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According to his Wikipedia article, he held a professor position without a PhD. Is that usual in parts of Europe? That seems unthinkable in the US.
by cli 7y ago
According to his Wikipedia article, he held a professor position without a PhD. Is that usual in parts of Europe? That seems unthinkable in the US.
- roel_v 7y agoIt happens in Australia, too. But it's not common.
- orr721 7y agoHis full titles were prof. RNDr. Jiří Matoušek, DrSc; where the "DrSc" part was more than what is now recognized as a PhD. Scientific titles used to work differently in Eastern Europe.
- raegis 7y ago"According to his Wikipedia article, he held a professor position without a PhD. Is that usual in parts of Europe? That seems unthinkable in the US." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Casson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Casson
- justin66 7y agoDepending on the field, it's not terribly unusual for an adjunct professor not to have a PhD in the US.
- irishsultan 7y agoHis wikipedia article doesn't mention anything about a PhD as far as I can see, in particular it doesn't mention he didn't have one. According to https://inf.ethz.ch/news-and-events/spotlights/jiri-matousek.html https://inf.ethz.ch/news-and-events/spotlights/jiri-matousek... he did have a doctorate.