Academia

, 5, 14–15, 77–78

building communities to

, 160–161

diversity of important communities

, 156

Academic capitalism

, 45

CV

, 44

performance

, 49–50

publication

, 45

Academic communities

, 1–2, 5–6, 143–144

challenges

, 158–160

developing and maintaining

, 157–158

Academic environments

, 91

Academic hierarchies

, 151–152

Academic neoliberalism

, 45

Academic nomads

, 158–159

Academic precarity

, 76–77

Academic work

, 127

Academic writing

, 138

conditions in HE

, 129–131

Academic Writing Month (AcWriMo)

, 127–128, 130–131

Administrative staff

, 12–13

Affect

, 47

Affective aspects of belonging

, 55–56

Affective communities

, 143, 146, 148

Africa

, 63

Alternative

, 7–8

Alternative internationalism

, 7–8, 143, 145

Anxiety

, 92–93

Asia

, 63, 67–68

Australia

, 1, 5, 30–31, 34

Australian university

, 29

Banting postdoctoral fellowship

, 46, 55

Becoming

, 12–13

Belonging

, 12–13, 45–46, 53

Belonging, sense of

, 46–47

feeling

, 47

physical

, 47

place

, 47

politics

, 47

Yuval-Davis

, 46–47

Beyond Gender

, 7, 128

Blogs

, 32–33, 109

Book chapters

, 128

Broadcasting

, 33

Burnout

, 98

Canada

, 44, 46, 50–51, 55–56, 60

Capitalism

, 45

Career

, 1–2, 5, 20

Career progression

, 64

Co-creation

, 29–30, 36–37

Collaboration

, 22–23, 35, 37–38, 65–66

practices

, 7

work

, 129

Collective close reading

, 129

Collective practice

, 126–127

Communal experiences

, 45–46

Community

, 1–6, 12–13, 45–46, 61, 127, 155–156

in academia

, 108–111

affective

, 143, 146, 148

builders

, 2

challenges of sustaining

, 118–121

community-forming experiences and reflections

, 22–23

critically supportive

, 148

development

, 93–94, 111, 118

informal

, 6, 77–78, 83

intellectual

, 29

of learners

, 12–13

liminal

, 12–13, 156

maintaining

, 111–118

managers

, 92

of researchers

, 12–13

sense of

, 29, 32–33

value of

, 76–77

Community building

, 2–5, 63, 94, 96, 137–138

Community of Practice (CoP)

, 3–4, 13–14, 22–23, 76–77

Wegner

, 18–19

Competition

grant

, 78–82

hyper-competitiveness

, 110

Conference announcements

, 83

Conference papers

, 128

Consortium project and grant managers

, 92

Contractual shifts

, 130

Conversation, significant

, 77–78, 82

COVID-19 pandemic

, 54–55, 128, 142

Critical reflection and initiatives

, 91

Depression

, 92–93

Dialogical reflections approach

, 78

Doctoral

education

, 61

researchers

, 4

students

, 63

Early and Mid-Career Researchers (EMCR)

, 5–6, 61, 69

absence of financial backing

, 68–69

accommodating global timelines

, 66

added learning opportunity in international EMCR network

, 64–65

appreciating support for

, 64

challenges

, 66–69

EMCR Taboo Group

, 63–66

navigating career, family and childcare demands

, 67

navigating technical challenges

, 68

publication decision dilemmas

, 67–68

struggles in employment prospects

, 67

women EMCR

, 63, 69

Early career higher education researchers (ECHER)

, 1

Early career researchers (ECRs)

, 74, 112

Early-career researchers network (ECRN)

, 6, 74–75, 77

online coffee meetings

, 78

Emotional well-being

, 83

Engagement

, 21–22, 32–33

Enthusiastic participation

, 67

Europe

, 31, 63, 91

Explicit knowledge

, 77–78

‘False-starts and messy-sidesteps’ approach

, 150

Financial insecurities

, 91

Finland

, 74–75

Finnish HE system

, 76

Forgotten scholars

, 45

Formal education

, 12–13

Found poems

, 134–135, 137

Funding calls

, 83

Good practices

, 36–37

Graduate networking project

, 34–36

Graduate researchers

, 4–5, 28–29

engagement initiative

, 31–33

graduate researcher-led projects from co-creation lens

, 29–31

interdisciplinary exploration and graduate networking project

, 34–36

practical guidelines for

, 36–38

Graduate school coordinators

, 92

Group members

, 12–13, 22–23

Groupings

, 12–13

Guest authors, inviting in

, 116–118

Hannover conference

, 69–70

Hidden curriculum

, 91

Hidden injuries

, 158

Higher degree research (HDR)

, 12–13

Higher education (HE)

, 74–75, 127–128

research

, 74–75

Higher education institutions (HEIs)

, 74–75

Hong Kong

, 44, 48–49

Humanising academia

, 143, 150, 152

vulnerable academics

, 152

Humanities and social sciences (HSS)

