Introducing the Athena Swan gender sensitive early career researcher (ECR) issues, aspirations and development working group
Published: 21 September 2020
Find out more about the Athena SWAN group that monitors and addresses issues relating to early career researchers within IHW
Who is the Athena Swan Gender Sensitive Early Career Researcher (ECR) issues, aspirations and development working group?
As part of its guiding principles, IHW strives for an inclusive and supportive workplace for all staff and students. This continual process is at the heart of our culture and identity and has been formalised in the creation of the Athena Swan Self-Assessment Team (SAT) and 10 working groups to drive our equality and diversity agenda forward. One of these groups relates specifically to ECR issues, aspirations, and development.
In November 2019, Paul Mccrorie and Seonaid Cleare became co-chairs of the IHW Athena Swan ECR working group when Ewelina Rydzewska stood down after four years of championing our ECR community. We thought we’d take this chance to introduce ourselves.
The ECR aspirations and supports working group focuses on monitoring and addressing gender-related issues affecting representation, progression, development and success of all ECRs within IHW. We work closely with the IHW ECR forum (ECRF), and other Athena SWAN working groups including the Maternity, paternity, parental and carer issues and development and Promotions, reward and recognition groups to effectively support and enhance working experience for ECRs.
If you are a new student or member of staff and feel passionate about issues related to ECRs then please get in touch and become a member of our working group. Information about joining is provided as part of induction process and contributions to Athena SWAN are recognised in staff workload model and during annual reviews.
Meet the co-chairs
Name Dr Paul McCrorie
Position Research Fellow
IHW group MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit
Research interests Hi, I’m Paul. I’m Public Health researcher with a background in Exercise Psychology, behaviour change, and physical activity for health in children and young people. My current research interests lie in the impact of the built and natural environment on children’s health and well-being. I am Co-leading a programme of work alongside Dr Anne Martin exploring the impact of nature-based nurseries on young children’s health and well-being.
Hobbies Gym, rugby, Michelin-starred restaurants, whisky
One thing you didn’t know about me Huge musical theatre fan – current favourite is Hamilton
Who inspires you the most? Excluding my mother, I’d say Barack Obama
Five names you’d want at a dinner party Barack Obama, Akala, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Yanis Varoufakis, Maria Montessori
Name Seonaid Cleare
Position Research Associate
IHW group Mental Health and Wellbeing
Research interests Hi, I’m Seonaid. I’m a research associate within the Suicidal Behaviour Research Lab in Mental Health and Wellbeing. I’m involved with a range of research including naturalistic studies in real-world settings as well as experimental studies in laboratory settings to investigate the relationship between psychological/social/physiological factors and self-harming behaviour. My own research focuses on factors which may provide individuals some protection from emotional distress and self-harm and suicide.
First published: 21 September 2020
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