UWN | Yerun
Most faculty and doctoral students have heard some version of this story: after many years of graduate work, students’ thoughts and theories are sometimes appropriated by their seniors. This has adverse consequences not only in the country the student is based in, but also, more broadly, for the European Research Area (ERA) where no safety net exists and where post-docs live from one grant to another and are mainly dependent on their professor’s support and network. This makes their situation precarious in and of itself. But it might have an irreparable impact on their careers if their work is appropriated by others.