101 pages tagged "networking"

Conference and informal meet-ups

Report and pictures by members of the CYGNA network on conference and other informal meet-ups

24 Nov 2023 (updated 08 Jul 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Creating hope for alternative futures!

Reports on our 71st CYGNA meeting where Christa Sathish inspired us to analyse our current academic environment and co-create hope manifestos for alternative futures

01 Jul 2026 (updated 03 Jul 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYG: Teaching & Scholarship Research

Introductory page for our first CYG (CYGNA special interest group) uniting members interested in pedagogical research

30 Apr 2024 (updated 26 May 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Weaving the Threads: experience, tools and networks for teaching in today’s world

Reports on our 70th CYGNA meeting - organised by our Teaching & Scholarship CYG

15 Apr 2026 (updated 08 Apr 2026) - Ciara O’Higgins

Yes... social media can be useful for your career

Collates links to all eight blogposts in the social media in academia series

25 Mar 2026 (updated 18 Mar 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Our 6th end-of-year meeting

Reports on our 68th CYGNA meeting - two hours filled with reflections and fun

14 Jan 2026 (updated 06 Dec 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA - 11+ years of supporting women in academia

Reviews our bumper crop of CYGNA activities in the 2024-2025 academic year

05 Nov 2025 (updated 05 Oct 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Cygna Writes

Introductory page for our new CYGNA Writes initiative - Writing in Community, Achieving in Silence

19 Dec 2024 (updated 16 Sep 2025) - Christa Sathish

CYG: Career stage CYGs

Introductory page for our new career stage CYGs [Cygna special interest groups]

19 Dec 2024 (updated 16 Sep 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Research networking meeting in gender & diversity

Reports on our 65th CYGNA meeting where we shared our research interests in the general area of gender & diversity with the aim of building research collaborations

18 Jun 2025 (updated 21 May 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

EIBA @50 - And a CYGNA panel on academic career transitions

Brief write-up of our CYGNA 10 year anniversary panel at the 50th EIBA meeting

04 Jun 2025 (updated 04 Jun 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Creating social media profiles

How to build effective social media profiles that publicise your research

09 Sep 2022 (updated 14 May 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Navigating an academic career: An ECR reflection before, during and post PhD

In this CYGNA collaboration, I highlight that there is a space for everyone to belong, and for academia to be done differently and with care

14 Mar 2025 (updated 10 May 2025) - Amal Abdellatif

Leading as a Woman: Owning Our Successes in a World That Overlooks Them

Good work isn’t always enough—especially for women in leadership. But by speaking openly about our wins and the barriers we navigate, we create space for one another and challenge the silence that too often surrounds our success.

16 Apr 2025 (updated 09 Apr 2025) - Athina Dilmperi

CYGNA: The good, the bad and the ugly of editorial and reviewing responsibilities

Reports on our 64th CYGNA meeting where we shared experiences about reviewing, special issue editing and other editorial roles

09 Apr 2025 (updated 14 Jun 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Cygna Collaborations

Collation page for our new Cygna collaborations initiative - this page reports on some of the many collaborations our swans have engaged in across the CYGNA network in the past decade

19 Dec 2024 (updated 14 Mar 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

On kindness and gratitude in academia

Argues that thank-you messages are always welcome and should be sent far more often than we do

26 Feb 2025 (updated 10 May 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Get Ready, Set, Go: The Doctoral Research Journey and Top Tips Workshop

Joining CYGNA fostered belonging, empowered collaboration, and enriched my personal and academic growth.

22 Jan 2025 (updated 23 Jan 2025) - Susanna Menis

CYGNA: End of 2024 celebration - ABC of research careers, Christmas carols and more...

Reports on our 62nd CYGNA meeting - two hours filled with learning and fun

22 Jan 2025 (updated 29 Mar 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to build strong research connections?

My personal reflections on building senior, peer, and junior research connections; includes my nearly 30-year-old PhD survey materials

16 Oct 2024 (updated 19 Apr 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Talk about Teaching with Pride

As part of the #everylittleactioncounts initiative Siân Stephens advocates for talking about teaching with pride, to bond with colleagues and boost professional esteem.

02 Oct 2024 (updated 13 Aug 2024) - Siân Stephens

How to enjoy a large conference

A quick guide on how to minimize conference stress and enjoy conferences ever after

10 Jun 2024 (updated 31 May 2024) - Tatiana Andreeva

Rejection, withdrawal, and acceptance: A story about message-journal fit

A look behind the curtain: what happens in the academic publishing process

20 May 2024 (updated 03 Jul 2026) - Heejin Kim

Understanding the academic knowledge creation process: How to learn better?

