ECSB Career Mentoring
ECSB Career Mentoring is aimed at early and mid-career researchers.
Academic careers are becoming increasingly complex, dynamic, and international. Demands on academics for publishing, raising funding and providing high quality teaching are increasing, and academics need to adjust by carefully contemplating and planning their careers, activities, and work-life balance.
In the ECSB Career Mentoring Programme, we help researchers navigate their career challenges by having experienced researchers and professors advise you on your personal career development for six months. A mentor supports you by listening to you, discussing your personal goals with you, providing encouragement, information, and contacts. Mentoring can assist you with assessing your experiences and achievements and considering your future options and choices.
Why should I participate? Mentoring can assist you with assessing your experiences and achievements and considering your future options and choices. The key goal of mentoring is to support, guide and influence the professional development and direction of the mentee. Mentors are experienced people who go out of their way to assist you in clarifying your vision and personal goals.
How does ECSB Career Mentoring work? Based on your expectations and interests, ECSB will assign a mentor to you. The programme officially starts on 1 January, for a duration of six months. It is your responsibility, as a mentee, to initiate and maintain the mentoring assignment. That means that you and your mentor will agree on individual goals for the mentoring process as well as the frequency of (virtual, phone or face-to-face) meetings. Both mentees and mentors participate on a voluntary basis in this programme.
Am I eligible? To be eligible, you need to be an ECSB member – in case you are not a member you can apply for membership HERE. You will also have
- (preferably) finished your doctoral thesis within the 8 years preceding the application deadline for early career mentoring or
- (preferably) have finalized your doctoral studies 8 years or more prior to the application deadline and have been employed in an academic institution for more than 6 years for mid-career mentoring.
Where can I apply? Complete the application HERE and send a short CV to the ECSB Secretariat (info@ecsb.org). Once your assignment is finished, ECSB may ask you for some feedback, so that we can learn from your experiences. The annual application deadline is November 30, 2024.
Questions? Send an email to Steffen Korsgaard (stko@sam.sdu.dk) for queries related to the early career mentoring and to Silke Tegtmeier (tegtmeier@iti.sdu.dk) for queries related to the mid-career mentoring.
Why should I become a mentor? You will receive personal satisfaction from contributing to the development of the mentee, and also be able to share your own experiences and knowledge. Additionally, you have a possibility to learn from your mentee and acquire new perspectives.
What are my responsibilities? You will be assigned a mentee for six months. You will agree with your mentee on the frequency of meetings which can take place face-to-face or in a virtual environment. Your responsibility is to listen to mentee issues, problems, and challenges, be open to offer advice and share your successes and failures, your own solutions to your challenges, but let them make their own decisions. After the assignment, ECSB may ask for some feedback, so that we can learn from your mentoring experiences.
Where can I sign up? Please send an e-mail to Steffen Korsgaard (stko@sam.sdu.dk) or Silke Tegtmeier (tegtmeier@iti.sdu.dk), stating in which areas you could offer advice. ECSB will maintain your profile and will be responsible for your assignment to a mentee. No obligation will be put onto you to take on a mentee if you feel you will not be able to provide the professional development, they seek advice on.