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In depth: There is an urgent need to reform the employment of junior researchers and to improve their working conditions, according to a wide-ranging report from the OECD.
Following a two-year study, the intergovernmental organisation has issued recommendations for governments, funders and research institutions for improving the lot of what it calls the “research precariat”, a growing body of postdoctoral researchers employed for long periods on consecutive fixed-term contracts.