Careers of PhD-holders & Nacaps. Emerging studies in Germany. Kolja Briedis, Senior Researcher, Careers of PhD Holders project, DZHW, Germany

1. Careers of PhD-holders & Nacaps.
Emerging studies in Germany.
London, September 30th, 2019
Kolja Briedis

2. 2Careers of PHD-holders
Design of the study
19.900
5.408
4.816
3.183
1st wave 2nd wave
@
27 % 66 %
3rd wave
@
4.806
2.924
61 %
4.789
2.981
4th wave
@
62 %
@
5th wave
4.778
3.037
64 %
Total:
28.147 new PhD-holders
in Germany in 2014

3. One year
after PhD
Two years
after PhD
Three years
after PhD
Four years
after PhD
Academic
research/teaching
Non-academic
R&D
Other
Changes between different sectors after PhD
29 % 28 % 25 % 25 %
14 % 17 % 18 % 17 %
56 % 55 % 57 % 58 %

4. 4Careers of PHD-holders
Professional situation of employees in research,
development or academic teaching
Source: PhD-holder survey 2017, 3rd wave
45% with
permanent
contract
55% with
fix-termed
contract
are in research, development
or academic teaching
Full-time Part-Time
Ø gross income/month

5. 5Careers of PHD-holders
Source: PhD-holder survey 2017, 3rd wave
Professional situation of employees in research,
development or academic teaching
Ø gross income/month Ø gross income/month
Full-time Part-Time Full-time Part-Time
Academic area
(36 % HEI, 12 % RI)
Non-academic
area
85% with
fix-termed
contract
28% with
fix-termed
contract
15% with
permanent
contract
72% with
permanent
contract

6. 6Careers of PHD-holders
Nacaps: Design

7. 7Careers of PHD-holders
Nacaps: Topics

8. 8Careers of PHD-holders
German Centre for
Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW)
Dr. Kolja Briedis
Tel.: +49 (0)511 450 670-132
briedis@dzhw.eu
www.dzhw.eu/promovierte
www.nacaps.de
Thank you!

9. 9Careers of PHD-holders
Situation three years after PhD (in %)
42
58
Research, development &
academic teaching
other
48
52
at HEI/RI other
36
64
pub. service free economy
Source: PhD-holder survey 2017, 3rd wave

10. 10Careers of PHD-holders
Intentions one year after PhD (in %)
55
22
23
do not want to stay in
academia
want to stay in
academia
not yet decided
Source: PhD-holder survey 2015, 1st wave

11. 11Careers of PHD-holders
Transition after PhD
Regular employment
in the first 36 months after PhD
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36
months after PhD
Geisteswiss.
Rechts-, Wirtschafts-
und Sozialwiss.
Mathematik,
Naturwiss.
Humanmedizin,
Gesundheitswiss.
Ingenieurwiss.
Insgesamt
Law/Social &
Economic Sciences
Maths,
Nat. Sciences
Medicine,
Health Sciences
Engineering
All
Humanities
Source: PhD-holder survey 2017, 3rd wave

12. 12Careers of PHD-holders
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36
months after PhD
Geisteswiss.
Rechts-, Wirtschafts-
und Sozialwiss.
Mathematik,
Naturwiss.
Humanmedizin,
Gesundheitswiss.
Ingenieurwiss.
Insgesamt
Unemployment
in the first 36 months after PhD
Transition after PhD
Law/Social &
Economic Sciences
Maths,
Nat. Sciences
Medicine,
Health Sciences
Engineering
All
Humanities
Source: PhD-holder survey 2017, 3rd wave

13. 13Careers of PHD-holders
Parental leave & employment
in the first 36 months after PhD
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36
months after PhD
Erwerbstätigkeit
Frauen
Erwerbstätigkeit
Männer
Elternzeit Frauen
Elternzeit Männer
Transition after PhD
Employment
women
Employment
men
Parental leave
men
Parental leave
women
Source: PhD-holder survey 2017, 3rd wave

