Mapping the population, careers, mobilities and impacts of advanced research degree graduates in the social sciences and humanities
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Description
In order to contribute to the understanding of SSH research and research careers teams of researchers from 13 countries came together between 2011 and 2014 to collaborate on the project ‘Mapping the Population, Careers, Mobilities and Impacts of Advanced Research Degree Graduates in the Social Sciences and Humanities’ (POCARIM).
The target population were SSH doctorate holders who had received their doctoral degrees between 2000 and 2012 in one of 13 countries (France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, and the UK). The core aims of POCARIM are to understand the SSH doctoral populations and their production in the POCARIM countries; to identify their mobilities across disciplines, sectors and borders; and to identify and understand the types of impacts that are generated, as well as how and according to what timeframes these impacts are felt.
Across the 13 countries the team reviewed existing statistical population data, research literature and policy, and carried out a large-scale survey and hundreds of interviews with PhD holders in SSH fields working in a range of sectors and organizations in a variety of roles.[1]
The study did not adopt or propose an aprioristic definition or framework for research careers. POCARIM data includes more than 300 in-depth interviews conducted across the participating countries.
Meta-Data [meta_data_study]
| Study Title (long) | Mapping the population, careers, mobilities and impacts of advanced research degree graduates in the social sciences and humanities |
| Study Title (short) | POCARIM |
| Coordinating Institution | University of Salford |
| Creator | Louise Ackers Zeinep Aycan Dagmara Bacova Carolina Cañibano Christopher Coey L. Csonka Hannah Deakin Kate Geddie Annamaria Inzelt Heike Jöns Agrita Kiopa Deborah Millard G. Marini Heloisa Perista Emanuela Reale Dominique Vinck Richard Woolley |
| Contributor | University of Lausanne Loughborough University IKU Innovation Research Centre Ceris-CNR Ministry of Education and Science of Latvia Oxford Research AS Norway CEFMR/IOM Poland CESIS Portugal University Mateja Bela INGENIO (CSIC-UPV) Spain Koç University University of Salford |
| Sponsor | European Commission. 7th FP. 290770 |
| Type | Mixed-methods one time cross-section study |
| Description of Observations | PhD graduates in SSH fields working in the consortium countries in different sectors of employment |
| Waves | 1 |
| Duration | 2011 |
| URL | http://cordis.europa.eu/result/rcn/169012_en.html http://www.salford.ac.uk/research/care/research-groups/knowledge-health-and-place/projects/pocarim |
| Documentation | - |
| Publisher | |
| Keywords | PhD holders careers mobility social impact social sciences and humanities Gender family/parenting networking mobility internationalization institutional settings |
Documentation
The final report can be downloaded here.
The survey report can be downloaded here
Data Collection Rounds [= waves]
Data collection was carried out in France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, UK in 2011.
Results
Relevant results provide interesting input for renewed conceptualizations of research careers. For instance, interviews point out the important role of discovery and learning in career shaping. The final project report defines the research career as a networked learning process embedded in contextual institutional settings. The data also point to the important role of circular progress and reinforcing mechanisms in careers. The project research and reports also devote special attention to conceive of research careers as processes conditioned by family and parenting.
