Report on the Diversity Promotion Committee Project on the 135th Congress of the Forestry Society of Japan ‘Information Exchange on Employment Issues for Young Researchers’

Abstract

During the 135th Annual Meeting of the Forestry Society of Japan (Venue: Setagaya Campus, Tokyo University of Agriculture)， the Diversity Promotion Committee of the Forestry Society of Japan held a luncheon meeting entitled “Information Exchange on Employment Issues for Young Researchers”. The background of the meeting was that the results of a large-scale survey conducted by the Liaison Association Committee for Promoting Equal Participation of Men and Women in Science and Engineering in 2021 showed that researchers in the age range of 41-53 are currently forced to take fixed-term positions, and this situation is the same among the members of the Forest Society of Japan, while supports for young researchers have begun. Therefore, we learned about the latest information from a teacher who is familiar with employment issues for researchers, and two people with post-doctoral experience and two people from the hiring side presented their topics, which were followed by a panel discussion. This project enabled us to clarify the situation of young researchers and post-doctoral researchers, and to share information on how experienced post-doctoral researchers overcame difficulties and the current status of employment at universities and national research institutes.