Interdisciplinary Projects

Objective

Aim of the project is to show typical scientific and research-related careers, identify gender and family specific barriers and develop proposals for their reduction as well as promote young talents in science and research & development. The project will be realized with the participation of several clusters of excellence and collaborative research centers – including SE²A.

Research and work packages

1. What typical career paths and employment options can be identified for young professionals from the investigated disciplines of EXC and SFB? (Work package 1)
2. What barriers and supportive measures do young researchers report with regard to their scientific and research-related careers? And how do they deal with them? (Work package 2)
3. What expectations do supervisors at universities, non-university research institutions and in R&D departments of companies have of young professionals? (Work package 3)
4. What innovative instruments could/should be implemented to better support junior staff? (Work package 4)