French President Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen held a conference in Paris Monday aimed at attracting US researchers. In her remarks, von der Leyen announced a two-year…
Honestly this whole thing is disgusting to me in a way. As if current European researchers couldn’t do just as good as the US if given the same levels of funding. This is almost certainly a case of “let’s flood the job market and lower how much we have to pay researchers”
Jokes aside, I think it is more that they want to attract the really good people. There already is a complete power imbalance in many science fields, and in applied fields, they will still have to compete with industry jobs.
As someone thinking of doing a PhD, I want those dirty foreigners and their ivy league diplomas out! They are stealing my jobs!
Honestly this whole thing is disgusting to me in a way. As if current European researchers couldn’t do just as good as the US if given the same levels of funding. This is almost certainly a case of “let’s flood the job market and lower how much we have to pay researchers”
people moved to US, to get a better income. now even that is threatened, so they probably will take a pay cut in the EU just to be safe from the GOP.
Jokes aside, I think it is more that they want to attract the really good people. There already is a complete power imbalance in many science fields, and in applied fields, they will still have to compete with industry jobs.
its pretty hard to get a job, even if nobody is stealing jobs in stem. Its the employers that are doing that, trying to hire as little as possible.