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I thought it was the exact opposite. European universities were a lot harder to get a faculty appointment. And they tended to favor local candidates , Which
by DrFalkyn 1y ago
I thought it was the exact opposite. European universities were a lot harder to get a faculty appointment. And they tended to favor local candidates , Which is why you see a lot of US universities have foreign professors, but not as many European universities that do
- geremiiah 1y agoI was not talking about faculty appointments, but more junior academics. For people at that level I would think it even less likely that they would upend their whole life like this. They are probably married with kids at that point.
- DrFalkyn 1y agoIn academia you are forced to go where the jobs are, or else you leave the field. Yes I have known people married with kids who move overseas