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Release date: 2025-05-17
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Source: 山东高等技术研究院
Establishing an atmosphere that welcomes everyone.
Mentoring future leaders
MENTORING PROGRAM
Our Mentoring Program matches early career re-searchers with mentors from academia. It also offers many networking and development opportunities for the mentees. The goal is to provide young scientists from Master’s to postdoc level with role models and an extended network at an early stage of their career.
Support and awareness
DIVERSITY IN LEADERSHIP
Our Diversity in Leadership Program covers Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) topics that evoke questions and offer future leaders in SDIAT the opportunity to reflect on their own leadership values. Moreover, participants learn methods and approaches to implement diversity aspects into their own leadership style. “SDIAT gave me tools to recognize and solve interpersonal issues and helped me make my research group more inclusive.”
SDIAT Administrative Team
FAMILY & CAREER
We support our scientists with care responsibilities: flexible work arrangements as well as accommodations. People with other care responsibilities can work with us to develop individual solutions for their situations. Official events are scheduled in family-friendly times whenever possible. These initiatives help ensure that our members with care responsibilities can balance their personal and professional lives.
Three Questions to Our Administrative Staff
What is the working atmosphere like at SDIAT?
Chong Zhang (Department of Human Resources): We have assembled diverse talents from all over the world. Equality and inclu-sion are core values that drive our culture. We value both individual and collective achievements, encouraging everyone to grow and progress together. Guided by people-first philosophy, we provide clear career paths to help our members maximize their strengths and achieve their potential. Through an equitable evaluation system focused on innovation capabilities and practical contributions, we aim to unlock scientists’ academic potential while harnessing collective wisdom from our administrative team. By building an international talent ecosystem, we strive to create an environment where everyone feels welcomed and valued. Recognizing all employees’ dedication and contribution, we hope them remain simple and pure, yet passionate at SDIAT.
How do you perceive administration at SDIAT?
Yujie Zhang (Department of General Management): Our goal is to be an outstanding manage-ment team that combines integrity, passion, and competence within our open and inclusive environment. At SDIAT, we approach administrative work with the same innovative spirit as scientific research — courageous in exploration and unafraid of making mistakes. Through refinement of management processes and decision-making, we apply scientific methods in administration, striving to fully unleash academic vitality. To us, administration is not just a supportive role; it is the scientific career of our own.
What in particular has attracted you to SDIAT?
Ge Sun (Department of Academic Development): Returning to China after nearly a decade abroad wasn’t easy, but SDIAT has proven to me that it was the right choice. What drew me here? Finding an institute like SDIAT was a pleasant surprise — its academic system and working environment closely resemble overseas institutions that I was familiar with. With peers who share international experiences yet diverse backgrounds, we have created a vibrant and inclusive community, where everyone feels like we belong and are a part of the common endeavour. In this situation it is when people feel happy and capable of giving their best. It is always gratifying to see more of the exceptional and creative minds joining this journey, working together to cultivate this unique SDIAT culture and realize our individual values.
MENTORING PROGRAM
Our Mentoring Program matches early career re-searchers with mentors from academia. It also offers many networking and development opportunities for the mentees. The goal is to provide young scientists from Master’s to postdoc level with role models and an extended network at an early stage of their career.
Support and awareness
DIVERSITY IN LEADERSHIP
Our Diversity in Leadership Program covers Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) topics that evoke questions and offer future leaders in SDIAT the opportunity to reflect on their own leadership values. Moreover, participants learn methods and approaches to implement diversity aspects into their own leadership style. “SDIAT gave me tools to recognize and solve interpersonal issues and helped me make my research group more inclusive.”
SDIAT Administrative Team
FAMILY & CAREER
We support our scientists with care responsibilities: flexible work arrangements as well as accommodations. People with other care responsibilities can work with us to develop individual solutions for their situations. Official events are scheduled in family-friendly times whenever possible. These initiatives help ensure that our members with care responsibilities can balance their personal and professional lives.
Three Questions to Our Administrative Staff
What is the working atmosphere like at SDIAT?
Chong Zhang (Department of Human Resources): We have assembled diverse talents from all over the world. Equality and inclu-sion are core values that drive our culture. We value both individual and collective achievements, encouraging everyone to grow and progress together. Guided by people-first philosophy, we provide clear career paths to help our members maximize their strengths and achieve their potential. Through an equitable evaluation system focused on innovation capabilities and practical contributions, we aim to unlock scientists’ academic potential while harnessing collective wisdom from our administrative team. By building an international talent ecosystem, we strive to create an environment where everyone feels welcomed and valued. Recognizing all employees’ dedication and contribution, we hope them remain simple and pure, yet passionate at SDIAT.
How do you perceive administration at SDIAT?
Yujie Zhang (Department of General Management): Our goal is to be an outstanding manage-ment team that combines integrity, passion, and competence within our open and inclusive environment. At SDIAT, we approach administrative work with the same innovative spirit as scientific research — courageous in exploration and unafraid of making mistakes. Through refinement of management processes and decision-making, we apply scientific methods in administration, striving to fully unleash academic vitality. To us, administration is not just a supportive role; it is the scientific career of our own.
What in particular has attracted you to SDIAT?
Ge Sun (Department of Academic Development): Returning to China after nearly a decade abroad wasn’t easy, but SDIAT has proven to me that it was the right choice. What drew me here? Finding an institute like SDIAT was a pleasant surprise — its academic system and working environment closely resemble overseas institutions that I was familiar with. With peers who share international experiences yet diverse backgrounds, we have created a vibrant and inclusive community, where everyone feels like we belong and are a part of the common endeavour. In this situation it is when people feel happy and capable of giving their best. It is always gratifying to see more of the exceptional and creative minds joining this journey, working together to cultivate this unique SDIAT culture and realize our individual values.
