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AKC: Arbeitskreis Chancengleichheit

AKC 1: ’Beruf(s)-Leben’ (Vereinbarkeit von Familie und wissenschaftlicher Laufbahn)

AKC 1.2: Invited Talk

Thursday, March 29, 2012, 14:30–15:00, EMH 225

Who is this about anyway? Research with a wife and kids: A Postdocs perspective. — •Graham Kells — Freie Universität Berlin

In this presentation I will discuss some of the challenges of juggling family life and research in a foreign country. Most of my presentation will focus on the anecdotal experience of our move to Berlin i.e. learning to deal without your usual support structure, finding the right environment for children, challenges of finding and enrolling in multi-lingual kindergartens & schools. I will highlight why my pursuit of an academic role has necessarily led to the suspension of my wife's career and the effects (both good and bad) it has had our children's development.