-career
researchers when they move from one position to the
next.
• Host institutions should eliminate short-term positions
(less than two years) as much as possible, and positions
with limited time frames should have a guarantee in
place to account for visa delays.
• Funding agencies should be motivated by university
representatives to establish dedicated funds for international movements.
• Research groups that hire early-career researchers from
abroad should have a designated person who is responsible for welcoming new early-career researchers and
helping them with bureaucracy, paperwork, and similar tasks.
• If an early-career researcher signs a contract in a country where they do not understand the language, a person native in the language should be available to check
and explain the contract as the document in the native
language is the binding one.
84 | Connecting Bright Minds
Young Scientist Isabella Rammala presents the results of her group
Re-integration of Returning Early-Career Researchers
• Institutions should provide clear guidance and tips for
outgoing and returning early-career researchers, listing
all challenges they might face and what they can do to
mitigate their personal risk.
• Institutions within the EU should push for a European
pension which would help scientists and other workers
facing the challenge of moving frequently throughout
their career.
Social Outreach
• Many early-career researchers in developing countries
are unaware of international opportunities. Social media presence, collaboration of universities with local
institutions, and visible online information platforms
should be established.
Find the full-length results
of both workshops and more on
lindau-nobel.org.
