Monthly seminars
The participants will meet monthly in monthly seminars where they will introduce their research, interests and career paths. The monthly seminars are held in Zoom on the second Tuesday of each month at 1:00-2:30 pm (Helsinki time).
Timetable for the monthly seminars:
12 September 2023
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- Theme: Antimicrobial resistance and phage therapy
- Speakers: Ahmad Al-Mustapha and Henni Tuomala
- Organizer: Mert Erdin and Dismas Oketch
10 October 2023
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- Speakers: Prof. Catherine Kunyanga and Noora Oertel
- Organizers: Caroline Kawira and Katriina Huttunen
14 November 2023
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- Speakers: Peter Krawcze and Dismas Oketch
- Organizers: Abdirahman Barre and Henni Tuomala
12 December 2023: Cancelled
16 January 2024
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- Speakers: Collins Kebenei and Muhammad-Bashir Bolajoko
- Organizers: Lydia Moraa Mageto and Ahmad Ibrahim Al-Mustapha
13 February 2024
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- Speakers: Samuel Wanjohi and Paul Bangura
- Organizers: Wyckliff Ngetich and Paul Bangura
15 March 2024
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- Speakers: Melissa Meierhofer and Caroline Kawira
- Organizers: Henni Tuomala and Dismas Oketch
9 April 2024
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- Speakers: Lydia Mageto and Priscilla Osei
- Organizers: Mert Erdin and Njoki Kimani
14 May 2024
11 June 2024
13 August 2024
10 September 2024
Workshops:
Early Career Champions will have four workshops with different themes during its term.
1st workshop
The first workshop was held on October 9, 2023. The theme was “Career planning and career paths”, and the workshop was held by career counsellor Ina Grönlund from the University of Helsinki Career Services. The workshop was held in Zoom
2nd workshop
The second workshop was on January 31, 2024 in Nairobi. The theme of the workshop was “Entrepreneurship and hybrid careers”. We had tour at the Silk Origin Limited and a talk from the company’s enterpreneur Peter Karimi.
3rd workshop
The third workshop will be in May 2024 in Zoom. The theme of the workshop will be “How to involve citizens and have a societal impact with your research”.
Extra workshop
We will organize an extra workshop on grant writing in September 2024. The workshop will be held in Zoom.
4th workshop
The fourth workshop will be held in November 2024 in Helsinki. The theme of the workshop will be “Stakeholder Management and Collaboration”.
Visits to Helsinki and Nairobi
The members of the program will visit both universities during 2023–24. During those visits participants will have the opportunity to visit different research groups and learn different research aspects of both universities.
Mentor-mentee mentoring sessions
All mentees will be paired with one mentor from both universities. The mentoring sessions will start in autumn 2023 and members can choose the schedule and occurrence of those meetings according to their timetables and wishes. Each member of ECC program should have at least three mentoring sessions.
Yearly challenge
All mentees will participate in a yearly challenge which will be a public outreach activity. Each mentee will be paired with another mentee from a different university and they will plan and implement the same public outreach activity. The difference will be that the other will implement it in Helsinki and the other one in Nairobi.