Real Talk Café is monthly online gathering space for informal hangouts during which early-career SocSES members can share experiences, exchange insights, and connect across regions.
When? The first Friday of every month at 13:00 UTC (07:00 CST / 08:00 MST / 13:00 GMT / 14:00 CET / 15:00 CAT / 18:30 IST).
Where? Online (Zoom) – register to attend here.
Real Talk Café Calendar (March – December 2026):
- March: Navigating informality in research
- April: Funding realities and early-career opportunities
- May: Collaboration across disciplines
- June: Building equitable and community-based partnerships
- July: Navigating uncertainty, tensions and research dilemmas
- August: Positionality, identity and reflexivity
- September: Networking and initiating collaborations
- October: Inter-/transdisciplinary SES research challenges
- November: Project and team management
- December: SES career journeys and story-sharing
This discussion board is a space for you to connect, share resources, tips, reflections or ask questions related to our informal conversations.
Kinga Psiuk
Dear EC Hub members,
It was brought to our attention that there are some unclarities about the time of this meeting and that it is a bit confusing across time zones.
Please, note that the meeting is every first friday of the month at 13:00 Universal Time (UTC).
Register at the link above. It should also recognise your timezone so you can see the correct time. The zoom registration is for all meetings, so you can keep using the same zoom link each month.
We will see you next time on 5 June when we will chat about navigating uncertainty, tensions and research dilemmas — very timely in the world we are living now.
Looking forward to seeing you all.
Best,
Kinga
Kinga Psiuk
Dear EC Hub members,
It was brought to our attention that there are some unclarities about the time of this meeting and that it is a bit confusing across time zones.
Please, note that the meeting is every first friday of the month at 13:00 Universal Time (UTC).
Once you register here https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/aiVBwPbpR-e1fZlYwdmYBQ#/registration it should also recognise your timezone so you can see the correct time. The zoom registration is for all meetings, so you can keep using the same zoom link each month.
We will see you next time on 5 June when we will chat about navigating uncertainty, tensions and research dilemmas — very timely in the world we are living now.
Looking forward to seeing you all.
Best,
Kinga
Kinga Psiuk
Thank you everyone for joining our first Real Talk Cafe.
It was wonderful to get to know you more 🙂
See you next month- Friday 3 April!