14. 14Careers of PHD-holders
Monthly gross-income one year after Phd (in €)
3.650
4.150
4.450
4.550
4.950
4.950
0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000
Geisteswissenschaften
Mathematik/Naturwissenschaften
Rechts-, Wirtschafts-, Sozialwissenschaften
Ingesamt
Humanmedizin/Gesundheitswissenschaften
Ingenieurwissenschaften
(only full-time employed persons, without extreme values (i.e. upper and lower 1%)
Insgesamt
Engineering
Medicine, Health Sciences
All
Law/Social & Economic Sciences
Maths, Natural Sciences
Humanities
Source: PhD-holder survey 2015, 1st wave

15. 15Careers of PHD-holders
4.100
5.250
5.500
5.600
6.000
5.900
0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000
Geisteswissenschaften
Mathematik/Naturwissenschaften
Rechts-, Wirtschafts-, Sozialwissenschaften
Ingesamt
Humanmedizin/Gesundheitswissenschaften
Ingenieurwissenschaften
(only full-time employed persons, without extreme values (i.e. upper and lower 1%)
Insgesamt
Monthly gross-income three years after Phd (in €)
Insgesamt
Engineering
Medicine, Health Sciences
All
Law/Social & Economic Sciences
Maths, Natural Sciences
Humanities
Source: PhD-holder survey 2017, 3rd wave

16. 16Careers of PHD-holders
Source: PhD-holder survey 2017, 3rd wave
Professional situation of employees outside
research, development or academic teaching
68% with
permanent
contract
32% with
fix-termed
contract
are not in research, development
or academic teaching
Full-time Part-Time
Ø gross income/month

17. 17Careers of PHD-holders
Source: PhD-holder survey 2017, 3rd wave
Professional situation of employees outside
research, development or academic teaching
Full-time Part-Time Full-time Part-Time
Ø gross income/month Ø gross income/month
Public service Other area
53% with
fix-termed
contract
21% with
fix-termed
contract
47% with
permanent
contract
79% with
permanent
contract

18. 18Careers of PHD-holders
Institutional conditions of qualification and support for young
researchers
• How widespread are the various forms of doctoral studies in
Germany and what study conditions and support structures do they
offer doctoral candidates?
• How do the different formal and informal doctorate contexts and
support conditions affect the candidates’ acquisition of skills and the
socialisation of early career researchers?
Motives, determinants, selection and self-selection processes
• What determines doctoral success, selection processes or career
paths, and how is the relation between structural, individual and
ascribed characteristics?
• How are individual decision processes related to institutional and
systemic selection processes?
• How effective are recruitment and selection processes for the
academic system?
Nacaps: Research questions

19. 19Careers of PHD-holders
Career paths and prospects, in and outside the academic world
• How do aspects of everyday life or conditions and opportunity
structures on the (non-academic) job market influence decisions for
or against career paths?
• How does the career situation of doctorate holders in the academic
system compare to that of doctorate holders outside academia?
Individual and social outcomes and returns on investment
• What contribution does gaining a doctorate or do early career
researchers make to research, teaching, innovation and knowledge
transfer?
• What individual and social returns do doctorates yield within and
outside the academic world?
Nacaps: Research questions

20. 20Careers of PHD-holders
• 53 HEIs (out of 155)
• Survey 2019 (1st wave): Feb. 18th until May 1st
• 84.000 persons contacted
• 24.500 persons finished the questionnaire (29,2%)
• 17.500 confirmed participation in the panel
• 52% male, 48% female (off. statistics: 54% vs. 46%)
subjects statistics 2014/15 Nacaps 2019
Cultural sciences, languages 17,5 12,2
Law, Economics, Social sciences 16,8 20,1
Maths, Science 30,4 29,1
Medicine 9,8 15,2
Engineering 18,7 17,8
rest 6,7 5,9
Nacaps: 1st wave