Abstract
Two aspects of the training and status of the contemporary Ph.D. process are dealt with. First, I assess the growing importance of the new doctoral programmes in Political Science and suggest that it is now almost impossible to conceive of preparing a Ph.D. outwith a training programme. Second, I look at changing perspectives on doctoral degrees, and at how a Ph.D. has become a necessary but no longer sufficient qualification for successful entry into the academic labour market.
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Eleonore Eckmann, Jan Ulrich Clauss, and Lea Campos Boralevi were the first three researchers from the SPS department to complete their theses at the EUI.
In 2007, some 50 per cent of those shortlisted (as against 25 per cent of those who applied) for the SPS places in the Max Weber postdoctoral programme held Ph.D.s from US universities. Fewer than half of these were also American by nationality.
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My thanks to Irina Stefuric and my fellow symposium members, as well as to various colleagues in the EUI, especially Alex Trechsel, Yves Mény and Mark Franklin, for some valuable critical comments on an earlier version of this paper. They should not be expected to take any responsibility for the views expressed here.
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Mair, P. The Way We Work Now. Eur Polit Sci 8, 143–150 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1057/eps.2009.2
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