Six early-career scientists were invited to participate in a panel at the International Council for Science (ICSU) General Assembly in Auckland, New Zealand on September 3, 2014. ICSU is a non-governmental organization with the mission to "strengthen international science for the benefit of society" through promoting international research collaboration, science for policy, and making science more open, equitable, and ethical throughout the world. Its members consist of over 120 national scientific academies of distinguished scholars elected to provide scientific advice and service to their countries (including the National Academy of Sciences in the US, and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, who award most of the Nobel Prizes). Other members include international scientific unions, which focus on promoting scientific subject areas (like the International Union of Biological Sciences). More info: http://www.icsu.org/ The panelists focused on three priorities for early-career scientists (integrating early career scientists in leadership, providing career support through networks and mentoring, and opportunities and incentives for science for society). At the end of the session, a decision was proposed by UK Delegate and early career panelist Yvonne Gruender, which was unanimously approved by the voting members of ICSU. Please note that these slides were slightly modified after presentation (addition of slides 1 & 5, and title to slide 2) to facilitate standalone understanding. Full panel notes will be posted on http://www.kimnicholas.com/

1. Early
Career
Scien-st
Panel
Interna-onal
Council
for
Science
(ICSU)
General
Assembly
(GA)
3
September
2014
Chair:
Kim
Nicholas,
Lund
University
Centre
for
Sustainability
Studies,
Sweden
@KA_Nicholas
Chris-ne
Jasoni,
Department
of
Anatomy,
University
of
Otago,
@JasoniCL
Fola
Babalola,
Center
for
Environmental
Economics
and
Policy
in
Africa,
University
of
Pretoria,
South
Africa.
@folababs2000
Jianzhong
Xu,
Chinese
Academy
of
Sciences,
@JackLZC
Yvonne
Grunder,
Department
of
Physics,
Liverpool
University
@YvonneGruender
Wilma
Waterlander,
Na-onal
Ins-tute
for
Health
Innova-on
,
University
of
Auckland,
New
Zealand,
@wwaterlander
Thanks
for
travel
support
from:
ICSU,
the
German
Research
Founda-on
(DFG),
Royal
Society
(UK),
Royal
Society
of
New
Zealand,
China
Associa-on
for
Science
and
Technology

2. Using
Twi]er
to
bring
#ICSUGA
to
over
50,000
people

4. Early
Career
Scien-st
Priori-es
1. Leadership
2. Career
Support
(networks
and
mentoring)
3. Opportuni-es
and
incen-ves
for
science
for
society

5. Transla-ng
Priori-es
to
Ac-ons
For…

6. Na-onal
&
Union
Members
• Establish/expand
early
career
networks
&
mentoring
• Involve
in
General
Assembly
delega-on

7. Intergovernmental
Bodies
(Future
Earth,
IPBES,
IPCC...)
• Engage
early-­‐career
scien-sts
in
science
policy
and
communica-on
• Con-nue
and
expand
co-­‐design
prac-ces
• Develop
communi-es
of
prac-ce
involving
early
career
scien-sts

8. Funding,
Review
&
Reward
Agencies
• Design
incen-ves
to
value
interdisciplinary
science,
outreach,
communica-on
&
policy

9. Coordina-ng
Bodies
(ICSU,
ISSC,
IAP,
TWAS,
IAC)
• Work
together
to
coordinate
networks
(in
person
and
online)
• Support
mobility
programmes
• Support
communica-on
and
policy
opportuni-es
• Guidelines
for
Ø incen-ves
that
value
science
for
society
Ø inclusive
recruitment
&
diversity
in
leadership

10. Everyone!
• Integrate
early
career
scien-sts
in
leadership
throughout
your
organiza-ons
• Par-cipate
in
vision-­‐
and
agenda-­‐segng
• Serve
on
scien-fic
and
policy
commi]ees
and
execu-ve
boards
• Involve
in
process
of
publica-on:
peer
review,
editorial
boards
• Publicize
opportuni-es
and
make
merit-­‐based
nomina-ons
• Design,
par-cipate
in,
and
review
conferences

11. Proposed
decision
text
• We
urge
the
execu-ve
board
to
take
ac-on
within
ICSU
to
integrate
and
involve
early
career
scien-sts
– in
advisory,
review
and
governance
bodies
as
appropriate
• and
encourage
its
na-onal
and
union
members,
interdisciplinary
bodies,
and
associates
to
support
early
career
scien-sts
through:
– Mentoring
and
career
support
networks
– Opportuni-es
and
incen-ves
to
engage
in
science
for
society
– Including
them
in
day-­‐to-­‐day
business
between
GAs
and
in
the
GA
delega-on
• And
to
report
back
on
progress
made
for
the
next
GA.