YERUN: Funding schemes and their implications for early academic careers

Temporary and competitive sources of funding make up for a sizeable share of the financial resources universities rely on year by year. This in turn has an effect on the types of contracts and career prospects universities can offer, especially to early career researchers. Moreover, project-based funding concerns research, whereas careers in academia also involve gaining experience and being active in other domains, notably teaching. The variety of regional and national employment and social security rules governing contracts and careers adds another layer of complexity to this picture. This session is dedicated to unfolding some of the concrete effects of available funding schemes and of certain employment rules on (early) academic careers in Europe.