CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: COST Action Training School: “Increasing Resilience for young researchers of anti-gender politics and mobilizations in CCE and NME countries?”

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

COST Action Training School

Increasing Resilience for young researchers of anti-gender politics and mobilizations in CCE and NME countries?

CEU Vienna, 9-10 February 2026

Application Deadline: 15 November 2025

The complex challenges facing European academic institutions today demand specialized preparation for young professionals navigating an increasingly volatile landscape. Given the multifaceted threats ranging from global geopolitical tensions and climate change to technological disruptions and growing illiberalism, young academics require comprehensive training to understand and respond effectively to these dynamic challenges. Traditional academic approaches often fail to adequately address the interconnected nature of these threats, leaving many scholars unprepared for the psychological and professional pressures they may encounter. By offering targeted training in areas such as self-censorship awareness, personal security, and mental health support, emerging professionals can develop resilience and adaptive strategies to protect academic freedoms and maintain intellectual integrity in increasingly complex environments.

The training offers courses about self-censorship, academic security and well-being by practitioners.

Duration: 9-10 February 2026. Arrival Feb. 8, Dep. Feb. 11 (latest) – attendance expected during the whole time

Format: In person only.

Target Audience:

University faculty and staff
Researchers and PhD students
Academic administrators and leadership
Academic freedom advocates

Application: send your cv and list of publications together with a 500 words letter about why are you interested in the school as one pdf file named as YourNameApplication.pdf to resilience.training.ceu@gmail.com. Applications not following this format will not be considered. Should you have any questions use this email.

Important Note: The Cost Action will reimburse accommodation, subsistence, and travel expenses for early career scholar participants in the COST Action. Participants outside the action are expected to cover their travel and accommodation costs; the training is free. This training school is a collaboration between the Antigender-Politics Action (CA23149) and the OPEN Action (CA22121). The training material has been developed in the OPEN Action and will become partly available through an online resource repository.

Organizers: Benoit Josset and Andrea Peto