We will be holding our Annual General Meeting online via Zoom after the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference. Please pre-register for the AGM here:
When: Sep 5, 2023 12:30 PM London
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsdeytrTgvGNYTLq-INS1J6jHZNFQzrO0F
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Please see below for details on the upcoming committee positions.
Committee Roles
This year we have a high turnover of committee roles, which means that there are lots of exciting opportunities to get involved in GHWRG! We are advertising for the positions listed below. To nominate yourself please use the form at the bottom of the post to submit your details.
Chair (3 years): Leads the Research Group, helping to set its agenda and supporting other committee members in their roles. They may also be asked to respond to consultations by the Society on behalf of the group. The Chair should be a mid-career or more senior scholar.
Secretary (3 years): Supports the Chair, with particular responsibility for organising and minuting the group’s AGM and other meetings.
Postgraduate representative (1 year): Promotes postgraduate interests and needs to the wider Research Group and maintains connection with wider postgraduate community through the Postgraduate Forum.
Early career representative (1 year): Promotes early career interests and needs to the wider Research Group
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) coordinator (3 years): Responsible for managing and supporting the work done by the Research Group on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
Communications coordinator (includes Website/Newsletter/Mailing List/Social Media) (3 years): Manages communications on behalf of the Research Group, across a variety of media (including the group’s website, any manual mailing lists or automated list-servers, social media, and newsletters).
Ordinary Members (2 positions, 3 years): Supporting the work of the Research Group and providing feedback and input on the Research Group’s activities at Committee meetings. This role is flexible and the candidate can get involved in the activities of the research group where needed.
Nominations are open until the Friday 1st of September 2023. If more than one person is nominated for a role, a vote will be held during the business of the AGM. Please let us know who is supporting your nomination, we will need two ‘seconders’ to support the nomination. They do not need to attend the AGM. Candidates will need to be based in the UK to attend meetings and make a commitment to fulfilling their elected post.
If you have any questions or would like to chat about the roles before you nominate please get in touch with Chloe Asker (c.asker@exeter.ac.uk) or Rich Gorman (r.gorman@bsms.ac.uk).
Please fill out the form below:
Geographies of Health and Wellbeing Research Group (GHWRG) 