Moving the Watershed: a critical perspective on doctoral education, towards inclusive (post) academic careers
PhD students at universities experie nce stress and pressure to perform. Some groups also have fewer oppor tunities to move on successfully. Professor of Organizational Change Christine Teelken will investigate an improved, more inclusive PhD sy stem.
"The PhD system is in a difficult situation, but a critical perspective on improvement and more inclusiveness is lack ing. My research focuses on academic careers, more specifically the P hD system and the position of postdoctoral researchers."
"We se e a lot of dropouts and delays in the PhD system, there are many prob lems with regard to supervision. PhD candidates experience stress, po or well-being and pressure to perform. The PhD system is insufficient ly inclusive, multiple groups of PhD candidates have fewer opportunit ies to move on successfully. In addition, both PhD students and postd ocs experience mediocre academic career prospects and are not well pr epared for a non-academic career."
"Despite the fact that there is now more recognition of these problems, there is a lack of system atic and scientific research into academic careers and specifically t he PhD system. Solutions offered are usually cosmetic and do insuffic ient justice to the complexity of the situation. I want to conduct re search into an improved inclusive PhD system, with more attention to general, academic skills."
DESCRIPTION: PhD students at universities experience stress an d pressure to perform. Some groups also have fewer opportunities to m ove on successfully. Professor of Organizational Change Christine Tee lken will investigate an improved, more inclusive PhD system. "The PhD system is in a difficult situation, but a critical perspec tive on improvement and more inclusiveness is lacking. My research fo cuses on academic careers, more specifically the PhD system and the p osition of postdoctoral researchers." "We see a lot of dropouts and d elays in the PhD system, there are many problems with regard to super vision. PhD candidates experience stress, poor well-being and pressur e to perform. The PhD system is insufficiently inclusive, multiple gr oups of PhD candidates have fewer opportunities to move on successful ly. In addition, both PhD students and postdocs experience mediocre a cademic career prospects and are not well prepared for a non-academic career." "Despite the fact that there is now more recognition of the se problems, there is a lack of systematic and scientific research in to academic careers and specifically the PhD system. Solutions offere d are usually cosmetic and do insufficient justice to the complexity of the situation. I want to conduct research into an improved inclusi ve PhD system, with more attention to general, academic skills." Movi ng the Watershed: a critical perspective on doctoral education, towar ds inclusive (post) academic careers END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR