1. Mapping career patterns in research: A sequence analysis of career histories of ERC applicants
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Vinkenburg, Claartje J., Connolly, Sara, Fuchs, Stefan, Herschberg, Channah, Schels, Brigitte, Management and Organisation, and Amsterdam Business Research Institute
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Adult ,Male ,Employment ,Science and Technology Workforce ,Biomedical Research ,Universities ,Economics ,Science Policy ,Bioinformatics ,Science ,Social Sciences ,Research Grants ,Jobs ,Surveys ,Careers in Research ,Research and Analysis Methods ,Research Funding ,Education ,Geographical Locations ,Database and Informatics Methods ,Sociology ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,ddc:330 ,Humans ,Schools ,Survey Research ,Careers ,SDG 5 - Gender Equality ,Financing, Organized ,Correction ,SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities ,Middle Aged ,Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät ,Research Personnel ,Europe ,Career Mobility ,Research Design ,Labor Economics ,People and Places ,Medicine ,Female ,Sequence Analysis ,Research Article - Abstract
Despite the need to map research careers, the empirical evidence on career patterns of researchers is limited. We also do not know whether career patterns of researchers can be considered conventional in terms of steady progress or international mobility, nor do we know if career patterns differ between men and women in research as is commonly assumed. We use sequence analysis to identify career patterns of researchers across positions and institutions, based on full career histories of applicants to the European Research Council frontier research grant schemes. We distinguish five career patterns for early and established men and women researchers. With multinomial logit analyses, we estimate the relative likelihood of researchers with certain characteristics in each pattern. We find grantees among all patterns, and limited evidence of gender differences. Our findings on career patterns in research inform further studies and policy making on career development, research funding, and gender equality.
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- 2020
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