Special session at IPC2025 featuring 2023 and 2025 Early Career Awardees

Brisbane, Australia, 17 July 2025

 

The 2023 and 2025 IUSSP Early Career Awardees present at the 30th International Population Conference in Brisbane, Australia took part in a special session entitled Kickstart Your Career in Demography: Insights from Award-Winning Early Career Researchers on Thursday, July 17 at 17:15. 

 

 

Julia Bunting (United Nations Population Fund - UNFPA) introduced the session in which 5 of the awardees - Monica Alexander, Aude Bernard, Raquel Coutinho, Chaimae Drioui, and Igor Cavallini Johansen - reflected on their career journeys. The session presented a unique opportunity for early career researchers from all regions of the world in attendance at IPC2025 to learn directly from these emerging leaders in the field of demography how they navigated the challenges of the early career stage, from securing funding and tenure-track positions to building international collaborations and developing successful publication strategies. 

 

To learn more on the 2023 and 2025 Early Career Awardees, watch the videos of the 2023 and 2025 Early Career Awards webinars:

 

 

ECR awardees (from left to right) Monica Alexander, Chaimae Drioui. Igor Cavallini Johansen, Aude Bernard and Raquel Coutinho.

 

Julia Bunting (UNFPA)

 

Igor Cavallini Johansen, Raquel Coutinho and Chaimae Drioui.

 

Monica Alexander and Aude Bernard.

 

Aude Bernard, Raquel Coutinho and Igor Cavallini Johansen receiving the ECR Award (during the closing ceremony of IPC2025)

 

Chaimae Drioui receiving the ECR Award from IUSSP President Shireen Jejeebhoy (in session Session 178 - Kickstart Your Career in Demography: Insights from Award-Winning Early Career Researchers)

 

Monica Alexander receiving the ECR Award from IUSSP President Shireen Jejeebhoy (in session Session 178 - Kickstart Your Career in Demography: Insights from Award-Winning Early Career Researchers)

 

 

Luca Maria Pesando receiving the ECR Award from IUSSP President Shireen Jejeebhoy (in session 89 on Building a Stronger Global Population Community with IUSSP Affiliated Institutions).