Deadline: January 20, 2026

Early-career scholars today are increasingly expected to demonstrate awareness of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI), articulate their own positionality, and present coherent academic identities, all while navigating highly competitive job markets.

This interactive four-session series offers a focused, practice-oriented space to meet these demands with confi dence, clarity, and authenticity.

Across the series, you will:

1. Clarify what EDI actually means in academia and learn how it directly shapes CVs, applications, and career trajectories, including how your own positionality becomes part of your professional profi le.

2. Work with your biography as a resource, exploring how your personal experiences can meaningfully inform your research, teaching, and applications — and how to do so in a way that feels appropriate, balanced, and professionally aligned.

3. Develop job position literacy, learning how to read, decode, and strategically respond to academic job calls (with input on networking and reaching out to potential hosts or collaborators.)

4. Craft a strong, meaningful teaching statement that communicates your pedagogical identity, values, and EDI commitments in a way that is grounded, credible, and distinctly your own.

Throughout the series, you will have the opportunity to refl ect on your academic identity, gain a clearer sense of how your experiences and values inform your professional trajectory, and experiment with ways of communicating this in application contexts. Rather than aiming for perfect documents, the workshops offer space to explore, articulate, and refi ne your voice as a scholar supported by peers and guided input that helps you move forward with more confi dence and direction. The workshop will be facilitated by an external expert on EDI in academia.

The ECREA EDI Committee funds this workshop series, and participation is free of charge. To ensure sustained engagement, participants will be eligible for a certifi cate only if they attend at least three of the four sessions. The sessions will be held on four consecutive Thursdays — 26.02.26, 5.03., 12.03., and 19.03. from 17:00 to 18:30 (Central European Time).

Applications are open to YECREA members who meet the criteria for early-career status, defi ned as holding a non-tenured academic position. If you are unsure about your membership status, please consult the instructions provided here: https://yecrea.eu/membership/

Submit your application via the following link: https://forms.gle/XrC724vPdJ62NGTu5

Deadline: 20 January 2026, 23:59 CET. Results will be published in early February 2026. Questions? Drop us an email at yecreanetwork@gmail.com