\u00bbA permanent position at the University of Copenhagen really meant a lot to me. I can remember I came into this empty office at the old department, where I myself had been educated, and thought: Okay, now I have to take care of an associate professorship here and live up to this role. What do I need to do?<\/p>\n
At the Department of Sociology, we strive to be at the forefront of international research. I actually find that we communicate this clearly. But there may be circumstances that attach you closely to this city.<\/p>\n
If you have been working close with the department and have contributed to the teaching and proven that you are skilled, you would think that you had a better chance of getting one of the permanent positions. But this is not the case.<\/p>\n
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Young researchers’ career paths are characterised by uncertainty and fierce competition. Permanent jobs are few and far between. In this series, current or former researchers talk about the pitfalls, the unwritten rules, and the coincidences, that were decisive for them and their choice to stay in academia or leave.<\/p>\n
Jakob Johan Demant<\/strong><\/p>\nAge: 49<\/p>\n
Current position: Associate Professor (permanent staff), Head of Studies at Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen<\/p>\n
PhD in sociology at UCPH in 2008<\/p>\n
Achieved tenure for the first time as an associate professor of psychology at Aarhus University in 2011 at the Centre for Alcohol and Drug research. He had worked as an assistant professor beforehand.<\/p>\n
Before that, he was a research assistant at UCPH. He has lectured at the Danish police academy after his master\u2019s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The permanent positions are long-term investments. Positions like assistant professor, associate professor and professor are not just job postings. They set the strategic direction of the research environment. It is therefore less important whether you are a good friend, or if you have made a positive contribution to the daily work. Because this is not the most important parameter.<\/p>\n
The difference is that if you want postdoc or research assistant positions, it is very much about proximity. People are often hired for shorter periods of time on very detail-specific qualifications. It is mostly the networking that determines whether you get the jobs or not.<\/p>\n
The problem is that you then hit a brick wall afterwards. Because you do not have the opportunity to proceed. The loyalty that you have placed will not be rewarded. It may well be that you have been the best colleague in the world, but it’s not enough to be really smart. It is also about being able to fill out some often fairly broad research areas. And about doing it at the right time.<\/p>\n
One really important point is that if you can get in and get a good job where you are really happy with the research and teaching that you do, it’s good to be at the university. But you just have to remember that you’re fighting against a reality where, for each step up, there is a very limited number of permanent positions. Because there is always a selection.<\/p>\n
For it to be worth taking this direction in your working life, it should be very important for you to be able to do research and to teach.<\/p>\n
A very, very stressful environment<\/h3>\n
I’ve never had a supervisor myself. Not officially, at least.<\/p>\n
After my master\u2019s, I had a number of smaller jobs, including some teaching at the Danish police academy. Then I applied for a research assistant job at the University of Copenhagen with a professor that I knew. And I don’t know why I got it. Maybe it was because I had my hair dyed blue at the time.<\/p>\n
During the process, my professor realised that I might have some talent. In any case, she contacted some colleagues at Aarhus University’s Centre for Alcohol and Drug research. And even though a PhD was not already a part of this project, they agreed to pay some salary so my research could be transformed into a PhD. I did what they call a ‘self-submission’ of the dissertation to UCPH, even though the project was financed by Aarhus University. I don’t think they do this anymore. Things are much more tightly regulated today.