, 129–130

Ideation

, 36–37

Individualistic

, 5, 45–46

individualism

, 158–159

Informal academic communities

, 74–75

conversations

, 78–82

online coffee meetings

, 82–84

in professional growth and well-being

, 76–78

Informal communities

, 6

Intellectual communities

, 29

Intentions

, 94–96

Interdisciplinary exploration

, 34–36

Interdisciplinary research

, 34

International Master’s Programme in Educational Research (IMER)

, 15

Job announcements

, 83

Labour

cheap

, 54

emotional

, 48–49

Learned society

, 127–128

Learning

, 14

Legitimate peripheral participation

, 14

Liminal community

, 12–13, 156

Amoni

, 16–17

community-forming experiences and reflections

, 22–23

engagement, vulnerabilities and staying the course

, 19–22

invitation, acceptance and belonging

, 15–17

Martina

, 17–19

Oscar

, 20–22

theoretical framing

, 13–15

Liminal CoP

, 15–16

Lived experience

, 91

Loneliness

, 53

Membership

, 7, 28–29, 157–158

Mental health

, 6

in academia

, 92–93

practitioners

, 91

researchers

, 91

Mental well-being

, 90

Mentors

, 14

Mission

, 96

Multivocality

, 126–127

Mutual engagement

, 22

Network

, 83

News writing

, 33

Non-belonging

, 49–50

North America

, 63, 67–68

Oceania

, 63

virtual staffroom

, 109

Online coffee meetings

, 82–84

Online meetings

, 75

Ontario Tech University (OTU)

, 46, 54

Open Science movement

, 90–91

Organisation

, 97–101

Pandemic

, 54–55, 128, 142

Pedagogy, Education and Praxis (PEP)

, 16–17

Peer

, 93

community

, 83

learning

, 14, 76–77

networks and communities

, 93

support

, 93

support network

, 93

Peripherality

, 22–23

PhD candidate

, 4

Physical non-belonging

, 49

Place

, 47

Podcasts

, 32–33

Politics

, 47

Postdoc

, 48–49, 56

Postdoctoral fellowships

, 44–46

Banting

, 46

Juuso’s narrative

, 47–54

Robyn’s reflection

, 54–55

sense of belonging

, 46–47

Postdoctoral researchers

, 44–45

Power Hour of Writing

, 133–134

Praxis Symposium

, 16–18

Precarity

, 147

Professional

development

, 29, 32–33

growth

, 74–75

Project

, 31–33

Projectisation

, 45

Promotion pathways

, 130

Publishing

, 65–66

Purpose

, 157–158

Queer Art of Failure, The

, 148–149

Queer failure

, 148–149

Queering

, 143

academic communities

, 148–150

Reading material

, 83

Reflection

, 36–37

Reflexive space of appearance

, 3–4

Reimagine

, 160–161

Research and development (R&D)

, 74–75

Research collective

, 126–127

Research Excellence Framework (REF)

, 129–130

Research Whisperer (RW)

, 108

challenges of sustaining community

, 118–121

community in academia

, 108–111

developing and maintaining community

, 111–118

WhisperCon

, 114–116

WhisperFest

, 114, 116, 119

Research Whisperer

, 7

Researcher developers

, 92

Researcher development

, 109

Researchers

, 92

doctoral

, 4, 34

masters

, 4–5

postdoctoral

, 5, 44–45

Resources

financial

, 68

human

, 97–98

Scholarship on solidarity

, 131–132

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)

, 91

Scientific communities

, 91–92

Short-form social media

, 111

Shut Up and Write (SUAW)

, 113–114

Sisterhood

, 63

Slow scholarship

, 150–151

Social

connections

, 31

media channels

, 109–110

relationships

, 47

Social dimension of learning

, 76–77

Social theory of learning

, 13–14

Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE)

, 127–128, 130–131

ACWRIMO 2021

, 131–134

Sociocultural approaches

, 74

Sole ownership

, 127–128

Student-centred approach

, 29–30

Support staff members

, 92

Survey

, 44–45, 133–134

Taboo Group

, 5–6, 61–63, 66

Tacit knowledge

, 77–78

Teaching

, 14

and research’ contracts

, 130

Twitter (X)

, 53, 57

UK

, 126–127

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

, 91

University of Eastern Finland (UEF)

, 46, 54

Values

, 96

Vision–mission–values

, 94, 96

Volkswagen Foundation

, 61

Vulnerable educators

, 151–152

Well-being

, 6, 74–75

WhisperCon

, 114–116

WhisperFest

, 114, 116, 119

Whole university communities

, 12–13

Women-only group, benefits of

, 65

Workbook

, 6, 93, 98

for community builders in academia

, 91–92

intentions

, 94–96

organisation

, 97–101

Work–life balance

, 64

Workshop materials

, 128

Writing as interlocution

, 128–129

Zoom

, 60, 118–119, 145