Meetings

Information about past and future meetings

Anne-Wil Harzing - Sat 31 Dec 2016 15:32 (updated Tue 3 Nov 2026 12:13)

The matrix above shows our meetings topics to date. Write-ups for most meetings are linked at the bottom of this page under four categories: The university context, Research methods & career skills, career planning & development, and (inter)personal skills. Below you can find our planned meetings for the 2026-2027 academic year.

2026-2027 CYGNA meetings

Please note: all times are London time, i.e. Winter time GMT+0, Summer time GMT+1. All meetings are online unless indicated otherwise. Calendar invites - including the meeting link - will generally be circulated to the mailing list three weeks before the event.

CYGNA networking meeting #1: 15 Sept 2026 11.00-12.00

Host: Anne-Wil Harzing (Middlesex University, UK)

#72: 13 Oct 2026, 11.00-13.00: Building Mutual Understanding across Career Stages, and between Academics and Managers

Organizer: Anne-Wil Harzing (Middlesex University, UK). Link to official invite is here.

#73: 8 Dec 2026 11.00-12.00/12.30: End of year celebration

Organizers: Shea Fan (Deakin University, Australia), Seonyoung Hwang (Royal Holloway University, UK).

#74: 15 Jan 2027, 12.00-16.00: Creating your research identity in changing times, University of Manchester (on site)

Organizers: Axèle Giroud (University of Manchester, UK), Natalie Wilmot (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK).

CYGNA networking meeting #2: 5 March 2027 (TBC)

Host: Ciara O'Higgins (Deusto Business School, University of Deusto, Spain)  

#75: 16 Apr 2027 (TBC): Evidence-based teaching

Organizer: Tatiana Andreeva (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)

CYGNA networking meeting #3: May 2027 - date/time TBA

Host: TBA

#76: 10 Jun 2027 (TBC): Full-day writing workshop

Organizers: Christa Sathish (University of Westminster, UK), Karin Moser (University of Queensland, Australia, and University of Bern, Switzerland).

CYGNA networking meeting #4: Summer fun Jul/Aug 2027 - date/time TBA

Host: TBA

Links to meeting write-ups

The table below links to write-ups of most of our CYGNA meetings to date. They contain pictures, key take-aways, resources, and additional reflections. A separate page with links to Power-Point presentations can be found here. 

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• The Cygna charter - Documents our CYGNA charter
• Cygna videos - Repository of introduction videos of our new CYGNA coordination team
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