CYG: Career stage CYGs
Introductory page for our new career stage CYGs [Cygna special interest groups]
With CYGNA now approaching 450 members, it is becoming harder to organise events that appeal to everyone. In addition to our plenary Meetings, our first CYG: Teaching & Scholarship Research, our new members meetings and our weekly Cygna Writes meetings, we are therefore launching separate CYGs [Cygna special interest groups] for different career stages.
Whilst following the overall CYGNA Mission, values, and meeting charter, these informal groups are co-created by their hosts and participants. They decide on their own meeting frequency, meeting style and activities, as well as conditions for membership.
Senior CYG - started November 2024
Senior CYG is for CYGNA members who are in the later stages of their academic careers, typically at full professorial level, and with considerable leadership experience in academic institutions, e.g. responsible for big research teams, Department heads, (Associate) Deans, Pro-VCs etc.
The aim of this group is to create an informal and confidential sounding board for these senior academics to help them manage the daily challenges of line management in universities. We talk about issues such as:
- How do I craft my career/identity as a senior academic to align with my goals/strengths/interests, especially when in a non-traditional career path.
- How to balance my own professional goals with the responsibility of developing, empowering, and protecting others. How to stay focused, or how not to "drift", once you become a senior academic.
- How to resolve or manage any conflicts between what I am expected to do as a senior leader - formal or informal - and my own personal values.
- How to transition succesfully out of a full-time academic role, whether for retirement or to take on other projects.
We currently have some thirty senior CYGNA members who are participating in this group. It is run by Ciara O'Higgins and Anne-Wil Harzing and meets monthly for an hour. Although not everyone will be able to join every month, we do expect members to be active participants. Chairing of the meetings is alternated to minimise time commitment for individual members. If you are a CYGNA member and interested in joining us feel free to contact Ciara.
PhD/ECR CYG - call for volunteer co-leads
At CYGNA, our biggest membership group consists of PhD students and Early Career Academics. We are therefore actively looking for one or more CYGNA members in this category to co-lead a CYG for this career stage and co-create a supportive community. Doing so will not only help your fellow swans in this career stage, but will also give you an early experience of leadership in academia. Feel free to contact the Lead Team to volunteer.
Mid-career CYG - call for volunteer co-leads
We are also considering setting up a CYG focused on mid-career researchers. These are typically academics who are 7-10 years out of their PhD and are looking to take the next step in their careers. Support for this crucial career stage is often limited. So if you are a CYGNA member and you would like to gain leadership experience whilst helping your colleagues and learning from them, feel free to contact the Lead Team to volunteer.
Related pages
- About Cygna - Background on the CYGNA network
- Quick overview - Overview of presentations in our meetings with linked slidedecks
- Meetings - Information about forthcoming CYGNA meetings, and links to prior years
- Membership - Information for and about the Cygna network membership
- Readings and inspirations - Inspirational readings and resources for female academics
- The Cygna charter - Documents our CYGNA charter
- Cygna videos - Repository of introduction videos of our new CYGNA coordination team
- Cygna history - Tracing the history of our network since 2014, includes links to all of our meetings
- Frequently asked questions - Everything you may want to know about the CYGNA network and more
- The SWAN project - Initiated by Christa Sathish and Clarice Santos and implemented by Jacqueline Leon Ribas, this project created two swans reflecting CYGNA’s equal, inclusive, collective identity and the diversity of the network and its members
- Conference meet-ups - Provides brief write-ups of CYGNA conference meet-ups
- 10-year Anniversary event - Programme page for our 10-year anniversary event
- International Women's Day - Our collection of posts for international women's day
- CYG: Teaching & Scholarship Research - Our first CYG = SIG = Special Interest Group
- CYG: Career stage CYGs - Introductory page for our new career stage CYGs
- Cygna Writes - Introductory page for our new CYGNA Writes initiative - Writing in Community, Achieving in Silence
- Cygna Collaborations - Reports on some of the many collaborations our swans have engaged in across the CYGNA network
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Anne-Wil Harzing is Emerita Professor of International Management at Middlesex University, London. She is a Fellow of the Academy of International Business, a select group of distinguished AIB members who are recognized for their outstanding contributions to the scholarly development of the field of international business. In addition to her academic duties, she also maintains the Journal Quality List and is the driving force behind the popular Publish or Perish software program.
