Our research lab gathers European researchers working collaboratively to explore, understand, and improve Early Career Researchers (ECRs) trajectories both within and outside academia. We provide evidence to improve doctoral education and generate new knowledge on the main determinants of PhD career trajectories.
We are aware that knowledge of ECRs' successful trajectories and their determinants, particularly outside academia, is still insufficient in Europe. Improving the understanding of societal, cultural and contextual conditions for enhancing researcher careers might help us to systematically nurture ECRs' career competencies, trajectories, and employment and thus maximize European ECR's opportunities to deal with the current societal challenges.
Our projects focus on researcher identity and career development, including both employees' and employers' perspectives, using a cross-country and European multicultural approach.