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\nI think it says something about the fact that you are extremely dependent on others. And other people’s networks. You have to dare to ask for the opportunities that you see. To a large degree, it is a hidden course of events taking place. And as I see it, there is a big difference between the way I myself got my career and the way new young talents can get one. And our focus on internationalisation means that we definitely don’t look inside Denmark for candidates as a starting point.<\/p>\n
You have to tell yourself that a PhD is not the only thing in the world. Because it is a very, very stressful working environment. It’s also stressful working as a postdoc because you don’t know whether you can get the next job. You have to consider whether you want to go in this direction.<\/p>\n
You have to know how long you should keep knocking on the door. You need to know when to leave.<\/p>\n
You have to want to take part in this race<\/h3>\n
Whether the permanent job has been worth it? Gosh. It depends on what day you ask me. Now I’m Head of Studies, and I don’t find it fun to tell a class that they can’t go back to campus anyway, or ask a colleague to put in an extra effort. But on other days, the research all comes together: You complete a research article or get a good idea for a project.<\/p>\n
Even when you are in a permanent position, there is a very high performance requirement. I have to write a number of articles of a certain quality and attract external funding. It’s only fun if you do it in an area that you really find exciting to do research in. If the bustle and the performance pressure overshadows the joy and freedom of it, then it is not worth it. I can have that discussion with myself sometimes.<\/p>\n
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A calculation by the magazine Akademikerbladet in 2018 showed that 49 per cent of Danish universities’ academic staff are in temporary positions<\/strong>. In 2002, this proportion was only one third. It is quite normal for a permanent position to remain a pipe dream.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nI do research on young people and crime. The exciting thing about my job is that I can allow myself to move on when the whole field moves on. From being interested in digital image abuse, I can take on an interest in digital crypto markets or app-based crime. This freedom is absolutely crucial. If you forget that freedom, I no longer think it’s worth it.<\/p>\n
You have to seek out the international experience. Because it gives you an international network and a broader perspective on the research. But you are not guaranteed a position in Denmark, just because you have been abroad. You have to want to take part in this race. And it\u2019s draining!<\/p>\n
If you’ve got your first postdoc with good colleagues, and there is the opportunity to prolong it and stay in your own city with your friends and family, then it is a huge thing to say no thanks and apply for something in Paris or Massachusetts.<\/p>\n
We have become better at consulting on strategic issues. I don’t know whether this is good enough. It is still a vicious world to be a part of. Even if someone helps you, this does not mean you succeed. And then you have to make up your mind about how far you are willing to go for it.\u00ab
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But there may be circumstances that attach you closely to this city.<\/p>\n<p>If you have been working close with the department and have contributed to the teaching and proven that you are skilled, you would think that you had a better chance of getting one of the permanent positions. But this is not the case.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\">\n<p class=\"factbox-header feature-color\">A career in research<\/p>\n<p>Young researchers’ career paths are characterised by uncertainty and fierce competition. Permanent jobs are few and far between. In this series, current or former researchers talk about the pitfalls, the unwritten rules, and the coincidences, that were decisive for them and their choice to stay in academia or leave.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jakob Johan Demant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Age: 49<\/p>\n<p>Current position: Associate Professor (permanent staff), Head of Studies at Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen<\/p>\n<p>PhD in sociology at UCPH in 2008<\/p>\n<p>Achieved tenure for the first time as an associate professor of psychology at Aarhus University in 2011 at the Centre for Alcohol and Drug research. He had worked as an assistant professor beforehand.<\/p>\n<p>Before that, he was a research assistant at UCPH. He has lectured at the Danish police academy after his master\u2019s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The permanent positions are long-term investments. Positions like assistant professor, associate professor and professor are not just job postings. They set the strategic direction of the research environment. It is therefore less important whether you are a good friend, or if you have made a positive contribution to the daily work. Because this is not the most important parameter.