TU Dublin to Host First Women+ in Early Career Research Symposium
TU Dublin will host its first Women+ in Early Career Research Symposium on 6th March 2026 at our Grangegorman Campus, celebrating International Women’s Day with a new platform to celebrate and support women and gender-diverse researchers at early career stages.
The symposium aims to create a supportive and inclusive space to showcase research, encourage cross-disciplinary dialogue, and strengthen professional networks among early-career researchers. It will bring together participants from across the island of Ireland, spanning disciplines from STEM and health sciences to humanities, creative practice, and social sciences.
Submissions are invited from early career women and gender diverse researchers, including PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and those within their first ten years of research. The organisers particularly welcome contributions from researchers whose voices are underrepresented in academia, including those from marginalised backgrounds, those with caregiving responsibilities, researchers based in regional institutions, and those following non-traditional career pathways.
Given the interdisciplinary nature of the symposium, all submissions should be written for a broad scientific audience, ensuring accessibility beyond disciplinary boundaries. Accepted papers will be published on TU Dublin’s institutional open access repository, Arrow, with each paper assigned a DOI. There will be no charge for publication.
- Participants may present their work through a range of formats, including lightning talks, a dedicated first-year PhD track, oral presentations, and posters.
- Submissions should be between one and three pages in length and written as an accessible science communication piece.
- Authors are asked to use the provided LaTeX template when preparing their papers.
The symposium welcomes submissions across a wide range of research areas, including natural and physical sciences, life sciences and health, engineering and digital technologies, social sciences and public policy, humanities and creative arts, and business, education, and law.
To submit a paper, you must complete the submission form and email the PDF paper submission to: andrea.c.heaney@mytudublin.ie.
