Young Statisticians Session by the Young Statisticians Group

Every year, during the Journées de Statistique (JdS), the SFdS Young Statisticians Group organizes a specific session dedicated to young researchers, called the "Young Statisticians Session." This session aims to create a space for discussion and reflection on current issues affecting the community of young statisticians. It is designed to foster exchanges between young researchers and the broader scientific community while highlighting relevant themes related to their concerns and the challenges in statistical research.

The topics addressed are often cross-cutting and aim to tackle social, ethical, professional, or scientific issues encountered by young researchers in their academic journey. The sessions are led by speakers recognized in their respective fields, allowing for experience sharing and constructive discussion.

Session 2024

For the 2025 edition of the 56th Journées de Statistique, the Young Statisticians group is organizing a session on a crucial and timely topic: “Our relationship to competition in higher education and research: do we need champions?”. This special session will take place on Monday, June 2nd, from 03:10 pm.

This 1h15-long session will focus on our relationship to competition in academia: education, recruitment, publications, funding, institutional and team management, etc. Audrey Harroche , Associate Researcher at Centre for the Sociology of Organisations (CSO), will support this special session.

Is competition always imposed, or do we partly seek it? What does it allow, and what would we do differently?

Come help us explore these questions in an interactive format with our speakers (details to come).