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‘I’ll work on it over the weekend’: high workload and other pressures faced by early-career researchers

Stress and long working hours are regrettably common among early-career researchers, reveals a survey by the Young Academy of Europe.
  1. Toma Susi

    1. Toma Susi is Vice-Chair of the Young Academy of Europe and an assistant professor at the faculty of physics at the University of Vienna.

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  2. Shaul Shalvi

    1. Shaul Shalvi is an associate professor at the Amsterdam School of Economics, University of Amsterdam.

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  3. Mangala Srinivas

    1. Mangala Srinivas is Chair of the Young Academy of Europe and an assistant professor at the Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

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Scientists face many uncertainties. Their career paths are not always well defined, even when they have secured a permanent position. The part that administrative and teaching duties play, and the time researchers should devote to them, is often vague.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-01914-z

About the Young Academy of Europe

Researchers can apply to join the YAE within 12 years of their PhD graduation (with extensions for starting a family or military service), and typically have their own independent research group based in Europe.

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