Equality of opportunities for next generation researchers in Europe: a snapshot discussion motivated by the ERC statistics

Žagar, Nedjeljka; Schäfer, Thomas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-53-65-2020

Articles | Volume 53

https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-53-65-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-53-65-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 53

17 Jun 2020

| 17 Jun 2020

Equality of opportunities for next generation researchers in Europe: a snapshot discussion motivated by the ERC statistics

Nedjeljka Žagar and Thomas Schäfer

Data sets

Statistics European Research Council http://erc.europa.eu/projects-and-results/statistics

Short summary

The paper reflects on the results of a survey carried out within the COST TN1301 Sci-Generation network among the holders of ERC starting grants originating from countries of Central and Eastern Europe. It is discussed how the the statistics of ERC starting grants is a mirror of host countries' and host institutions' ability to attract and keep the most talented young researchers.