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career opportunities; Germany; Habilitation; tenure track
Abstract:
We describe the current career system for youngpolitical scientists in Germany academia. The situation is still dominated by the apprenticeship model in which youngPhD graduates undertake a second supervised piece of research. Recently introduced junior professorships are still too few and far between to have a major impact and represent only a half-hearted effort. The current system is still unattractive, unproductive, and uncompetitive. A lecturer tenure-track system would shift insecurity to the beginning of a career and would have built-in incentives and resources for young political scientists to engage in high-quality research.
