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Asked by anon-256638 to Sophie, Sandra, Katy on 9 Jul 2020.
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Sophie Adjalley answered on 9 Jul 2020:
Hello Sasha,
Absolutely! I have lived in many different countries from Israel to the UK via America among others, and that was all because of science and research labs I decided to join for my work or studies!
And of course, I have been lucky to attend conferences, courses that I was either teaching or taking in many different parts of the world, too.
Science is very international and meeting scientists from all over the world is one of the aspects of my job I enjoy the most…
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Comments
Nicole commented on :
Hey Sasha,
Being a scientist gives you great opportunities to travel. It’s common to go on one international trip and one within the UK for conference travel as standard each year. The locations are usually chosen because they’re great places to travel (like Paris, Amsterdam, Prague, the Italian Alps, the Gold Coast…). You can also go places to visit other scientists, for example, I’ve joined a project in Australia, so will go there twice a year for research, which allows me to go home to New Zealand for cheap. Eventually, you reach a point where you get invited to speak at conferences, and then the conference will pay for and organise all your travel and accommodation and will often give you a tour of the place you’ve visited and introduce you to the local food, which is great fun 🙂
Rachel commented on :
Hi Sasha – yes! This is one of my favourite parts of being a scientist. Working on TB means that I often travel to places where TB is very common, like South Africa and India. I also travel a lot to meetings and conferences – as Nicole said, they often pick nice locations because it encourages more people to sign up! There’s an annual TB conference that is always held at one of the big ski resorts in the US or Canada, and we have a 5 hour break in the afternoons to go skiing!! Science isn’t all work and no fun 😉