<\/p>\n<p>The difference is that if you want postdoc or research assistant positions, it is very much about proximity. People are often hired for shorter periods of time on very detail-specific qualifications. It is mostly the networking that determines whether you get the jobs or not.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is that you then hit a brick wall afterwards. Because you do not have the opportunity to proceed. The loyalty that you have placed will not be rewarded. It may well be that you have been the best colleague in the world, but it’s not enough to be really smart. It is also about being able to fill out some often fairly broad research areas. And about doing it at the right time.<\/p>\n<p>One really important point is that if you can get in and get a good job where you are really happy with the research and teaching that you do, it’s good to be at the university. But you just have to remember that you’re fighting against a reality where, for each step up, there is a very limited number of permanent positions. Because there is always a selection.<\/p>\n<p>For it to be worth taking this direction in your working life, it should be very important for you to be able to do research and to teach.<\/p>\n<h3>A very, very stressful environment<\/h3>\n<p>I’ve never had a supervisor myself. Not officially, at least.<\/p>\n<p>After my master\u2019s, I had a number of smaller jobs, including some teaching at the Danish police academy. Then I applied for a research assistant job at the University of Copenhagen with a professor that I knew. And I don’t know why I got it. Maybe it was because I had my hair dyed blue at the time.<\/p>\n<p>During the process, my professor realised that I might have some talent. In any case, she contacted some colleagues at Aarhus University’s Centre for Alcohol and Drug research. And even though a PhD was not already a part of this project, they agreed to pay some salary so my research could be transformed into a PhD. I did what they call a ‘self-submission’ of the dissertation to UCPH, even though the project was financed by Aarhus University. I don’t think they do this anymore. Things are much more tightly regulated today.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Quote","quote":"You have to know how long you should keep knocking on the door.","quotee":"Jakob Johan Demant ","style":"extended"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<p>I think it says something about the fact that you are extremely dependent on others. And other people’s networks. You have to dare to ask for the opportunities that you see. To a large degree, it is a hidden course of events taking place. And as I see it, there is a big difference between the way I myself got my career and the way new young talents can get one. And our focus on internationalisation means that we definitely don’t look inside Denmark for candidates as a starting point.<\/p>\n<p>You have to tell yourself that a PhD is not the only thing in the world. Because it is a very, very stressful working environment. It’s also stressful working as a postdoc because you don’t know whether you can get the next job. You have to consider whether you want to go in this direction.<\/p>\n<p>You have to know how long you should keep knocking on the door. You need to know when to leave.<\/p>\n<h3>You have to want to take part in this race<\/h3>\n<p>Whether the permanent job has been worth it? Gosh. It depends on what day you ask me. Now I’m Head of Studies, and I don’t find it fun to tell a class that they can’t go back to campus anyway, or ask a colleague to put in an extra effort. But on other days, the research all comes together: You complete a research article or get a good idea for a project.<\/p>\n<p>Even when you are in a permanent position, there is a very high performance requirement. I have to write a number of articles of a certain quality and attract external funding. It’s only fun if you do it in an area that you really find exciting to do research in. If the bustle and the performance pressure overshadows the joy and freedom of it, then it is not worth it. I can have that discussion with myself sometimes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\">\n<p class=\"factbox-header feature-color\">Temporary hires<\/p>\n<p>A calculation by the magazine Akademikerbladet in 2018 showed that <strong>49 per cent of Danish universities’ academic staff are in temporary positions<\/strong>. In 2002, this proportion was only one third. It is quite normal for a permanent position to remain a pipe dream.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>I do research on young people and crime. The exciting thing about my job is that I can allow myself to move on when the whole field moves on. From being interested in digital image abuse, I can take on an interest in digital crypto markets or app-based crime. This freedom is absolutely crucial. If you forget that freedom, I no longer think it’s worth it.<\/p>\n<p>You have to seek out the international experience. Because it gives you an international network and a broader perspective on the research. But you are not guaranteed a position in Denmark, just because you have been abroad. You have to want to take part in this race. And it\u2019s draining!