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Academic placement records and gendered placements in the political science profession
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European political science, 2023, Vol 22, p. 243-259
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FRESE, Joris, Academic placement records and gendered placements in the political science profession, European political science, 2023, Vol 22, p. 243-259 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/75385
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There are many ways of quantifying the success of political science departments, all of which have advantages and disadvantages. The most relevant international rankings consider factors such as research quality, research quantity, or academic reputation. None of the established rankings consider how frequently departments place their alumni into the academic job market. As this criterion should arguably be among the most important ones for prospective graduate students, this paper analyzes original data on the educational background of faculty members (Nā=ā3548) at highly reputable political science departments in North America and Europe to create an up-to-date ranking based on academic placement records. The insights from this article provide guidance to undergraduate and graduate students when considering different options for the pursuit of a Ph.D., and hopefully also motivate departments to place greater significance on their placement records through increased transparency. In addition, the data highlights the large gender gap in placement success across all departments.
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Published online: 23 November 2022
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This article was published Open Access with the support from the EUI Library through the CRUI - Springer Transformative Agreement (2020-2024)