The Young Researcher Parliament (YRP) of the Hylleraas Centre was officially established in 2019 as a means of including young researchers (PhDs and postdocs) in the decision-making processes at the Centre. The YRP is managed by four elected representatives, two from each node, who facilitate the exchange of information, ideas, and opinions between the seniors and young researchers.
An important mission of the YRP is to motivate and support the young researchers in their professional development, training and career planning. For this the YRP invites previous members and collaborators of the Centre to give short seminars about their career choices and the positions they hold today, whether it is in academia or in industry. The YRP also oversees the YRP visitor program of the Centre that gives the young researchers the opportunity to invite any scientist in whose research they are interested. Furthermore, the YRP is responsible for organizing the Hylleraas annual meeting including the Five-Minute Thesis (5MT) presentations in which master students and PhD candidates present their research in an engaging and compelling way.
Elected YRP representatives, by year
2023-2024: Oliver Macphail Bohle (UiO), Marinella de'Giovanetti (UiO), Tonje Reinholdt Haugen (UiT), Quentin Pitteloud (UiT).
2022-2023: Marinella de'Giovanetti (UiO), Gabriel Gerez (UiT), Hannes Kneiding (UiO), Tonje Reinholdt Haugen (UiT).
2021-2022: Bente S. Barge (UiT), Mahika Luthra (UiO), Samiran Sen (UiO), Ryan Wilkins (UiT).
2020-2021: Abril Castro (UiO), Karolina Solheimslid Eikås (UiT), Samiran Sen (UiO), Ryan Wilkins (UiT).
2019-2020: Abril Castro (UiO), Karolina Solheimslid Eikås (UiT), Julie Héron (UiO), Lukas Konecny (UiT).