Early career researchers: features and potentials of the doctoral candidates and doctorate holders panel study ProFile

ProFile is conducted by the Institute for Research Information and Quality Assurance (iFQ) in cooperation with universities, funding institutions and the DAAD. Data collection started in 2009 to assess the situation of doctoral candidates and doctorate holders in Germany and examine the determinants of research careers.
The course aims at introducing the characteristics of the ProFile dataset by highlighting its specific contents and structure.
The training session wants to show the thematic and analytic potential of the ProFile dataset with regard to answering diverse questions concerning the field of early researcher’s careers.
At the end of the course – after a practical training – the participants will be able to handle the (large) dataset. Moreover, they will have realized basic statistics according to their own research interests.