www.ssoar.info Being a Doctoral Researcher in the Leibniz Association: 2019 Leibniz PhD Network Survey Report Beadle, Brian; Do, Stefanie; El Youssoufi, Dalal; Felder, Daniel; Gorenflos López, Jacob; Jahn, Anja; Pérez-Bosch Quesada, Emilio; Rottleb, Tim; Rüter, Fabian; Schanze, Jan-Lucas; Stroppe, Anne-Kathrin; Thater, Sabine; Verrière, Antoine; Weltin, Meike Erstveröffentlichung / Primary Publication Verzeichnis, Liste, Dokumentation / list Empfohlene Zitierung / Suggested Citation: Beadle, B., Do, S., El Youssoufi, D., Felder, D., Gorenflos López, J., Jahn, A., ... Weltin, M. (2020). Being a Doctoral Researcher in the Leibniz Association: 2019 Leibniz PhD Network Survey Report.. https://nbn-resolving.org/ urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-69403-1 Nutzungsbedingungen: Terms of use: Dieser Text wird unter einer CC BY Lizenz (Namensnennung) zur This document is made available under a CC BY Licence Verfügung gestellt. Nähere Auskünfte zu den CC-Lizenzen finden (Attribution). For more Information see: Sie hier: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.de Being a Doctoral Researcher in the Leibniz Association 2019 Leibniz PhD Network Survey Report Brian Beadle, Stefanie Do, Dalal El Youssoufi, Daniel Felder, Jacob L. Gorenflos López, Anja Jahn, Emilio Pérez-Bosch Quesada, Tim Rottleb, Fabian Rüter, Jan-Lucas Schanze, Anne-Kathrin Stroppe, Sabine Thater, Antoine Verrière, Meike Weltin on behalf of the Leibniz PhD Network The authors (in alphabetical order) and their affiliation: Brian Beadle, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO) Stefanie Do, Leibniz-Institut für Präventionsforschung und Epidemiologie (BIPS) Dalal El Youssoufi, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP) Daniel Felder, DWI - Leibniz Institut für Interaktive Materialien (DWI) Jacob L. Gorenflos López, Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) Anja Jahn, Leibniz-Institut für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa (GWZO) Emilio Pérez-Bosch Quesada, IHP-Leibniz-Institut für innovative Mikroelektronik Tim Rottleb, Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space (IRS) Fabian Rüter, German Institute for Adult Education – Leibniz-Center for Lifelong Learning (DIE) Jan-Lucas Schanze, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Anne-Kathrin Stroppe, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Sabine Thater, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP), University of Vienna Antoine Verriere, Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitäts- forschung Meike Weltin, Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) For queries regarding this report or the Leibniz PhD Network, please visit https://leibniz-phd.net or contact: Anja Jahn [email protected] Spokespersons of the Leibniz Jacob L. Gorenflos López gorenfl[email protected] PhD Network 2019/20 Stefanie Do [email protected] Heads of the Survey Working Group Jan-Lucas Schanze [email protected] of the Leibniz PhD Network The Leibniz PhD Network and this report received funding by: ©2020 the authors. This report is distributed under the terms of the CC-BY License. DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in this report are those of the Leibniz PhD Network and the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Leibniz Association or any of the Leibniz Institutes and Leibniz Re- search Museums. Final Report of the 2019 Leibniz PhD Survey 3 Contents 1 Preamble6 2 Executive summary8 2.1 Demographics.....................................8 2.2 Contracts, Payment, and Working Hours.......................8 2.3 On the implications of being paid by stipend.....................9 2.4 How gender makes a difference during the PhD...................9 2.5 How citizenship makes a difference during the PhD................. 10 2.6 How having children makes a difference during the PhD.............. 11 2.7 Satisfaction and career development......................... 11 2.8 Power Abuse..................................... 12 2.9 Mental Health..................................... 13 3 Demography of doctoral researchers and the duration of their PhD 15 3.1 Affiliation with Leibniz Sections........................... 16 3.2 Demographics..................................... 17 3.2.1 Gender.................................... 17 3.2.2 Age...................................... 18 3.2.3 Nationality.................................. 18 3.3 PhD factual and estimated total duration....................... 20 3.3.1 Time elapsed at the point of the survey................... 20 3.3.2 Expected duration of the PhD........................ 20 4 Contracts, Payment, and Working Hours 22 4.1 Type of payment................................... 22 4.1.1 Funding sources............................... 