Career Focus Group

Vision

The Career Focus Group (CFG) works to improve the recruitment process and its transparency at KI and to promote career paths and possibilities for Junior Faculty (JF). 

Goals

As representatives of a large number of KI employers, who yet do not hold a permanent faculty position, we aim to:

• Help develop a more structured career path at all levels
• Increase the transparency of the recruitment and career progression processes of JF at KI, which should involve an external peer-review committee
•  Advocate for the opportunity for JF to develop an independent line of research through targeted funding, mentorship, support, and infrastructures
• Help those who wish to remain in academia find adequate support

Planned and past activities

The activities of the CGF include:

• Organizing career development seminars, workshops, and social events;
•  Monitoring issues of importance to JF, such as career structure, funding, and career progression support; 
• Engaging in discussions on topics relevant to JF;
• Meeting regularly to discuss our ongoing and future projects;

Past activities

2017: half-day seminar on how career decisions are made at KI (Slides from the seminar are available here).

March 2021 and April 2022: open hearing about the KI career positions (Assistant Professors and Consolidator Grants). 

2022: Seminar about the new Biträdande Lektor rules. 

June 2022: the CFG coordinator and the JF Chair were invited to the 4th GAGO Conference on European Science Policy (06/2022, Brussels), where we participated in the debates and contributed to the Manifesto draft on the theme “Europe supporting young researchers in times of uncertainty.” The link for the event and manifesto can be found here.

October 2023: Salary discussion seminar organized together with the Equity Focus Group. 

7 October 2024: 2^nd edition of the Salary discussion seminar organized together with Equity Focus Group.

Upcoming activities

TBA: The third document and following editions: understanding the new career paths at KI

We are also planning new hearings with KI leadership and more seminars, so stay tuned to our webpage for more activities!

Join us if you are interested in understanding and contributing to career development at KI! 

Links

SvD debatt: Unga svenska forskare ser hinder för sin forskning

Read more about the new Biträdande Lektor position at KI

Read more about Docent

Documents

JF at KI’s Proposal for tenure-track system at Karolinska Institutet from 2015: read it here

The new Biträdande Lektor position: download it here

Slides from the seminar "how career decisions are made at KI" are available here

A quick starting guide for the new assistant professors at KI: available here

Contact the Focus Group coordinator