<\/p>\n<p>If you’ve got your first postdoc with good colleagues, and there is the opportunity to prolong it and stay in your own city with your friends and family, then it is a huge thing to say no thanks and apply for something in Paris or Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>We have become better at consulting on strategic issues. I don’t know whether this is good enough. It is still a vicious world to be a part of. Even if someone helps you, this does not mean you succeed. And then you have to make up your mind about how far you are willing to go for it.\u00ab<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Newsletter","lang_select":"en","identifier":"Newsletter","headline":"Get a weekly email with our top stories","button_text":"Sign up here","class":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"OtherStories","headline":"A career in research","hand_picked_posts":true,"references":[{"reference":{"ID":122413,"post_author":"5","post_date":"2021-08-05 07:56:32","post_date_gmt":"2021-08-05 05:56:32","post_content":"\u00bbFrom the time I handed in my master's thesis, things happened swiftly. I started my PhD shortly afterwards. I wrote about reported rape cases in Denmark, which was, and is, a subject that is topical and much-debated.\r\n\r\nBefore I completed my PhD dissertation I applied to the Research Council for a grant that I was lucky enough to receive. This allowed me to take up a position as assistant professor at the Department of Sociology the day after my PhD defence. This also led to being able to follow a teaching and learning in higher education programme, and that I was the research group head for cultural sociology at the Department of Sociology at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH). It was really good, but it was also running in parallel to a demanding research project that I was running. I wrote about and studied women's use of sex tourism in Africa and Cuba, so I travelled away on fieldwork and was away from home for quite some time.\r\n\r\nTo go directly from a national PhD project to an international research project: This started to be a drain on my inner resources. But you become so captivated by your own ambitions, by your career, and by the recognition that you get, that it can be difficult to take a break from it all for a while.\r\n\r\nTogether with three others, I applied in 2013 for a grant for a project on street violence in Denmark. We got it. It was a big and ambitious research project. And in contrast to previous ones, I was fortunate enough to work closely with other researchers. It was fun, and we really gained new knowledge and generated new methods. And as if that was not enough, in 2016 I also received a grant as a research director on a national study to uncover sexual harassment in Denmark, funded by the Danish Council for Crime Prevention.\r\n<div class=\"factbox\">\r\n<p class=\"factbox-header feature-color\">A career in research<\/p>\r\nYoung researchers' career paths are characterised by uncertainty and fierce competition. Permanent jobs are few and far between. In this series, current or former researchers talk about the pitfalls, the unwritten rules, and the coincidences, that were decisive for them and their choice to stay in academia, or to leave.\r\n\r\n<strong>Marie Bruvik Heinskou<\/strong>\r\n\r\nEditor of the Hans Reitzels publishing house (2018-)\r\n\r\nAge: 46\r\n\r\nAssociate professor of sociology at Aalborg University. Permanent staff. (2017-2018)\r\n\r\nPostdoc at the Department of Sociology UCPH (2014-2017)\r\n\r\nAssistant professor at the Department of Sociology UCPH (2010-2014)\r\n\r\nPhD in sociology, Department of Sociology at UCPH in 2010.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nThere was a lot of hard work and commitment, and we worked round-the-clock.\r\n\r\nEven though I was dining out, or in good company somewhere, I could get an idea for the research during dinner, and then just go out into the garden and talk for half an hour with my colleague on the phone \u2013 because we couldn't wait to talk about this idea until Monday morning. It felt right to make the calls at all times of the day, and it was also really fun. This type of passion for the work is fascinating \u2013 but also demanding.\r\n<h3>Researcher and single mother<\/h3>\r\nWhile I was doing my master\u2019s thesis, I had my first child. I got my second child while I was doing my PhD. But it is, as most people know, demanding to be a parent to a small child and very ambitious at the same time. Just before I handed in my dissertation, I got divorced.\r\n\r\nIn many ways, this led to a good deal of freedom, because I had the kids every other week and could work as crazy as I wanted to in the other week. You can be devoted to research, but there is another part of you that is devoted to your children. But I found it difficult to be attentive to my children. At least in terms of my own ambition in being a mother.\r\n\r\nAt the same time, I could see that I could not fully honour the requirements for what you had to do to get an associate professorship at the University of Copenhagen. Everyone who was employed at that time came from elite universities like Harvard and Yale.\r\n\r\n<strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><em><strong>:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/associate-professor-the-world-of-research-is-vicious\/\"> Researcher: The research world is \u00bbvicious\u00ab<\/a><\/em>\r\n\r\nBut I did not have the international experience, because I had my children. In the past, it had been a bit of a jigsaw puzzle to be able to do fieldwork as a divorcee. And the international articles take time to get published. And I had also been prominent in the public debate and published Danish-language books, something that is not rewarded in the UCPH points system.