The Postdoc Landscape

Author : Audrey J. Jaeger,Alessandra J. Dinin
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128131701

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The Postdoc Landscape by Audrey J. Jaeger,Alessandra J. Dinin Pdf

The Postdoc Landscape offers historical, international, and domestic examples, solutions, and strategies for addressing the needs of postdoctoral scholars in terms of their presence in government, industry, and the academy. Growing issues and concerns are identified with a clear direction in terms of what practitioners, policymakers, and educators can do to improve the working conditions of postdoctoral scholars. The book includes chapters centered on three themes: the Postdoc Landscape, Postdoc Support and Postdoc Career Literacy, Agency and Choice. This comprehensive reference serves as a guide for scholars, individuals who supervise and mentor postdoctoral scholars and policymakers. Outlines practical tools to help universities and organizations develop an infrastructure for supporting postdocs Identifies the challenges that postdocs face and offers strategies on how to address the challenges Includes a diverse range of voices and experiences from leading experts in the field

Author : Adrianna Kezar,Tom DePaola,Daniel T. Scott
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781421432717

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The Gig Academy by Adrianna Kezar,Tom DePaola,Daniel T. Scott Pdf

Why the Gig Academy is the dominant organizational form within the higher education economy—and its troubling implications for faculty, students, and the future of college education. Over the past two decades, higher education employment has undergone a radical transformation with faculty becoming contingent, staff being outsourced, and postdocs and graduate students becoming a larger share of the workforce. For example, the faculty has shifted from one composed mostly of tenure-track, full-time employees to one made up of contingent, part-time teachers. Non-tenure-track instructors now make up 70 percent of college faculty. Their pay for teaching eight courses averages $22,400 a year—less than the annual salary of most fast-food workers. In The Gig Academy, Adrianna Kezar, Tom DePaola, and Daniel T. Scott assess the impact of this disturbing workforce development. Providing an overarching framework that takes the concept of the gig economy and applies it to the university workforce, this book scrutinizes labor restructuring across both academic and nonacademic spheres. By synthesizing these employment trends, the book reveals the magnitude of the problem for individual workers across all institutional types and job categories while illustrating the damaging effects of these changes on student outcomes, campus community, and institutional effectiveness. A pointed critique of contemporary neoliberalism, the book also includes an analysis of the growing divide between employees and administrators. The authors conclude by examining the strengthening state of unionization among university workers. Advocating a collectivist, action-oriented vision for reversing the tide of exploitation, Kezar, DePaola, and Scott urge readers to use the book as a tool to interrogate the state of working relations on their own campuses and fight for a system that is run democratically for the benefit of all. Ultimately, The Gig Academy is a call to arms, one that encourages non-tenure-track faculty, staff, postdocs, graduate students, and administrative and tenure-track allies to unite in a common struggle against the neoliberal Gig Academy.

Author : Laura W. Perna
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 695 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783031066962

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Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research by Laura W. Perna Pdf

Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature in terms of its conceptual and methodological rigor and sets forth an agenda for future research intended to advance knowledge on the chosen topic. The Handbook focuses on a comprehensive set of central areas of study in higher education that encompasses the salient dimensions of scholarly and policy inquiries undertaken in the international higher education community. Each annual volume contains chapters on current important issues pertaining to college students and faculty, organization and administration, curriculum and instruction, policy, diversity issues, economics and finance, history and philosophy, community colleges, advances in research methodology and other key aspects of higher education administration. The series is fortunate to have attracted annual contributions from distinguished scholars throughout the world.

Author : Committee to Review the State of Postdoctoral Experience in Scientists and Engineers,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences,National Academy of Engineering,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Education
ISBN : 0309314461

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The Postdoctoral Experience Revisited by Committee to Review the State of Postdoctoral Experience in Scientists and Engineers,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences,National Academy of Engineering,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy Pdf

This report makes the case for better data collection by research institution and data sharing. A larger goal of this study is not only to propose ways to make the postdoctoral system better for the postdoctoral researchers themselves but also to better understand the role that postdoctoral training plays in the research enterprise. It is also to ask whether there are alternative ways to satisfy some of the research and career development needs of postdoctoral researchers that are now being met with several years of advanced training.

