Precarity in the Early Research Career Stage

I was delighted to be invited by ICoRSA to present in their workshop on precarity in early research career stages. My presentation, "Advocating for Postdocs in Germany: From Working Contracts to Science Policy," gave an overview of the work we have done in PostdocNet advocating for postdocs to be on contracts, not stipends and further for international postdocs to be properly staged at E13.3. I also shared about our active efforts in voicing the concerns of postdocs regarding the reform of the WissZeitVG in Germany, the law governing fixed-term contracts for academics.