\r\n\r\nI had studied sociology since 1996, and I had only been there since then. In 2016, there was a job posting for an associate professorship at Aalborg University. I had seen how things had turned out for my talented younger colleagues who did not get permanent positions at UCPH \u2013 and where I felt that women, in particular, were being left out. So I applied for the associate professorship at Aalborg University hoping for a permanent position somewhere else.\n<!-- end of module 1 -->\nIt was fantastic to be offered the permanent position that everyone dreams of. In practice this meant that, in the week I did not have the children I was in Aalborg, while I had an office in Copenhagen every other week. Smart in theory, but incredibly demanding in practice.\r\n\r\nI found that I had to make compromises all the time. Partly with how my research was turning out, because the requirements for new project funding constantly took up time from the actual research. Partly with how I could do the teaching, when I had to do everything else. But it was also tough on the home front.\r\n\r\nI stayed in a tiny room when I was in Aalborg. And I could work on the train and correct assignments. But it was not a good and happy life that I had.\r\n\r\n<strong>READ ALSO:<\/strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/it-would-be-nice-to-know-that-the-university-felt-an-obligation-towards-me\/\"> Associate professor Nina Gr\u00f8nlykke Mollerup: \u00bbIt would be nice to know that the university felt an obligation towards me\u00ab<\/a><\/em>\r\n<h3>Crisis and change of tack<\/h3>\r\nOne Christmas Eve in 2017, I was struck down with back pain. We were out on our farm in Sweden to celebrate a nice Christmas. But I couldn't move. My back just shut down completely. It made me think, 'if I keep on like this, I don't think I'll make it to old age'. I felt like I was going to die as a 50-year-old.\r\n\r\nIt was quite clear to me that I was on the wrong path, even though I had reached the top of the mountain.\r\n\r\nWhat may have been key to this, was the insight that this would just continue. That there would be no break. What was the next step? I could become a professor, but most of the professors worked and looked just as stressed as I felt myself.\r\n<div class=\"factbox\">\r\n<p class=\"factbox-header feature-color\">Temporary jobs<\/p>\r\nThe magazine Akademikerbladet showed in 2018 that <strong>49 per cent of Danish universities\u2019 academic staff were temporarily hired.<\/strong> Back in 2002, this proportion was only one third. It is quite normal for permanent positions to remain nothing but wishful thinking.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nSo with acute back pain during these exhausting Christmas days on the couch, I opened up the Dj\u00f8f trade union\u2019s magazine. And there was suddenly this job outside the university that I thought was really attractive \u2013 as a publishing editor at Hans Reitzels Forlag. I had been to a meeting there once because I had to publish a book. And I thought when I was there, that if I was ever going to do something else, it would have to be a publishing editor. It looked both privileged, important and exciting.\r\n\r\nWhen you are a researcher at the university, it is like entering a tunnel. You think that your work is crucial, and that what you do is the most important thing in the world. And research is important \u2014 as new research can change the world. But there is also a reality, that is just as important, outside.\r\n\r\nAs publishing editor, I feel that I can help move things just as much. Because I can help communicate new knowledge to students and to a wider public and set off debates. Now I am not in front, but just behind the author.\r\n\r\nThe ideal of creating more debate, more knowledge and more insight is what I have always worked for. I still do, I work for a public intellectual debate.\r\n\r\nMy own research field has been demanding in itself, because it has been about violence, rape and global sex work. It can be a violent and invasive material to work with, and on my last research project, we were even given supervision on maintaining a distance to the empirical field. This was important. But research has, in itself, its own enthralling passion and energy.\r\n\r\nBut the coffee just tastes better now. The working hours taste better. The lunch tastes better. And I think that my life has become so much nicer. It actually exists. This is it, isn't it?\r\n\r\nI never held these Danish spring bank holiday days off. Ascension Day, Great Prayer Day, weekend. It feels like I am much, much more cheerful. 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Not so much for my own career's sake, but because it would give me the stability to be able to do the work that I find important.\r\n<div class=\"factbox\">\r\n<p class=\"factbox-header feature-color\">A Career in research<\/p>\r\nYoung researchers' career paths are characterised by uncertainty and fierce competition. Permanent jobs are few and far between. In this series, current or former researchers talk about the pitfalls, the unwritten rules, and the coincidences, that were decisive for them and their choice to stay in academia, or to leave.