In December, a new research project on how international doctoral candidates from German universities integrate into the German workforce will begin
The number and share of non-German doctoral students at German universities have more than tripled over the last three decades. This increase has the potential to improve human capital and alleviate the shortage of highly qualified employees. However, the implications of training international doctoral students for the labour market have not yet been sufficiently researched. We know too little about their retention rate in the German labour market after completing their PhD and about the factors that influence this retention and their subsequent employment. Based on a novel approach to identifying international doctoral students in process-generated data, the planned project will provide new insights into how international doctoral students are integrated into the German labour market.
The project is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and is led by Dr. Anja Rossen (IAB Nürnberg) and Prof. Dr. Guido Bünstorf (INCHER & University of Kassel).