Shows how we can apply academic theories to better understand our own profession

25 Mar 2024 (updated 25 Jul 2024) - Heejin Kim

Why I offered resources from early on in my career

First of nine posts based on my webinar for Georgia State University's CIBER - Interview by Tamer Cavusgil

18 Mar 2024 (updated 10 May 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA meet-up at AoM 2023 in Boston

Report and pictures by members of the CYGNA network at the AoM 2023 conference

05 Feb 2024 (updated 29 Jan 2024) - Ciara O’Higgins

Social media to support your career

Collates links to all eight blogposts in the social media in academia series

01 Nov 2021 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Improve your Research Profile

Collates links to all eight blogposts in the series: Improve your Research Profile, Reputation, and Impact

14 Jun 2022 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Our 4th Christmas meeting - failure & fun

Reports on our 56th CYGNA meeting - two hours filled with stories about rejections in journal publishing, secret santa, and new year resolutions

08 Jan 2024 (updated 09 Oct 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: The Power of neurodiversity

Our 55th CYGNA meeting was our first transdisciplinary, open-to-all event and featured the SWAN project celebrating the unique strengths of neurodiversity in academia

11 Dec 2023 (updated 05 Sep 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Past, present, and future

Reports on our 54th CYGNA meeting where we discussed the network's history, its expanded coordination team, and our exciting plans for the future

06 Nov 2023 (updated 21 Dec 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

On how to be a good co-author – and finding even better ones

Connection, competence, complementarity, commitment and conferences – here is how you enter and sustain productive co-authorships

30 Oct 2023 (updated 28 Feb 2024) - Sebastian Reiche

CYGNA: Thriving in Research and Coping with Uncertainties

Reports on our 53rd CYGNA meeting: combining career development with relaxing and invigorating conversations

14 Jun 2023 (updated 29 Mar 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to get your research noticed online?

The third book in my "Crafting your career in academia" series

07 Jun 2023 (updated 25 Dec 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

The Academic Woman Interview (4): Research mentorship

Fourth of a series of four posts reporting on my interview with Anatu Mahama of the Academic Woman magazine

10 May 2023 (updated 29 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Kind and inclusive networking

Reports on our 52nd meeting of the CYGNA network dealing with the why, where and how of networking in CYGNA

26 Apr 2023 (updated 06 Sep 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

The Academic Woman Interview (3): Research culture

Third of a series of four posts reporting on my interview with Anatu Mahama of the Academic Woman magazine

19 Apr 2023 (updated 29 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

The Academic Woman Interview (2): My research passions

Second of a series of four posts reporting on my interview with Anatu Mahama of the Academic Woman magazine

05 Apr 2023 (updated 29 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

The Academic Woman interview (1): My career history

First of a series of four posts reporting on my interview with Anatu Mahama of the Academic Woman magazine

22 Mar 2023 (updated 26 Apr 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

What made my early work impactful?

Talks about the breadth of the audience and the importance of novelty and good titles in getting your work cited

20 Feb 2023 (updated 07 Apr 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA @50 and Christmas celebration 2022

Reports on our 50th (!!!) CYGNA meeting. Strikes thwarted our big plans, but we still had fun.

16 Jan 2023 (updated 05 Sep 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: How to manage individual research performance

Reports on our 49th meeting with a discussion of research-based evidence on how to manage research performance

12 Dec 2022 (updated 15 Apr 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

On the loneliness of teaching

A reflection on the loneliness of University teaching, and a call to share our pedagogical successes and challenges with pride

14 Nov 2022 (updated 01 Jun 2024) - Siân Stephens

CYGNA: Gender & Migration

Reports on our 48th meeting with two book launches and a discusion on advancing migration research in Business & Management

31 Oct 2022 (updated 18 Nov 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Social media - caring in a shared world (4): Social media capital

How and why can academics build and maintain their social media capital

04 Jul 2022 (updated 13 Jan 2025) - Christa Sathish

CYGNA: Positionality, team roles, and academic activism

47th CYGNA meeting, celebrating our 8-year anniversary with our first face-to-face meeting in 2.5 years

27 Jun 2022 (updated 26 Aug 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Using LinkedIn recommendations to support others

Use the LinkedIn recommendation feature to write testimonials for people in your network

06 Jun 2022 (updated 10 May 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Social media - caring in a shared world (3): Online identity reconstruction

How and why to reconstruct your online identity when using social networking sites professionally