\r\n\r\n<strong>Nina Gr\u00f8nlykke Mollerup<\/strong>\r\n\r\nAge: 41\r\n\r\nAssociate professor at the Saxo Institute at the University of Copenhagen.\r\n\r\nEmployed as a postdoc 2018-2020 and as an associate professor 2020-2023. Both of these contracts are temporary\r\n\r\nPostdoc at the Department of Communication, University of Copenhagen 2017-2018.\r\n\r\nPhD from UCPH in 2016.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nI am always very careful about what I speak out about \u2013 and there are things you cannot write in this article \u2013 because I work with dictatorships. It would, of course, not be any different if I was a permanent employee. But it would be easier for me to have a dialogue with the university about my safety if I was a permanent employee. When I travel, I can get into trouble for work that I did years ago at another department or at another university.\r\n\r\nI am a media anthropologist and my research is about the documentation of violence and how this is used to establish narratives and truth in conflict situations. At the moment, I'm doing research on how images from Syria help reconfigure what the country was, is now, and is turning into, based on collective archives. My focus is on Syrian photographers that have documented the war and the revolution, and the people and organisations that work to gather, preserve and verify the images.\r\n\r\nI have been at Saxo Institute at the University of Copenhagen for about two and a half years, and I have about two years left on my current contract. During the first two years I was a postdoc, but was allowed to take the programme in higher education teaching [p\u00e6dagogikum, ed.], which is needed to be an associate professor. So now I'm employed as a temporary associate professor on a new project that I've helped to attract the funding for. I learned that you could be temporarily hired as an associate professor only halfway through my postdoc appointment.\r\n\r\n<strong>READ ALSO:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/associate-professor-the-world-of-research-is-vicious\/\">Head of studies: The research world is \u00bbvicious\u00ab<\/a>\r\n<h3>Never a part of the community<\/h3>\r\nI wish someone told me to start working on what comes afterwards before I submitted my PhD. I was not focused enough on thinking ahead and reaching out to the people that I would subsequently like to work with. I thought that I should just focus on doing the best possible PhD thesis.\r\n\r\nI got a very good PhD assessment. It just didn't mean that a job was waiting for me afterwards. So I did some consultant work and tried to get a postdoc or assistant professor job. But because I didn't have my foot in the door, it was really hard to get back.\n<!-- end of module 1 -->\nOne month before I had to submit my PhD, there was a job posting for a postdoc that sounded interesting. I didn't apply because I wanted to focus on my dissertation. But I realised subsequently that it would have been worthwhile to have taken time out to apply for it, even if this had meant that I had handed my dissertation in two weeks later.\r\n\r\nThere are very few opportunities to apply for an individual postdoc. It is therefore essential to collaborate with senior researchers. This has been a really important realisation for me, and it is something that I try to pass on to the junior researchers I work with, to help them find their way through all this uncertainty.\r\n<div class=\"factbox\">\r\n<p class=\"factbox-header feature-color\">Temporary jobs<\/p>\r\nThe magazine Akademikerbladet showed in 2018 that <strong>49 per cent of Danish universities\u2019 academic staff were temporarily hired.<\/strong> Back in 2002, this proportion was only one third. It is quite normal for permanent positions to remain nothing but wishful thinking.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nBut as a temporary employee, it is very difficult to plan ahead. Because you are constantly working with different \u2018maybe\u2019 scenarios. You do not know if you have something in a year\u2019s time or in two year\u2019s time.\r\n\r\nYou are also in an odd position in your workplace. You are never quite a part of the community when you are a temporary hire, even though you may be at the same place for years. At the same time, temporary employees represent a significant group at the university.\r\n<h3>Speaking from an uncertain platform<\/h3>\r\nAs a PhD and as a postdoc you often hear that you should not expect to be permanently hired, and that you need to look for work elsewhere. There are events and counselling on how to find a career outside university. This is, of course, good and relevant. But what you actually hear when you get this message is that they are ready to kick you out when your contract expires.\r\n\r\nThe university is completely dependent on the very large group of temporarily employed researchers and lecturers. It undermines the huge amount of work that we deliver when they say that people have to prepare to do something different. Of course, I don't think you should stop supporting people in finding other career paths. 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