In setting up the Young Researchers' days, the department's objectives are to offer PhD students an opportunity to meet and exchange ideas, to give them a better overview of the research being carried out in the department, to provide them with better support during their thesis, and also to introduce them to the research of other INRAE units to which they are likely to apply after their thesis.

Why take part?

During these days, young researchers will have the opportunity to get to know the department better, present their advances, discuss their themes, and discover the facilities and infrastructures that depend on the department.

In particular, this will be an opportunity to

• Get to know INRAE and the department better
  • Find out more about the BAP units, the main themes, the department's strategic plan...
  • Understand the organization and benefits of the department's systems
  • Discover new themes
  • Support during the thesis
• Developing your network
  • A meeting that encourages exchanges between doctoral students
  • A meeting that stimulates interaction between participants
  • Better knowledge of national networks
• Stimulate your scientific approach
• Exchange on emerging themes
• Instill an interdisciplinary (and intercultural) approach to research
  • Offer a different way of thinking
  • Open minds to the possibility of setting up interdisciplinary projects
• Oral presentation
  • Learn to communicate your research project to non-specialists; interest an audience in your subject
  • Develop the ability to communicate with colleagues in other fields
• Planning for the post-thesis period
  • What happens after a thesis at INRAE
  • Attractiveness of careers
  • Meetings with representatives from the private sector