{"id":88,"date":"2022-02-28T18:28:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T18:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecrnet.iavceivolcano.org\/?page_id=88"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:34:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:34:29","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ecrnet.iavceivolcano.org\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About the IAVCEI ECR-Network"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The IAVCEI ECR-Net is a global group of volcanology researchers dedicated to connecting Early-Career Researchers in volcanology and related subdisciplines worldwide, and providing them with useful resources for career development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IAVCEI Early-Career Researchers Network (ECR-Net) was established during the IAVCEI 2013 conference in Kagoshima (Japan) by a group of Early-Career enthusiasts and then-IAVCEI President Ray Cas, in order to (1) support career development, (2) form an active network and (3) coordinate specific activities for early-career volcanologists. Since then, the ECR-Net working group has held several social meetings, interacted with IAVCEI\u2019s Executive Committee, set up ECR discussion platforms on social media, organised virtual panels, as well as developed ECR-dedicated programs during major conferences (e.g. IAVCEI General Assembly, Cities on Volcanoes conference, IUGG General Assembly).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ongoing efforts include the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Supporting career development<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"block-list\">\n<li>Hold workshops at IAVCEI-sponsored meetings: Q&amp;A sessions with senior scientists, scientific CV writing, job opportunities, publishing, grant proposal writing, etc.;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hold virtual Q&amp;A panels with members of the research community to discuss career development;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Develop an online forum for Q&amp;A with senior scientists, linking to job opportunities, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Forming an active network to share resources<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"block-list\">\n<li>Use social media (Facebook, Twitter, VHUB) as informal ways to distribute ECR-specific information,g., international funding and partnership opportunities, ECR-Net activities, etc.;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Produce an ECR-Net newsletter highlighting cutting-edge research by early-career volcanologists worldwide (within IAVCEI News);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Highlight ECR news and science from listservs, websites, and journals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Co-ordinate early-career specific activities at IAVCEI assemblies and involvement in IAVCEI<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"block-list\">\n<li>Increase opportunities for ECR involvement and recognition, e.g., develop an award to recognize early career scientists, and\/or dedicated ECR events.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increase involvement of early-career researchers in convening sessions and IAVCEI commissions;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hold early-career specific pre-\/post-conference workshops to provide training, networking and feedback\/advice on presentations of other topics of early-career interest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IAVCEI ECR-Net is a global group of volcanology researchers dedicated to connecting Early-Career Researchers in volcanology and related subdisciplines worldwide, and providing them with useful resources for career development. The IAVCEI Early-Career Researchers Network (ECR-Net) was established during the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-88","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecrnet.iavceivolcano.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecrnet.iavceivolcano.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecrnet.iavceivolcano.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecrnet.iavceivolcano.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ecrnet.iavceivolcano.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":454,"href":"https:\/\/ecrnet.iavceivolcano.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88\/revisions\/454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecrnet.iavceivolcano.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}