Transforming Academic Promotion to Encourage Science That Serves Society — and Surviving in the Academic System as an Action Scientist

As more students and researchers pursue action-oriented scholarship with the goal of addressing complex social and environmental challenges, universities have the opportunity to update their policies and reward systems so that researchers are encouraged and empowered to conduct collaborative research with communities and increase their external impact. Scientists can also strategically manage their careers, relationships, and way their work is portrayed to succeed in an evolving world of academia.
 
Together with mentorship, administrative support, funding, and hiring and retention practices, promotion systems play a key role in driving research that serves society. In this webinar, Dr. Jessica Hellmann, Consortium Director of the Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, Executive Director of the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota, and co-author of The Guidebook for the Engaged University, will discuss university promotion systems and how they can encourage researchers to use engaged scholarship to address society’s big challenges. She’ll also discuss techniques for making a successful case for promotion by an action scientist in an evolving landscape of higher education. 

PRESENTER: Dr. Jessica Hellmann | Consortium Director, Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center & Director and EcoLab Chair in Environmental Leadership, University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment

This webinar is the first of a two-part series on Navigating a Collaborative Research Career in Academia. The second webinar, which will be held in spring 2023, will focus on capturing collaborative research experience in CVs and resumes. Stay tuned for details!

Register here: 
https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_T7DbApHtTyaTfk5bUdfFwg