22 4.1.2 Variations across Leibniz Sections...................... 22 4.1.3 Variations across demographics....................... 23 4.1.4 Stipend funding sources........................... 23 4.2 Monthly income.................................... 24 4.2.1 Level of payment............................... 24 4.2.2 Monthly net income............................. 25 4.2.3 Income disparity and poverty......................... 26 4.2.4 Income increase over time.......................... 26 4.3 Contracts: duration and extensions.......................... 27 4.3.1 Contract duration............................... 28 4.3.2 Contract extensions.............................. 29 Final Report of the 2019 Leibniz PhD Survey 4 4.4 Vacations....................................... 30 4.4.1 Contractual number of days off....................... 30 4.4.2 Number of vacation days taken........................ 30 4.4.3 Perceived freedom to take vacations..................... 31 4.5 Working hours..................................... 31 4.5.1 Distribution of working time......................... 33 5 Satisfaction 37 5.1 Doctoral researchers’ affinity towards the Leibniz Association........... 37 5.1.1 Identification with Leibniz Association and Institutes............ 37 5.1.2 Reasons for accepting job at institute or museum.............. 38 5.2 Personal assessment of situation as doctoral researcher and motivation....... 39 5.2.1 Satisfaction with social and professional life................. 39 5.2.2 Thoughts about Not Continuing Doctorate.................. 43 5.2.3 Reasons for considering not to continue doctorate.............. 44 5.2.4 Judging aspects of career in academia.................... 46 5.3 Workload and living conditions............................ 47 5.3.1 Working on weekends or public holidays.................. 47 6 PhD Supervision 50 6.1 Satisfaction with PhD supervision.......................... 50 6.2 Employment of the first or main supervisor..................... 52 6.3 Frequency of interaction with PhD supervisor.................... 52 6.4 Rating aspects of supervision............................. 55 7 Integration 57 7.1 Support provided and needed within the Leibniz Association............ 57 7.2 Language proficiency and difficulties......................... 58 7.2.1 Is language an obstacle?........................... 60 7.2.2 Availability of important information in other languages.......... 60 7.2.3 Attendance to German language courses................... 62 7.2.4 Support from Institutes regarding German language courses........ 63 7.3 Social activities and support............................. 63 8 Career development 66 8.1 Progress of PhD.................................... 66 8.1.1 What kind of dissertation are you aiming for?................ 66 8.1.2 Required kind and number of publications to obtain PhD – cumulative dissertation.................................. 69 Final Report of the 2019 Leibniz PhD Survey 5 8.1.3 Types of published scientific output..................... 70 8.2 Support from institutes................................ 71 8.2.1 Doctoral researchers evaluation of career development offered by institutes and museums................................. 71 8.2.2 Research stay abroad............................. 71 8.3 Career perspectives and future plans......................... 72 8.3.1 Fields doctoral researchers would like to work in after completing the PhD versus the fields in which they think they will work in........... 72 8.3.2 Feeling (un)prepared for a job outside of science.............. 74 8.3.3 The geographies of Leibniz’ doctoral researchers’ future plans....... 74 9 Parenting during a PhD 76 9.1 Becoming a parent during a PhD........................... 77 9.1.1 Desire for having children.......................... 77 9.1.2 Reasons for not wanting children...................... 77 9.2 Support offered and needed for raising children................... 78 9.2.1 Support offered................................ 78 9.2.2 Support needed................................ 80 9.2.3 Satisfaction with support........................... 81 10 Mental Health 82 10.1 Mental health situation of doctoral researchers.................... 83 10.2 Socio-demographic determinants........................... 84 10.3 Workload - More time for work and less time for recreation............. 88 10.4 Supervision - Blessing or curse for mental health.................. 92 10.5 Building resilience through institutional and social support............. 94 11 Power abuse 97 11.1 Awareness of mechanisms that can help in cases of conflict with a superior..... 97 11.2 Cases of conflict: Reporting and satisfaction with consequences.......... 98 11.3 Experiencing and witnessing cases of unwanted sexualized behavior from a