The WISKIDZ project contributes to a better understanding of
long-term developments in the recruiting behavior in public research and
individual career paths after obtaining a doctoral degree. The analyses
are based on dissertation data, which are supplemented by information
on publications, patents and macro-economic data among others. The
project essentially analysed two key issues. First, we aimed to
understand changes in recruiting behavior over time with a special focus
put on disciplinary idiosyncrasies. We created and analyzed genealogies
of doctoral students and their advisors in selected fields (physics,
electronics, management and medieval history) from 1945 to the present.
Second, the project probed into the interdependencies of academic and
non-academic employment opportunities of young researchers. The key
points of interest are direct and indirect effects of exogenous changes
in the labor market.

We have established the BibSonomy Genealogy
for creating a PhD advisor family tree of German researchers. It is
based on dissertation meta data of the German National Library and
allows users to edit their advisor relationships.

Funded by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research
(Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung) within the funding line
“FoWiN” [16FWN001].