Meetings 2024-2025

Overview of Cygna network meetings in the academic year 2023-2024

If you are interested in being on the mailing list and/or attending our events please contact Anne-Wil Harzing (anne@harzing.com). We have a readings and inspirations section for female academics, a LinkedIn group, and hashtags #cygna_london  #cygnawomen. A quick overview of past presentations can be found here. For a full description of our network see: Celebrating CYGNA: Supporting women in academia.

New members drop-in 6: 1 Oct 2024, 11.00-12.00

OrganizersSatkeen Azzizadeh (Middlesex University, UK), Ciara O'Higgins (Deusto Business School, Spain) and Anne-Wil Harzing (Middlesex University, UK).

Our biggest new members drop-in ever with no less than 33 participants (30 shown in the picture). Most were completely new members, but there were also established members who wanted to re-connect after a period of absence and four of our coordination team members welcoming our new CYGNA sisters (Argryro, Christa, Joanna and Shea, see: Cygna videos: expanding the team).

Meeting 61: 8 Oct 2024, 12.00-14.00: Co-creating CYGNA's future through academic story telling (online)

OrganizersCiara O'Higgins (Deusto Business School, Spain) and Anne-Wil Harzing (Middlesex University, UK). 

SpeakersTatiana Andreeva (Maynooth University, Ireland), Satkeen Azzizadeh (Middlesex University, UK), Jane Neal-Smith (Univ. of York, UK, Ruwaiha Razik (Univ. of Colombo, Sri Lanka), Christa Sathish (Univ. of Westminster, UK)

See blogpost for write-up and resourcesCYGNA: General assembly - co-creating our CYGNA future through academic storytelling

New members drop-in 7: 5 Nov 2024, 15.00-16.00

OrganizersSatkeen Azzizadeh (Middlesex University, UK), Ciara O'Higgins (Deusto Business School, Spain) and Anne-Wil Harzing (Middlesex University, UK).

Another successful new members drop-in, with seventeen members attending. Most were completely new members joining us for the first time. However, we also welcomed a number of established members who wanted to re-connect after a period of absence. Two of our Lead/CYG team members (Christa and Jane)  joined us in welcoming our new CYGNA sisters (see: Cygna videos: expanding the team and CYG: Teaching & Scholarship Research).

10 Dec 2024, 11.00-13.00 Christmas celebration (online)

OrganizersSatkeen Azzizadeh (Middlesex University, UK), Dan Ha Le (University of Turku, Finland). Invitation with details can be downloaded here.

See blogpost for write-up and resourcesCYGNA: End of year celebration - ABC of research careers, Christmas carols and more...

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