{"product_id":"9783031964084","title":"Precarity and the Development of Research Careers in Academia: Becoming a Researcher","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePrecarity and the Development of Research Careers in Academia: Becoming a Researcher\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eCairns, David\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003ePrecarity is a concern that affects researchers in academia across the world. Despite being experienced and highly qualified, many endure working conditions more traditionally associated with people lacking skills and credentials. This book explores this perverse situation, focusing on Portugal, with a view to explaining how precarity \u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003estarts\u003c\/span\u003e and then continues \u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003efor\u003c\/span\u003e the entire duration of a research career. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eUsing 100 interviews conducted with researchers from across Portugal in 2022-2023, covering a wide range of scientific fields, the book gives these people the opportunity to explain why they became researchers and how they have coped with precarity during the early career stages, and at intermediate and advanced levels. As a sociological study, the book draws on the theoretical concepts of ambivalence, liminality and cruel optimism to help map the parameters of precarity, while the evidence demonstrates its often visceral personal and professional impacts, reaching the conclusion \u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003ethat believing\u003c\/span\u003e research needs to be a precarious profession must be challenged within higher education institutions and at policy level.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2025-10-19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783031964084\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-031-96409-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 159\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44309915238540,"sku":"9783031964084","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031964084.jpg?v=1775066810","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783031964084","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}