Seminar

 Michele PEZZONI(University of Nice Côte d’Azur),

“Research Independence: Drivers and Impact on PhD Students’ Careers”
Here is the abstract: Drawing upon data on the entire population of French STEM PhD students, we explore the factors that lead PhD students to pursue research independently of their supervisors during their PhD and how this independence relates to their career outcomes. We find that independence is significantly associated with the characteristics of both students and supervisors. Furthermore, students’ independence predicts the likelihood of embarking on an academic career and, for those who do so, a higher number of articles published after completing their PhD. However, this higher number of articles comes at the cost of receiving fewer citations and having a lower probability of securing an academic position outside France.