Bernela, Bastien

Should I stay or should I go? Young PhD holders’ access to employment - 2019.


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This follow-up survey of young PhD graduates carried out by a French university, coupled with biographical interviews, makes it possible to analyze their trajectories of access to employment. These trajectories are rarely linear. While the main aim when beginning a PhD thesis is an academic career, this places strong geographical constraints on the private sphere of the individuals. We observe a wide variety of configurations, which shows the tangle of professional, personal, and geographical dimensions that are involved.