Session outline

* Only invited lectures Public(O) Session Sub Category Public Session ID O-04 Title Wide Range Career Formation of Scientists Short title Career Formation of Scientists Convener Name Kazuyo Sakanoi Affiliation Komazawa University Email ksakanoi@komazawa-u.ac.jp Co-convener 1. Name Naomi Harada Affiliation Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology Email haradan@jamstec.go.jp Co-convener 2. Name Chiaki T. Oguchi Affiliation Institute for Environmental Science and Technology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University Email ogchiaki@mail.saitama-u.ac.jp Co-convener 3. Name Takeshi Sakanoi Affiliation Planetary Plasma and Atmospheric Research Center, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University Email tsakanoi@pparc.gp.tohoku.ac.jp Co-convener 4. Name Yoshiko Ogawa Affiliation The University of Aizu Email yoshiko@u-aizu.ac.jp Co-convener 5. Name Sachi Wakasa Affiliation Graduate School of Engineering of Resource Science, Akita University Email wakasa@gipc.akita-u.ac.jp International Symposium No request Language Japanese Scope Employment of fixed-term researcher has been diversified. However, young researchers are still facing severe situation. For this reason, students do not want to go to the doctoral program, and thus, prospective postgraduate students have been declining in the near future. The JpGU Career Support Committee and the JpGU Gender Equality Committee co-organize this session in order to consider problems of fixed-term researcher system and better careers for young scientists. Type of presentation Oral and Poster presentation Invited papers