Author : Annalisa Murgia,Barbara Poggio
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351781411

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Gender and Precarious Research Careers by Annalisa Murgia,Barbara Poggio Pdf

The literature on gender and science shows that scientific careers continue to be characterised – albeit with important differences among countries – by strong gender discriminations, especially in more prestigious positions. Much less investigated is the issue of which stage in the career such differences begin to show up. Gender and Precarious Research Careers aims to advance the debate on the process of precarisation in higher education and its gendered effects, and springs from a three-year research project across institutions in seven European countries: Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Iceland, Switzerland, Slovenia and Austria. Examining gender asymmetries in academic and research organisations, this insightful volume focuses particularly on early careers. It centres both on STEM disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and SSH (Social Science and Humanities) fields. Offering recommendations to design innovative organisational policies and self-tailored ‘Gender Equality Plans’ to be implemented in universities and research centres, this volume will appeal to students and researchers interested in fields such as Gender Studies, Sociology of Work and Industry, Sociology of Knowledge, Business Studies and Higher Education.

Author : Gary W. Barrett,Terry L. Barrett,Jianguo Wu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781493922758

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History of Landscape Ecology in the United States by Gary W. Barrett,Terry L. Barrett,Jianguo Wu Pdf

This book describes the emergence of landscape ecology, its current status as a new integrative science, and how distinguished scholars in the field of landscape ecology view the future regarding new challenges and career opportunities. Over the past thirty years, landscape ecology has utilized development in technology and methodology (e.g., satellites, GIS, and systems technologists) to monitor large temporal-spatial scale events and phenomena. These events include changes in vegetative cover and composition due to both natural disturbance and human cause—changes that have academic, economic, political, and social manifestations. There is little doubt, due to the temporal-spatial scale of this integrative science, that scholars in fields of study ranging from anthropology to urban ecology will desire to compare their fields with landscape ecology during this intellectually and technologically fertile time. History of Landscape Ecology in the United States brings to light the vital role that landscape ecologists will play in the future as the human population continues to increase and fragment the natural environment. Landscape ecology is known as a synthesized intersection of disciplines; but new theories, concepts, and principles have emerged that form the foundation of a new transdiscipline.

Author : Christophe Girot,Dora Imhof
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-25
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781616895594

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Thinking the Contemporary Landscape by Christophe Girot,Dora Imhof Pdf

On the heels of our groundbreaking books in landscape architecture, James Corner's Recovering Landscape and Charles Waldheim's Landscape Urbanism Reader, comes another essential reader, . Examining our shifting perceptions of nature and place in the context of environmental challenges and how these affect urbanism and architecture, the seventeen essayists in argue for an all-encompassing view of landscape that integrates the scientific, intellectual, aesthetic, and mythic into a new multidisciplinary understanding of the contemporary landscape. A must-read for anyone concerned about the changing nature of our landscape in a time of climate crisis.

Author : Erik Svensson,Ryan Calsbeek
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780199595372

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The Adaptive Landscape in Evolutionary Biology by Erik Svensson,Ryan Calsbeek Pdf

The 'Adaptive Landscape' has been a central concept in population genetics and evolutionary biology since this powerful metaphor was first formulated in 1932. This volume brings together historians of science, philosophers, ecologists, and evolutionary biologists, to discuss the state of the art from several different perspectives.

Author : Peter Scott,Jim Gallacher,Gareth Parry
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780198787082

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New Languages and Landscapes of Higher Education by Peter Scott,Jim Gallacher,Gareth Parry Pdf

The landscapes of higher education have been changing rapidly, with enormous growths in participation rates in many countries across the world, and major developments and changes within institutions. But the languages that we need to conceptualise and understand these changes have not been keeping pace. The central argument in this book is that new ways of thinking about higher education, the new languages of its title, are needed to understand the role of universities and colleges in contemporary society and culture and the global economy, new landscapes. Over-reliance on existing conceptualisations of higher education, has made it difficult to understand fully the nature of 21st-century higher education. It may also have encouraged a view that there is no alternative to the development of more marketized forms of higher education. The analysis offered suggests that the future is much more open. It argues that familiar categories, normally accepted as givens, are actually more fluid. 'Systems' of higher education, whether expressed through direct public funding or through regulatory regimes, are being eroded. 'Institutions', often assumed to be to be given enhanced agency by more corporate forms of management and governance), are no longer powerful actors, if they ever were. 'Research', often corralled by assessment and management systems, is becoming more diffuse and distributed. 'Learning', supposedly more focused on skill outcomes and employability, retains a more broadly educative function. The 'publicness' of higher education has not disappeared as public funding has diminished, but taken on new forms. With contributions from leading figures, drawn from a wide range of countries, this book provides an authoritative analysis of many of the major issues which dominate discussion with respect to policy, practice and research in the field of higher education, and it can expect to become a major source book for all who are interested in the development of higher education in the 21st Century.

