ECOOM HR in R&D

ECOOM HR in R&D monitors both academic careers and non-academic careers of PhD holders. As concerns  academic careers, we focus on both performance and well-being of  junior researchers, PhD students, postdocs and professors (e.g., obstacles and success factors in research, job satisfaction, turnover intentions, entrepreneurship), always taking into account gender and diversity, job- and employment characteristics, and work organisation. As for non-academic careers of PhD holders, we focus on career dynamics and on labour and employment characteristics (e.g. remuneration, work-life balance, opportunities for promotion, perception of PhD holders). We do so from a multi-stakeholder perspective: researchers, universities, non-academic employers and the government. We monitor based on our own administrative data (Human Resources in Research Flanders database), targeted surveys (Survey of Junior Researchers, Survey of Senior Researchers, PhD career track survey, Survey of Employers), and in-depth interviews. Where possible, we benchmark with other knowledge regions or with other professional groups within Flanders. All research findings of ECOOM HR in R&D are made available for all stakeholders via short ECOOM-briefs.