Diversity, equity, and inclusion

On this page you will find information about DEI iniatives, Free Childcare, and Scholarships.

DEI iniatives

The SEFI 2025 conference will continue on the initiatives from earlier SEFI conferences, like Inclusivity ribbons. More information about these will be added later.

Free Childcare

We recognize that attending a conference while managing caring responsibilities can be a significant hurdle for many participants, especially for parents and guardians of children. This challenge can deter talented individuals from participating and contributing to our event.

To support attendees who are responsible for children, we are thrilled to offer limited sponsored childcare services during the SEFI 2025 conference. Up to 10 children can be provided care, selected on first-ones-to-register-get-in basis.

Childcare will be arranged in a space reserved from Marriot Courtyard Tampere City, a hotel across the street from the conference venue. The nursemaids are provided by Äidike -childcare service.

More information about free childcare will be added later.

Scholarships for Students and Early Career Researchers

Financial constraints should not be a barrier to accessing new knowledge and networks. Students and early career researchers from low-income and underrepresented countries often face significant obstacles in attending international conferences.

We are committed to fostering diversity and inclusion by offering scholarships (up to 400,00€)  that reduce registration fees for newer researchers and students. These scholarships are designed to empower students and early career researchers, enabling them to share their work, learn from others, and build essential networks.

Logistics for the scholarship

Criteria for application

• You are a student or an early career researchers (up to 7 years of research activity post doctoral degree)
• The geographic location of your institution matches EU widening criteria or Low/Lower middle income countries
•  You have made a submission to the SEFI 2025 conference (e.g., practice paper, research paper, workshop). Your submission does not need to have been accepted.
• Scholarships will be offered in priority of (i) order in which applications were received and (ii) Geograpical diversity

Applying for the scholarship

To express your interest in this service, apply by free form application to sefi2025@taloevents.fi. You should include:

• your personal information, including country
• your institution
• which paper(s) you have sent to the conference
• your students status (bachelor, masters, PhD,…)
• your highest completed degree and the year of graduation
• any other information you see as pertinent to the conference scholarship application

Application deadlines

• Applications must be received by May 31st, sent to sefi2025@taloevents.fi
• Decisions will be communicated by June 16th , i.e. before end of early-bird rates for those who do not receive it.
• Acceptance of scholarship MUST be confirmed by June 20th (or else it will be offered to the next person on the list).