16 May 2022 (updated 16 May 2022) - Christa Sathish

CYGNA: Supervising and being supervised

Our 46th CYGNA meeting discussing our experiences of PhD supervision, both from a student and from a supervisor perspective

02 May 2022 (updated 26 Jul 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Social media - caring in a shared-world (2): Authentic Identity

How to develop an authentic identity when using social networking sites professionally

28 Mar 2022 (updated 14 Apr 2022) - Christa Sathish

CYGNA: One size doesn't fit all - Diversity of academic career paths

Reports on our 45th CYGNA meeting in which we discussed four alternative career paths in academia

28 Feb 2022 (updated 03 May 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA @EIBA Madrid 2021

Report and pictures by members of the CYGNA network at the EIBA conference

14 Feb 2022 (updated 01 Mar 2025) - Ciara O’Higgins

Social media - caring in a shared-world (1): Self & others

How to develop care for others and as well as self-care when using social networking sites professionally

31 Jan 2022 (updated 15 Apr 2022) - Christa Sathish

CYGNA: Secret Santa at the 2nd pandemic Christmas

Reports on our 44th CYGNA meeting with a Secret Santa Christmas celebration

17 Jan 2022 (updated 11 Dec 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Co-creating academic well-being

Reports on our 43th CYGNA meeting on the challenges and champions of academic well-being

17 Dec 2021 (updated 18 Nov 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to digitally market yourself: a beginner's guide for students and academics

Handy tips and tricks to start building a digital presence

06 Nov 2021 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Christa Sathish

CYGNA: The WHYs and HOWs of coaching

Reports on our 42nd CYGNA meeting on how you can incorporate coaching in an academic career as coacher and coachee

30 Oct 2021 (updated 27 Apr 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Writing a literature review paper: whether, what, and when?

Reports on our 41st CYGNA meeting on the challenge of publishing literature review papers

19 Sep 2021 (updated 15 Jul 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Women management scholars leading REF impact case studies

Reports on our 40th CYGNA meeting with a focus on the (limited) role of women academics in REF impact case studies

13 Jun 2021 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Social media in academia: Using LinkedIn in a mixed-method research design

Tips and tricks for research data collection through LinkedIn: survey and focus groups

17 May 2021 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Christa Sathish

Chairing a CYGNA meeting

Huong Nguyen reflects on her enjoyable experience of chairing the 39th CYGNA meeting on ‘Climbing up the academic career ladder'

10 May 2021 (updated 04 Dec 2024) - Huong Nguyen

CYGNA: climbing up the academic career ladder

Reports on our 39th CYGNA meeting with a focus on career progression

03 May 2021 (updated 29 Mar 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Social Media in Academia: Using LinkedIn to promote your research

Tips and tricks for using LinkedIn to promote your research

08 Apr 2021 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Christa Sathish

CYGNA: Resistance to gender equality in academia

Reports on our 38th CYGNA meeting dealing with one of the ultimate gender topics

15 Mar 2021 (updated 26 Nov 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Working in a Horizon-2020 project

Reports on our 37th CYGNA meeting dealing with research funding and working in large funded projects

19 Feb 2021 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: REF and Christmas during a pandemic

Reports on our 36th CYGNA meeting with a presentation on REF and A Christmas celebration

05 Jan 2021 (updated 11 Dec 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: The wonderful world of book publishing

Reports on our 35th CYGNA meeting with three publishers discussing textbooks, research books and practice books

12 Dec 2020 (updated 26 Aug 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Sabbatical at Middlesex University London: a story of swans and unicorns

Heejin's wonderful reflections on her one-year stay in the UK

05 Dec 2020 (updated 17 Jan 2023) - Heejin Kim

How to create a sustainable academic career

Reports on Martyna Sliwa's presentation on career progression in the UK higher education environment

21 Nov 2020 (updated 29 Mar 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: How do I keep my job (in academia) in uncertain times?

