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Academic Pressure, Too Many PhDs, Too Few Jobs? | Challenges in Academia with Prof. Kwok #5

Academic Pressure, Too Many PhDs, Too Few Jobs? | Challenges in Academia with Prof. Kwok #5

Update: 2025-05-19
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In our latest episode on the challenges in academia, we welcome Prof. Kwok as she dissects some of the most critical issues facing researchers today, including:


  • Academic pressure and the instability of research careers.
  • The “publish or perish” model and profit-driven journals.
  • The oversupply of PhDs versus the limited academic positions.
  • The reproducibility crisis in scientific research.
  • Why leaving academia can be a valid—and valuable—career path. 


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Supported by the International Max Planck Research School for Neurosciences in #Göttingen, the European Neuroscience Institute, Cluster of Excellence Multiscale Bioimaging, as well as SFB1286

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Neuroscience and Beyond team:

Svilen Georgiev

Kristina Jevdokimenko

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Mels Akhmetali

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Academic Pressure, Too Many PhDs, Too Few Jobs? | Challenges in Academia with Prof. Kwok #5

Academic Pressure, Too Many PhDs, Too Few Jobs? | Challenges in Academia with Prof. Kwok #5

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