Faculty of Science

November 7, 2022 – Let's talk about doctoral studies with Adèle Combes! Working conditions, mental health of young researchers: what are the findings and what are the solutions?

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Monday, November 7, 5 p.m.
Lecture Hall 2, Building 36, University of Montpellier
Triolet Campus (main entrance, donut-saucisse roundabout)

The ecology and environment research laboratories at DIPEE Occitanie-Est (https://www.inee.cnrs.fr/fr/dipee-occitanie-est), with the support of the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Montpellier, are pleased to invite you to a meeting with Adèle B. Combes, PhD in neurobiology, initiator of the "Vie de thèse" (Thesis Life) project and author of the bookComment l’université broie les jeunes chercheurs ? Précarité, harcèlement, loi du silence(How does the university crush young researchers? Precariousness, harassment, thelawof silence) (Autrement, 2022).

Through her survey of a panel of doctoral students from various institutions and disciplines, Adèle B. Combes has helped to break the silence on a subject that is still too rarely discussed: the malaise among young researchers and the abuse they sometimes suffer.

The Adèle B. Combes lecture will last 30 minutes and will be followed by a 45-minute roundtable discussion on concrete solutions for improving the well-being and mental health of young researchers.
Several people will join this roundtable discussion:
–Ms. May Morris, CNRS Research Director, iBMM Pôle Chimie Balard Recherche, Women & Science Occitanie Est representative, member of the Women & Science Board of Directors, and coordinator of the Women & Science mentoring programhttps://www.femmesetsciences.fr/

– Ms. Mathilde Maillard, Doctor of Materials Science, founder of Bien Dans Ma Thèsehttps://www.biendansmathese.com/

– Mr. Pierre-Olivier Antoine, Professor at the University of Montpellier, Deputy Director of the ISEM Laboratoryhttps://isem-evolution.fr/

The meeting will be moderated by Guillaume Bagnolini, science journalist at Coscienceshttps://cosciences.net/.

We look forward to seeing you in person in Lecture Hall 2 of Building 36 on the Triolet campus of the University of Montpellier on Monday, November 7 at 5 p.m. For those who are unable to attend in person, it will also be possible to follow the meeting on YouTube athttps://youtu.be/MeV-S1YwX9I. We hope to see many of you there!