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Challenges for ECRs in STEMM - On-line survey data supporting BioRxiv manuscript

Federation University Australia
Associate Professor Michael Doran (Aggregated by) Carolyn Johnstone (Aggregated by) Jo-ann Larkins (Aggregated by) Katherine Christian (Aggregated by) wendy wright (Aggregated by)
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This data set supports the article Survey of Australian STEMM Early Career Researchers published in BioRxiv in February 2020

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We sought to understand the pressures on Early Career Researchers (ECR) in the Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, & Medicine (STEMM) disciplines, collecting data from 658 ECRs working in Australia. Respondents indicated a “love of science”, but most also indicated an intention to leave their position. Decisions were primarily motivated by job insecurity (52%), while grievances included poor supervision (60%), bullying or harassment (34%), inequitable hiring practices (39%) and poor support for families (9.6%). A concerning rate of “questionable research practices” by colleagues (34.1% to 41.1%) was reported to have impacted ECR career advancement. Our study links recent reports that characterise the health of the research industry, providing direct insight from ECRs on job insecurity, workplace culture challenges, and the logical rise of questionable research practices. Internationally, nationally and institutionally the research community needs to improve job security (care for our people) and the quality of research data (our product).

Issued: 2020-12-09

Created: 2020-12-28

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Australia | Higher Education | Higher education | STEM | STEMM | Science | Sociology and Social Studies of Science and Technology | Sociology and social studies of science and technology | early-career | family responsibilities | funding | job insecurity | mentoring | postdoctoral | professional development | questionable research practices |

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