Developing Finland's Scientific Workforce

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Workforce

Concrete steps to diversify the scientific workforce

Science ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 372 (6538) ◽  
pp. 133-135
Author(s):  
Shirley Tilghman ◽  
Bruce Alberts ◽  
Daniel Colón-Ramos ◽  
Kafui Dzirasa ◽  
Judith Kimble ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Workforce

scholarly journals Why the US science and engineering workforce is aging rapidly

2017 ◽  
Vol 114 (15) ◽  
pp. 3879-3884 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Blau ◽  
Bruce A. Weinberg
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Baby Boom ◽  
Age Distribution ◽  
Scientific Progress ◽  
Mandatory Retirement ◽  
Demographic Model ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
The Us ◽  
Scientific Workforce

The science and engineering workforce has aged rapidly in recent years, both in absolute terms and relative to the workforce as a whole. This is a potential concern if the large number of older scientists crowds out younger scientists, making it difficult for them to establish independent careers. In addition, scientists are believed to be most creative earlier in their careers, so the aging of the workforce may slow the pace of scientific progress. We develop and simulate a demographic model, which shows that a substantial majority of recent aging is a result of the aging of the large baby boom cohort of scientists. However, changes in behavior have also played a significant role, in particular, a decline in the retirement rate of older scientists, induced in part by the elimination of mandatory retirement in universities in 1994. Furthermore, the age distribution of the scientific workforce is still adjusting. Current retirement rates and other determinants of employment in science imply a steady-state mean age 2.3 y higher than the 2008 level of 48.6.

scholarly journals New linked data on research investments: Scientific workforce, productivity, and public value

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (9) ◽  
pp. 1659-1671 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia I. Lane ◽  
Jason Owen-Smith ◽  
Rebecca F. Rosen ◽  
Bruce A. Weinberg
Keyword(s):  
Linked Data ◽  
Public Value ◽  
Workforce Productivity ◽  
Research Investments ◽  
Scientific Workforce

scholarly journals Time-to-Credit Gender Inequities of First-Year PhD Students in the Biological Sciences

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. ar4 ◽  
Author(s):  
David F. Feldon ◽  
James Peugh ◽  
Michelle A. Maher ◽  
Josipa Roksa ◽  
Colby Tofel-Grehl
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Workforce Development ◽  
Degree Attainment ◽  
First Year ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
National Cohort ◽  
Underrepresentation Of Women ◽  
Scientific Workforce ◽  
Number Of Individuals ◽  
Academic Year

Equitable gender representation is an important aspect of scientific workforce development to secure a sufficient number of individuals and a diversity of perspectives. Biology is the most gender equitable of all scientific fields by the marker of degree attainment, with 52.5% of PhDs awarded to women. However, equitable rates of degree completion do not translate into equitable attainment of faculty or postdoctoral positions, suggesting continued existence of gender inequalities. In a national cohort of 336 first-year PhD students in the biological sciences (i.e., microbiology, cellular biology, molecular biology, developmental biology, and genetics) from 53 research institutions, female participants logged significantly more research hours than males and were significantly more likely than males to attribute their work hours to the demands of their assigned projects over the course of the academic year. Despite this, males were 15% more likely to be listed as authors on published journal articles, indicating inequality in the ratio of time to credit. Given the cumulative advantage that accrues for students who publish early in their graduate careers and the central role that scholarly productivity plays in academic hiring decisions, these findings collectively point to a major potential source of persisting underrepresentation of women on university faculties in these fields.

scholarly journals Nomad scientists and the ones left behind

eLife ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maya Bar ◽  
Barak Rotblat ◽  
Oded Rechavi
Keyword(s):  
Left Behind ◽  
Scientific Workforce

To improve the diversity of the scientific workforce, we should not penalize researchers who are unable to move abroad for long periods.

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