IRI WORKSHOP
Navigating Researcher Career Development Frameworks
15 October 2026
The Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) is hosting the Online Workshop ‘Navigating Researcher Career Development Frameworks’ on 20 November 2026.
Across Europe, Higher Education Institutions increasingly use Researcher Career Development Frameworks as a reflective tool to support researchers’ strategic career planning.
What does a Researcher Career Development Framework bring to Master’s by Research and PhD candidates in terms of thinking ahead about planning a research career? This workshop details the emergence of these frameworks and explains why they matter for PhD and Master’s by Research students.
Online Workshop
‘Navigating Researcher Career Development Frameworks’
Date
20 November 2026
Time
12h00 – 13h30 CET
Mode
Online
Platform
MS Teams
Target group
PhD and Master’s by Research students.
Previous knowledge required
No previous knowledge is required.
It will focus on:
- The policy context around Researcher Career Development Frameworks
- Their origins and development
- Their usefulness as a reflective tool to assist with career planning
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Critically examine some of the main researcher career frameworks (state of the art) in Europe
- Identify how they can be used as a reflective tool on aspects of your research career to date
- Identify how they can be effectively used to assist with career development going forward
Hosted by
TUS, Ireland