Many early career researchers would like, or need to, develop their career outside of academia, but it is often difficult for them to find a way to valorise their academic knowledge and skills in that direction. This may be especially true for those working in humanities and social sciences, or for women, due to biases embedded in gendered social roles, and categories that can be vulnerable to discrimination. At the same time, supervisors focus mostly on developing career opportunities for their mentees within academia, and don't take into account other options. In this effort, advocacy and hobbies are often demonised as time-wasting activities.
We're going to discuss these issues starting from the surprising insights' coming from the personal experience of one of our fellow Eurodoccers, and linking it with the current policy situation across EU.
