By Tamara Popic, Academic Careers Observatory From June to October 2013, the Academic Careers Observatory (ACO) of the Max Weber Programme (MWP) carried out interviews on the job market experience of the former Max Weber Fellows (MWF), both early- and mid-career scholars. The main purpose of these interviews was to hear about the Fellows’ experience […]

2012–2013 was the 7th academic year of the Max Weber Programme and, in several respects, marks the end of a first period of the programme. Change and continuity will mark this transition. Change in housing and directorship; continuity in funding, fellowships, activities, and most of the MWP team. How change and continuity interact determines success […]

By Igor Guardiancich, Post-doctoral Fellow, Collegio Carlo Alberto  The academic year 2011-12 marked the 6th anniversary of the Max Weber Post-doctoral Programme (MWP) of the European University Institute (EUI), the largest post-doctoral programme in the social sciences in Europe. Due to its size and increasing popularity – circa 40 Fellows are being admitted each year, out of […]

By Alanna O’Malley, Academic Careers Observatory, MWP The Academic Careers Observatory of the Max Weber Programme is currently conducting a survey into the academic job market. Early career academics are often confronted with the same problems in attempting to enter the job market. The purpose of the survey is to ascertain exactly how EUI researchers […]

News from the Academic Careers Observatory: Survey on Research Funding for the Social Sciences in Europe By Igor Guardiancich, ACO, MWP   In 2010-11, the MWP-ACO, in collaboration with the European Economic Association, the European Sociological Association and the European Consortium for Political Research, carried out separate surveys of economists, sociologists and political scientists. The survey is […]