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Transforming Early Academic Careers: Global Challenges and Individual Trajectories - I: Addressing Inequalities in Academic Careers

Thu, September 5, 8:00 to 9:30am, Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, Floor: Four, Bayside C

Abstract

A significant research corpus has examined academic career paths; more recently, attention has been paid to the increasing globalisation of research institutions and to its effects on the lives of early career researchers (ERCs), a group often working in precarious conditions (Murgia and Poggio, 2018; Bataille et al., 2017).

Across many countries, the globalisation of the academic labour market is associated with the growing prevalence of fixed-term (often part-time) academic positions and the emergence of a PhD and postdoctoral “bubble” in the academic workforce. These changes have brought challenges, for individuals and their academic institutions.

In this panel, we would like to explore how these shifts in the traditional academic career path interact with parallel transformations in the life-courses of individuals. We are particularly interested in analysing the reproduction or reconfiguration of gender norms and practices that are associated with the experiences of ECRs. How does the long work hours culture and the requirement to be geographically mobile interact with the intimate relationships and family formation patterns of ECRs? What are the effects of care responsibilities on their capacity to meet the requirements of an early academic career? How does expatriation impact on the access of ECRs to support networks and social welfare across the life-course?

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