Postdocs in Crisis: We Cannot Risk Losing the Next Generation
Editorial, Nature
Postdoctoral researchers know what it's like to be in career limbo, spending years in some cases decades on a succession of short-term contracts. The anxiety and uncertainty this creates can be immense. And, as the results of a new Nature survey show, the pandemic is adding to postdocs' distress. The current generation might be facing the most severe career and health crisis so far.
Postdoctoral researchers know what it's like to be in career limbo, spending years in some cases decades on a succession of short-term contracts. The anxiety and uncertainty this creates can be immense. And, as the results of a new Nature survey show, the pandemic is adding to postdocs' distress. The current generation might be facing the most severe career and health crisis so far.