2023 CLIMACT Scholars call for abstracts

CLIMACT presents its 2023 call for abstracts dedicated to early-career researchers from UNIL and EPFL. Would you like to present your research to a broad audience, promote your work and get useful feedback from peers? Here is an opportunity for you that runs until 27 March 2023!

CLIMACT’s mission
The Center for Climate Impact and Action (CLIMACT) is a joint center between the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the University of Lausanne (UNIL) designed to foster interdisciplinary and interinstitutional research and implementation activities that address the social, scientific, and technological challenges associated with climate change and a sustainable future.

Context
CLIMACT is opening a competitive call for abstracts aimed at selecting a number of early-career researchers (ECRs) to present their research within a special edition of the CLIMACT seminar series “A Climate of Transformation”. Opened not only to the CLIMACT Scholars (ECRs involved in CLIMACT’s activities) but to all ECRs affiliated to UNIL and EPFL, this special seminar is the perfect occasion to feature ECR research. It will highlight their contributions to the field of climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as to the transformation to a sustainable and inclusive society. The researchers selected for this seminar will benefit from increased visibility and a broad interdisciplinary audience with which to have a constructive discussions during the seminar. With this call for abstracts, CLIMACT is committed to contributing positively to ECR careers.
The special edition of the seminar will be held on Monday 22 May 2023.

Requirements

• The call is open to EPFL and UNIL ECRs active in climate change and sustainability related topics. The following career stages are considered as ECRs:

• Applicants should be affiliated to UNIL and/or EPFL at the time of submission.

• Research topics should broadly be related to climate change adaptation, mitigation and/or to a sustainable and inclusive society.

• Relevance of the research to the call’s topic:33%
  How strong is the link between the applicant’s research and the call’s topic: “Climate change mitigation and adaptation and, if applicable, sustainability”?

• Impact of the research:33%
  Please explain succinctly what the positive outlooks are and/or results of the research in terms of benefits to society, scientific impact and/or innovation.

• Relevance of the topic in a broader scientific context:33%
  What are the links between the research and other fields of research, in an interdisciplinary context?