Documents from the European Commission and the European Research Area (ERA) on Academic Career Paths.
2021 On 28 May, the European Council adopted conclusions on "Deepening the European Research Area: Providing researchers with attractive and sustainable careers and working conditions and making brain circulation a reality". They underline the need to enhance the attractiveness of research careers within the European Research Area (ERA) and call for the development of an internal market for research that offers better framework conditions for research careers in academia and beyond. Importantly, the Council conclusions also propose reinforcing synergies with the European Higher Education Area.
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"There is a need to tackle in a systemic and comprehensive way academic careers, responding to the call of the Council to promote flexible and attractive career structures and improve working conditions. Career assessment should take into account the variety of activities of academics such as teaching, research, entrepreneurship, management or leadership. A Council Recommendation on a Pact for Research and Innovation in Europe aims to improve the attractiveness of research careers and ensure better access to excellent science."
- Propose by 2023 a European framework for attractive and sustainable careers in higher education, in synergy with the research career framework developed under the ERA
EC BACKGROUND NOTE Higher Education Transformation (3).pdf
Innovative higher education and transferring knowledge and talents to society:
Accelerating higher education institutions’ international competitiveness:
Council Conclusions on the Future of the European Research Area (ERA): https://www.europeansources.info/record/future-governance-of-the-european-research-area-era/
European Commission - Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
Manuscript completed in May 2022.
European Commission: Directorate General for Research & Innovation
21. 07. 2011
The ERA Steering Group on Human Resources and Mobility has asked its Working Group on Skills to explore this possibility and consult with stakeholders. The European Framework for Research Careers is adopted by the Steering Group in May 2011. It is a voluntary transparency instrument intended to make research career structures generally comparable across employment sectors and countries. The Framework will be revisited, its impact monitored and accordingly re-adapted, by the appropriate committee, at least every 2nd year.
The Framework describes four broad profiles, with the following working titles:
R1 First Stage Researcher (up to the point of PhD)
R2 Recognised Researcher (PhD holders or equivalent who are not yet fully independent)
R3 Established Researcher (researchers who have developed a level of independence.)
R4 Leading Researcher ( researchers leading their research area or field)
The Framework is "sector-neutral". The descriptors apply to all researchers, independent of where they work in the private or public sector: in companies, NGOs, research institutes, research universities or universities of applied sciences. Regardless of any particular profession one can outline broad profiles that describe the different characteristics researchers may possess.
Starting point was the Frascati Manual definition of researcher:
"Researchers are professionals engaged in the conception or creation of new knowledge,
products, processes, methods and systems and also in the management of the projects
concerned."