"Yet ECRs face a significant risk by solely relying on institutional platforms for their digital footprint: information portability. While university websites offer high visibility as trusted sources, most ECRs on short-term contracts lose web and email access as soon as their contracts expire. This often forces a hasty rebuild of their online presence precisely when they need to navigate critical career transitions."
"Having worked with doctoral and postdoctoral candidates across Europe, common initial hesitations to establishing a digital research space include: uncertainty about how and where to start, discouragement from senior researchers who dismiss digital networks as not "real" work, fears of appearing boastful and/or the paralyzing grip of impostor syndrome. Understanding these hesitations, I emphasize in my coaching the ways that building a digital research space is a natural extension of ECRs' professional growth."
"Why a Strategic Digital Research Space Matters A proactive, professional digital strategy offers several key advantages. Enhancing visibility and discoverability: A well-curated, current, consistent and coherent digital presence significantly improves discoverability for peers, potential collaborators, future employers, funders, journal editors and the media. Networking: Strategically using digital platforms transcends institutional and geographical boundaries, enabling connections with specific individuals, research groups and relevant industry contacts globally. Showcasing expertise and impact: Your digital space allows you to present a holistic view of your contributions beyond publications, including skills, ongoing projects, presentations, teaching, outreac"
Early-career researchers often perceive building a digital research space as an additional burden and associate online professional networking with overwhelming social media and self-promoting influencers. Sole reliance on institutional platforms creates an information portability risk because short-term contracts commonly terminate web and email access, forcing rapid rebuilding of online presence during critical career transitions. Common hesitations include uncertainty about where to start, discouraging messages from senior researchers, fears of appearing boastful, and impostor syndrome. A strategic, proactive digital research space improves discoverability, enables global networking, and showcases a holistic view of expertise and impact beyond publications.
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