As a human endeavour for common good, scientific and scholarly research plays a special role – one that has the ability to transform people and society. The passion, ideas and curiosity that young people bring to research sustain it. This declaration – written by young researchers of different nationalities, fields of research and career stages – calls on politicians to recognise the special role that young researchers play and to better enable them, following the principle that great ideas and ability are divorced of age, gender, or nationality.
The declaration is centred around the following aspirations:
1. We aspire to enable great people to realise their ideas to understand and improve the world.
2. We aspire to sustainable and transparent career trajectories.
3. We aspire to a diverse, collaborative, inter-disciplinary, open, and ethical research environment.
4. We aspire
to a healthy work-life balance.
You can find the full text of the declaration by clicking here. Please help support young researchers, in Europe and worldwide, by endorsing the Bratislava Declaration of Young Researchers. With your help, we can advocate for concrete actions by policymakers, at national and European level, to help realise those aspirations.
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Reaching this point has been a long and draining climb but seeing so many people align with these goals gives me the energy to keep pushing forward. The shift in momentum proves that the struggle for better research conditions is finally hitting home for those in power.
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August 21, 2016
The path forward is exhausting but we are nearing one hundred signatures. Please send the link to a colleague who understands why these changes are overdue.
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In my opinion, the assessment system currently in place is putting too much emphasis on output (i.e. Nature/Science publications) rather than properly assessing the skills of a researcher. Exceptional track record is not necessarily an indication of high skill. I would support an open discussion surrounding this issue and how better assessment methods can be implemented.
We want to do a good job, we try our best to prepare ourselves for the quest of research. But the actual system is full of mentality, bureaucratic and financial barriers that kill careers from the start. It is not always the best or the strongest who survives these obstacles
28 years-old young researcher and happy mom who cumulates full-time temporary positions (postdocs) in the hopes of acquiring (one day, preferably before 40 years-old) a permanent position....
Openness is my most important principal but there is a strong need to provide careers for young researchers - at present they are used like plastic cups.
I fully endorse this petition as it saddens me deeply that as an early stage scientist I have little motivation to continue on in academia upon completion of my PhD. This is not at all due to a loss of interest in science (my love for the field remains strong) but due to the daunting and unstable career path which it offers.
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As a human endeavour for common good, scientific and scholarly research plays a special role – one that has the ability to transform people and society. The passion, ideas and curiosity that young people bring to research sustain it. This declaration – written by young researchers of different nationalities, fields of research and career stages – calls on politicians to recognise the special role that young researchers play and to better enable them, following the principle that great ideas and ability are divorced of age, gender, or nationality.
The declaration is centred around the following aspirations:
1. We aspire to enable great people to realise their ideas to understand and improve the world.
2. We aspire to sustainable and transparent career trajectories.
3. We aspire to a diverse, collaborative, inter-disciplinary, open, and ethical research environment.
4. We aspire
to a healthy work-life balance.
You can find the full text of the declaration by clicking here. Please help support young researchers, in Europe and worldwide, by endorsing the Bratislava Declaration of Young Researchers. With your help, we can advocate for concrete actions by policymakers, at national and European level, to help realise those aspirations.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
October 17, 2016
October 15, 2016
The climb toward five hundred signatures has been slow and exhausting. Please post this on your social feeds today so we can reach that threshold and finally force the policymakers to pay attention.
August 26, 2016
Reaching this point has been a long and draining climb but seeing so many people align with these goals gives me the energy to keep pushing forward. The shift in momentum proves that the struggle for better research conditions is finally hitting home for those in power.
Reached 100 supporters
August 23, 2016
August 21, 2016
The path forward is exhausting but we are nearing one hundred signatures. Please send the link to a colleague who understands why these changes are overdue.
176 Comments
Life as a contract researcher makes planning for you future and having a family very difficult. We need to move from our flat (and have for the past 3 years) due to our growing family but it's impossible to know where to move to and we don't want move the kids from schools too often
In my opinion, the assessment system currently in place is putting too much emphasis on output (i.e. Nature/Science publications) rather than properly assessing the skills of a researcher. Exceptional track record is not necessarily an indication of high skill. I would support an open discussion surrounding this issue and how better assessment methods can be implemented.
We want to do a good job, we try our best to prepare ourselves for the quest of research. But the actual system is full of mentality, bureaucratic and financial barriers that kill careers from the start. It is not always the best or the strongest who survives these obstacles
28 years-old young researcher and happy mom who cumulates full-time temporary positions (postdocs) in the hopes of acquiring (one day, preferably before 40 years-old) a permanent position....
Openness is my most important principal but there is a strong need to provide careers for young researchers - at present they are used like plastic cups.
I fully endorse this petition as it saddens me deeply that as an early stage scientist I have little motivation to continue on in academia upon completion of my PhD. This is not at all due to a loss of interest in science (my love for the field remains strong) but due to the daunting and unstable career path which it offers.
Messenger arjtnprvis rjtnprvis http://www.gdqlg5q3r3987wlb5hezhu066q315970s.org/ [url=http://www.gdqlg5q3r3987wlb5hezhu066q315970s.org/]urjtnprvis[/url]
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Life as a contract researcher makes planning for you future and having a family very difficult. We need to move from our flat (and have for the past 3 years) due to our growing family but it's impossible to know where to move to and we don't want move the kids from schools too often