The Emerging Scholars Network

ESN Mentorship Programme

Finding your way in academia can be confusing, overwhelming, and intimidating.
How do you choose the right conference? The right journal? The right research
project? And who can you ask for advice?

ESN can help with the ESN Mentorship Programme.

The ESN Mentorship Programme matches emerging scholars
with mentors from IAMCR in order to: Members across the
Provide mentees with advice, guidance, and assistance world can exchange
at IAMCR and in their work
ideas, perspectives,
Develop research, publications, and participation in
IAMCR and other academic communities and research that
Exchange ideas, perspectives, and research enrich their own and
Meet informally at conferences and communicate others work.
periodically during the year

Mentoring is a great way to help out emerging scholars and to continue the international
connections so valuable to IAMCR and to our academic community.
For Mentors
Do you have 30 minutes to spare at IAMCR
conferences? Could you respond to a handful
of emails throughout the year?
Then please sign up now to become part of
the ESN Mentorship Programme!
Just send a CV/bio to Sara Bannerman
Sara.Bannerman@gmail.com and Stefania
Milan stefania.Milan@eui.eu, ESN co-chairs.
Mentor commitments:
Meet with mentee at IAMCR conferences
Communicate periodically during the year
Provide advice and feedback on
conference, publication, and research
plans
For Emerging Scholars
Would you like a little guidance and advice
about academia and your participation in
IAMCR?
Then please sign up now to become part of
the ESN Mentorship Programme!
Just send a CV to Sara Bannerman
Sara.Bannerman@gmail.com and Stefania
Milan stefania.Milan@eui.eu, ESN co-chairs.
You dont have to be an ESN member
to participate!
Mentee commitments:
Meet with mentors at IAMCR conferences
Communicate periodically during the year
Provide mentors with occasional updates
on research and publication projects

Please take part in this exciting program!

If you are interested in being a mentor or a mentee, please contact ESN co-chairs Sara
Bannerman Sara.Bannerman@gmail.com and Stefania Milan stefania.Milan@eui.eu. Send a
CV and/or bio and we will match you with someone whose research is similar to yours.

The inspiration of ESN founding member Katharine Sarikakis, the mentorship program aims to
connect emerging scholars with senior scholar mentors for guidance and assistance. As
mentors, established scholars meet with a mentee at conferences and are available for basic
feedback and advice via email throughout the year.