Reports on our 34th CYGNA meeting discussing jobs losses in higher education in COVID-19 times

13 Nov 2020 (updated 21 Jan 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Female leadership in Higher Education

Reports on our 33rd CYGNA meeting - our first in a full academic year of online meetings

29 Oct 2020 (updated 01 Apr 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

2nd CYGNA Global Virtual Meeting: MBTI & Stress

Reports on our 32nd CYGNA meeting - our second virtual meeting discussing stress trigger factors for different MBTI types

16 Jul 2020 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

1st CYGNA Global Virtual Meeting: Coping with a Pandemic

Reports on our 31st CYGNA meeting - our first virtual meeting dealing with work-life balance during a pandemic

06 Jun 2020 (updated 05 Sep 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Social Media in Academia (8): Putting it all together

Final posting in the social media series explains how different social media can reinforce each other

27 Apr 2020 (updated 15 Apr 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Social media in Academia (7): Blogging

Provides recommendations on how to start with blogging

13 Apr 2020 (updated 15 Apr 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Experimental research and Nvivo

Reports on Luisa Pinto's Erasmus visit to Middlesex University with seminars on experimental research and Nvivo

07 Apr 2020 (updated 05 May 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Social Media in Academia (6): Twitter

Provides recommendations on how to get the best out of Twitter

27 Mar 2020 (updated 28 Mar 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Introducing online teaching as a response to COVID-19: Lessons from our experience

A very useful personal reflection on experiences with online lecturing

13 Mar 2020 (updated 14 Apr 2022) - Katsuhiko Yoshikawa

Social media in Academia (5): ResearchGate

Provides recommendations on how to get the most out of ResearchGate

09 Mar 2020 (updated 15 Apr 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Social Media in Academia (4): LinkedIn

Provides recommendations on how to get the best out of LinkedIn

27 Feb 2020 (updated 15 Apr 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Negotiation workshop

Reports on our 30th CYGNA meeting dealing with negotiation styles

15 Feb 2020 (updated 27 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Social Media in Academia (3): Google Scholar Profiles

Provides recommendations on how to get the best out of Google Scholar Profiles

10 Feb 2020 (updated 14 Jan 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

You can’t be known if you don’t interact!

Seminar by Axele Giroud at Middlesex on networking and external engagement for academic success

03 Feb 2020 (updated 05 May 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Social Media in Academia (2): Comparing the options

General recommendations on how to use social media professionally

28 Jan 2020 (updated 15 Apr 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Social Media in Academia (1): Introduction

An introduction into my 8-part blogpost series on social media

16 Jan 2020 (updated 15 Apr 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Work intensification, well-being and career advancement

Reports on our 29th CYGNA meeting dealing with workloads and work intensification

08 Dec 2019 (updated 29 Mar 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

GEM&L: Translation in International Business & Management

Guest post by Natalie Wilmot reporting on the 2019 GEM&L conference in Sheffield

27 Oct 2019 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Natalie Wilmot

CYGNA: Internationalisation of Japanese academia

Reports on our 27th CYGNA meeting with presentations on internationalisation of academia and a social media clinic

28 Jun 2019 (updated 25 May 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Fostering research impact through social media

Full recording of a 1.5-hour presentation on the four C's of getting cited and an 8-step workflow on how to effectively disseminate your research.

03 Jan 2019 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to ensure your research achieves the impact it deserves

Reports on my presentation at Tilburg University

17 Nov 2018 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Resource collection for the summer holidays

Collates resources for all CYGNA meetings beween mid 2014 and mid 2018

25 Jun 2018 (updated 24 Dec 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Careers, mobility and belonging: foreign women academics in the UK

Reports on our 15th CYGNA meeting with a special emphasis on the challenges for female foreign academics in the UK

02 Jun 2018 (updated 29 Mar 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Women academics in Australia and France

Reports on various CYGNA meetings with the theme of working in foreign countries

21 May 2018 (updated 24 Dec 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Building your academic brand through engagement with social media

Reports on my presentation at the Free University of Amsterdam

18 May 2018 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Social network analysis and managing large research teams

Reports on our 17th CYGNA meeting with presentations about social network analysis and managing large research teams

16 Apr 2018 (updated 20 Apr 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Gender researchers meeting

Reports on our 20th CYGNA meeting with a presentation on work-life balance

22 Feb 2018 (updated 26 Aug 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Secondary data sources and research portfolios

Reports on our 19th CYGNA meeting with presentations about working with secondary data sources and balancing your research portfolio

07 Feb 2018 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

What is that conference networking thing all about?

Reflections on the importance of networking in academia and tips on how to do it

01 Nov 2017 (updated 10 May 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Building your academic brand through social media

Reports on our 16th CYGNA meeting with two presentations on social media in academia

24 May 2017 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to address other academics by email?

Provides suggestions on the best way to address academics by email

18 May 2017 (updated 10 May 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Rocket Science? Networking and External Engagement for Academic Success

Seminar by Axele Giroud at Middlesex presenting the reasons why networking and external engagement constitute complementary skills

20 May 2016 (updated 05 May 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing