{"id":10540,"date":"2022-06-21T11:48:27","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T09:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/?post_type=news&p=10540"},"modified":"2022-06-21T11:58:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T09:58:29","slug":"young-researchers-careers-in-nordic-countries","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/latest\/news\/young-researchers-careers-in-nordic-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Researchers\u2019 Careers in Nordic Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Earlier in June this year, a roundtable discussion on young researchers\u2019 careers in the Nordic countries with perspectives from the social sciences and humanities was organized by the Holberg Prize Secretariat as part of the 2022 Holberg Week<\/a><\/strong>, which took place from 7 to 10 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In several Nordic countries as well as in the EU, several reports point to challenges for young researchers in the social sciences and humanities. In this seminar, the organizers approached two issues they describe as over\u2010arching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First, over the last decades, challenge\u2010 and mission\u2010driven research has become increasingly important, states the organizers. This tendency has many beneficial effects, for instance in establishing closer connections between private and public partners or in aiding to make research agendas more agile and flexible. However, this tendency may also be understood as increasingly eclipsing more open\u2010ended, blue\u2010sky research. This is especially challenging – some would say worrisome – within the field of social sciences and humanities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Second, they claim, academic career paths for young researchers within social sciences and humantiies in the Nordic countries are under pressure from a range of sources. Such pressure includes the lack of sufficient research funding, as well as the disconnect between an increasing number of temporary research positions and a stable or decreasing number of permanent academic positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Seeking possible solutions to these problems, the Holberg Prize secreteriat ask:<\/p>\n\n\n\n