Author : Antonella Contin
Publisher : Maggioli Editore
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9788891609038

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Questo by Antonella Contin Pdf

Author : Christine Embleton-Hamann
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030928155

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Landscapes and Landforms of Austria by Christine Embleton-Hamann Pdf

This book intends to identify and publicize the unique features of Austrian geomorphology. In a country, which stretches from the core of the European Alps to the Hungarian plain, there is huge variety of landforms and landscapes. This book reveals that variety. Part 1 sets the context of the Austrian landscape as a whole. Part 2 is the core of the volume and comprises a careful selection of the most outstanding landscapes in Austria. Each of the chapters results from detailed research conducted by an author over many years. Austria’s landscapes are especially attractive because of the great variety of topographic slopes, geologic foundations and the special landscape legacy from the Quaternary period. Glacial and Karst landscapes dominate, but there are superb examples of granite weathering landscapes and geologically recent volcanism. The book is lavishly illustrated with about 350 color images and is securely based on scientific scholarship.

Author : Kieran Fenby-Hulse,Emma Heywood,Kate Walker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351357302

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Research Impact and the Early Career Researcher by Kieran Fenby-Hulse,Emma Heywood,Kate Walker Pdf

Research Impact and the Early Career Researcher documents experiences and perspectives on the emerging concept of research impact from a range of disciplines and places them within an analytical and critical discursive framework. Combining personal reflections with research essays, it provides the reader with a multi-dimensional perspective on research impact and how it connects to the research lives and practice of early career researchers. Research impact is playing an ever-increasing role in international research policy and government strategy. This book: Explores the arrival of impact into the national research consciousness Discusses how to build capacity and skills within research impact and how this might impact academic career progression in an international job market Offers advice on balancing national expectations with institutional expectations on research in terms of funding and career progression Offers suggested ways forward whilst actively challenging what constitutes research impact Research Impact and the Early Career Researcher provides a much-needed research base for studies of research impact and the extent to which it has altered, changed, and influenced the research practice of early career academics. It is an essential guide for any new and early career researchers wishing to navigate the complex landscape in order to meaningfully contribute to the impact agenda.

Author : Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton,Colette Patt,Adrienne R. Carter-Sowell
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2023-02-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832509029

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Diversifying the STEM Fields: From Individual to Structural Approaches by Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton,Colette Patt,Adrienne R. Carter-Sowell Pdf

Author : Ibraiz Tarique
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315474694

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The Routledge Companion to Talent Management by Ibraiz Tarique Pdf

The field of Talent Management has grown and advanced exponentially over the past several years as organizations, large and small, public and private, global and domestic, have realized that to gain and sustain a global competitive advantage, they must manage their talents effectively. Talent Management has become a major theoretical and empirical topic of intellectual curiosity from various disciplinary perspectives, such as human resource management, arts and entertainment management, international management, etc. This Companion is an indispensable source that provides an authoritative, in-depth, and comprehensive examination of emerging Talent Management topics. Divided into five thematic sections that provide a unique overarching structure to organize forty-one chapters written by leading and renowned international scholars, this Companion assesses essential knowledge, trends, debates, and avenues for future research in a single volume: Evolution and Conceptualization of Talent Management; The External Context of Talent Management; The Internal Context of Talent Management; Individuals, Workforce, and Processes of Talent Management; and Outcomes of Talent Management. In this way, the Companion is essential reading for anyone involved in the scholarly study of Talent Management, including academic researchers, advanced postgraduate and graduate students, and management consultants. For further debate on Talent Management, readers might be interested in the supplementary volume Contemporary Talent Management: A Research Companion, sold separately.

Author : Fabian Cannizzo,Nick Osbaldiston
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429879876

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The Social Structures of Global Academia by Fabian Cannizzo,Nick Osbaldiston Pdf

Higher education and research are now at the centre of economic and social policy in advanced information societies. Global networks of researchers, finance, students and policymakers invoke collaborative sociological perspectives. What it means to be an academic and to work in a technologically advanced knowledge industry has undergone transformations that cross national borders. The future of knowledge production, social development, prosperity and the freedom of ideas are caught in the swelling of global tides. The Social Structures of Global Academia exposes readers to a variety of issues that are impacting academics across the globe. The volume includes contributions by leading social scientists and innovative research from emerging scholars. Its anchoring themes include academic ethics, the affective cultures of scholarship, changing funding structures and social control of the currents of scholarly life. Giving readers an overview of the growing field of critical studies of academia, The Social Structures of Global Academia will appeal to students and scholars seeking to understand more of the burgeoning field of critical sociologies of higher education, and general readers interested in contemporary knowledge about universities, science and the people who make it their passion. It will also appeal to policymakers who are invested in trying to make universities more viable places to work.