Please note that the deadline for nominations has been extended to 23:59 on Sunday 4 February 2024.
The ECM Committee provides a focus for the ideas and activities of early-career IMA members, in addition to engaging, empowering and mobilising this group in supporting the IMA’s charitable aims, including promoting mathematics. Most prominently, the committee collaborates with the wider IMA to organise and run many events for the early career mathematicians community, such as Virtual Maths Teas, idea exchanges on teaching in academia, hackathons and mock study groups, a seminar series and a webinar series. These provide a platform for attendees to meet and network with like-minded individuals.
Over recent years, the ECM has seen great success and continues to go from strength to strength. This has only been made possible through the hard work and dedication of the ECM Committee. We are therefore looking for enthusiastic and committed ECM members to take up the mantle and work to build on the great work that has been achieved so far.
The posts available for election are:
- Vice Chair and Chair Designate: The Vice Chair supports the Chair, arranges committee meetings, and records and circulates committee discussions and actions. The Vice Chair is also the Chair Designate and is expected to take over as the new Chair the following year. The Chair provides leadership and a focus for the group, and acts as direct liaison with the IMA Council and Secretariat. The total time in the committee is 3 years: 1 year as Vice Chair and Chair Designate, 1 year as Chair, and 1 year as Immediate Past Chair.
- Event Leader Designate: The Event Leader Designate shadows and assists the Event Leader in the development of new and existing events for the ECM community. The Event Leader Designate is expected to take over as the new Event Leader the following year. The Event Leader leads on developing new and existing events for the ECM community, and liaises with the IMA Conference Department to set up these events during their year of office. Events range from in-person or virtual conferences, to virtual Maths Teas, to icebreaker-type events to aid with networking. All ECM committee members contribute to running the events. The total time in the committee is 2 years: 1 year as Event Leader Designate and 1 year as Event Leader.
- Engagement Leader: The Engagement Leader’s role is to encourage ECM members to participate more actively with the IMA, for example through upgrading their membership, through gaining the Chartered Mathematician designation, and through engaging with their local IMA branch (where one exists). In addition, the Engagement Leader is involved in the Committee’s communications, such as Updates in Mathematics Today. The total time in the committee is 2 years.
Once elections are complete, the committee has the power to co-opt other people onto the committee. Therefore, we would also be keen to hear from people who would like to contribute in ways that do not fit into one of the above roles.
To put forward a self-nomination for this year’s ECM Committee, please send a short biography¹ and a paragraph outlining which role you are applying for and why you feel you would be a good fit for this position. For reference, you may wish to look at the role outlines and biographies of the current committee on the ECM Committee webpage. If you would like further information, perhaps about a particular role or the commitment required, please email ecm@ima.org.uk.
The deadline for nominations is 23:59 on Sunday 4th February 2024. All ECM members² who hold an IMA membership of any grade (e.g. Member, Associate Member, Student Member) are eligible, so submit your nominations ASAP! The election period will then run from 6–16 February 2024, during which time all self-nominations received for the above posts will be circulated. IMA ECM members will then be eligible to vote for those who they believe best fit these posts. Results are expected to be finalised early in the new year, so that the new committee will be ready to take over by 1 March 2024.
Please send nominations to ecm@ima.org.uk.
We follow the IMA Diversity Statement, and endeavour to create a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere at the committee, with a diverse range of participants. Applicants from groups which are under-represented in the mathematical sciences are particularly encouraged.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Dr Maciej Matuszewski MIMA
Chair, Early-Career Mathematicians’ Committee
Notes
¹ By submitting a biography for consideration, you give your consent for it to be used in emails as part of the election process, and in print and on the website should you be successfully elected. Should you be elected a photograph (High-resolution preferred) will also be requested, and used in print and on the website.
² Early Career Mathematicians are defined as: Mathematicians within fifteen years of graduating from a university mathematics degree, or Members of the IMA who do not have a degree and are within fifteen years of joining the IMA.
