Decision-Making for Early Career Researchers

Positions, projects, opportunities, experiments, readings, collaborations ... so many choices! The path of any academic is full of decisions and they all seem crucial. Seemingly infinite possibilities and a hyper-competitive academic environment might leave us feeling overwhelmed and even paralyzed. However, it is equally true that many of the hurdles we face in our decision-making stem from the way we think about the decisions themselves.

In this talk, Vicent Botella-Soler will review the most common issues affecting our decision-making process as academics and provide some useful tools and strategies to reduce their impact. Considering these tools may help to plan your career, manage everyday academic life more effectively, and to progress on your career path. Ideally, this may reduce stress and improve your mental health during the challenging doctoral and postdoc phase.