'Making It' as a Contract Researcher: A Pragmatic Look at Precarious Work

by Jess Harris, Nerida Spina, Mhorag Goff, et al.

Book Overview

'Making It' as a Contract Researcher examines the contemporary experience of research employment in universities from the perspective of a significant yet often invisible group: temporary or contract researchers, who make up a substantial, and ever-growing, proportion of the academic research workforce. A critical, pragmatic and international account of the contemporary research career, this book explores the question of what it means to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113836259X
• ISBN13: 9781138362598
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.7" x 7.5"