Building Communities in Academia

Melina Aarnikoivu is the Coordinator of the PhD Academy at the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Her background is in applied linguistics and higher education studies.Ai Tam Le is Lecturer in HDR (Higher Degree by Research) Development at the Researcher Development Academy at Deakin University, Australia. Ai Tam’s research interests include the academic profession, doctoral education, and disciplinary cultures.

• Chapter 1. Introduction; Melina Aarnikoivu and Ai Tam Le Chapter 2. Liminal Communities in Academia: From Research Education to Practice; Amoni Kitooke, Sally Windsor, Martina Lazarevska, Oscar Funeskog, and Samuel Holt Chapter 3. Co-creating graduate research communities: Reflections on designing, developing, and delivering graduate researcher-led projects; Yuqi Lin and Ai Tam LeChapter 4. In search of a community: navigating the academic spaces of belonging as a postdoctoral fellow; Juuso Henrik Nieminen and Robyn Ruttenberg-Rozen Chapter 5. Uncovering the journey of building a community: A story of a global network for early and mid-career women researchers; Gaoming Zheng, Mee Joo Kim, Jing Qi, Melina Aarnikoivu, Saule Bekova, Charity Meki-Kombe, Baktygul Shabdan, and Lifutso Tsephe Chapter 6. Invitation to an online coffee! Exploring how informal academic communities support early-career researchers’ professional growth and wellbeing; Vesna Holubek and Henna Juusola OPEN ACCESSChapter 7. Building a community for researchers to foster mental health and wellbeing; Mayya Sundukova and Olga Vvedenskaya Chapter 8. Tensions of aspirational activism: Developing the Research Whisperer community; Tseen Khoo and Jonathan O’Donnell Chapter 9. Making a beginning together: the value of collective practice; Sinéad Murphy Chapter 10. What if academia was not a gladiator fight? Reflections on trying to change the discourse from competition to community-building; Andrew G. Gibson and Taina Saarinen Chapter 11. Conclusion: Can communities be cornerstones of future academia?; Ai Tam Le and Melina Aarnikoivu

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