Public Keynote Speeches: Summer School in Science and Academic Careers

There will be two public keynote speeches given during the summer school in Science and Academic Careers. You are cordially invited!

Paula Stephan (Georgia State University)
“Changing Career Outcomes for PhDs in Science and Engineering”
Monday, September 5, 2016
06:00 p.m. - 07:00 p.m.
University of Hanover (Main Building) | Room A310 (Lecture Hall
Welfengarten 1 | 30167 Hannover | Germany

Erin Leahey (University of Arizona)
“Is Interdisciplinary Collaboration Worth the Trouble?”
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
06:00 p.m. - 07:00 p.m.
University of Hanover (Main Building) | Room A310 (Lecture Hall)
Welfengarten 1 | 30167 Hannover | Germany

The summer school will take place at the University of Hanover (September, 5-9). Interdisciplinary and jointly organized by the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW) and the Institute of Sociology at the University of Hanover the Summer School will link theory and applied research. It has the aim to understand the social mechanisms of career decisions in academia. It will focus on topics like changing conditions in academia due to differentiation and increasing stratification among higher education institutions, increasing competition for resources and evaluation of achievements, increasingly precarious working conditions and a declining proportion of full or associate professors positions in the academic labour market.

Website: Summer School in Science and Academic Careers

Public Keynote Speeches: Summer School in Science and Academic Careers