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Launch: R4N Strategic Roadmap for Neurotechnologies for Neurodivergent Children
our Strategic Roadmap Launch was on 26th February 2026 at the Science Gallery, London Bridge. Find our online link here
📢Researchers invited! Reflecting on eye-tracking & autistic social attention
calling all eye-tracking researchers
Diversity in Developmental Science Conference 23rd April 2026
Diversity in Developmental Science Conference 2026 – Building Inclusive Research Communities
Current vacancies in the field
Job advertisements from members who would like to share within the network.
R4N Annual Conference 2025 Summary
Read about our last annual event on the 15th & 16th September 2025
Behind the Scenes at CUCHDS: An ECR Visit to the Cardiff University Centre for Human Developmental Science
Join ECR Committee on 16th January, 2026 at Cardiff University Centre for Human Developmental Science (CUCHDS). Registration compulsory.
Shades of Science – January 2026
Our ECR Chair Dr Rianne Haartsen is involved in running the SHADES OF SCIENCE webinars – celebrating ethnic diversity in science. Register for January’s event now open!!!
Inside the Human Robotics Lab: Exploring the Future of Neurorehabilitation
Read about the Human Robotics Group – Imperial College London written by Ottavia Ollari. This was an ECR lab visit event that took place in October 2025
Co- produced guide on how to explain and use bioelectrical health data including EEG
Read Dr Kim Whitehead’s co-produced guide on how to explain and use EEG (and other bioelectrical) health data.
Designing for Impact: Scientific Poster-Making Masterclass with Dr Bethany Oakley
Want to know how to design clear, well-structured scientific posters. Watch the recording of Beth Oakley’s tips on poster making or read Kate Jordan’s blog about the event here.
How to Communicate Our Science to a Non-Scientific Audience
Read about how to communicate science from Prof. Clare Elwell, a member of our Scientific Advisory Board & Professor of Medical Physics at UCL.
Inside the Cambridge Babylab
Inside the Cambridge Babylab. Eirini’s experience of the ECR visit to Cambridge
ECR Events March 2025
ECR next set of events – Registration is mandatory
Contribute to research and design! Give your lived experience viewpoint.
Grant Writing Workshop for ECRs by Sir Professor Jan Buitelaar
As per popular demand, a Grant Writing Workshop by Sir Professor Jan Buitelaar took place on 26th November 2024 online. See Ottavia’s review of the event.
