What's in a name?

EMCR. It stands for early- and mid-career researcher, and it’s an acronym we often see floating around in academia. It’s something we use to label ourselves, and something that I think helps to shape and define our identity as researchers. Over the past few years I have often found myself identifying as an early career researcher. But recently it’s been suggested to me that I’m not – that instead I should be talking about myself as a mid-career researcher.