Women in Research Webinar #41: Building your social capital

Research careers are shaped by more than the work you produce. The people around you can also play an important role in opening up opportunities, providing advice and support, introducing you to new collaborators and helping your work become more visible.

But building these relationships does not always come naturally. It can be difficult to know who you should connect with, how to approach people outside your immediate circle, or how to build genuine professional relationships without feeling like you are simply “networking”.

So who do you need around you to build a successful research career, and how can you develop those relationships in a way that works for you?