“How to Survive in the Field”: Alternatives to a Scientific and Educational Career in the Field of Social Sciences
Abstract
The article is a review of the book “Social Science Careers beyond the Academy”, published in 2023 in the USA. Applied in its content, the book, based on examples from American practice, raises a number of important scientific and practical issues relevant to modern Russia: where outside the scientific and educational sector can specialists with scientific degrees in social sciences find work, what knowledge and skills will be in demand there and whether will they be able to return later to pursue an academic career and/ or combine scientific and educational activities with work in other sectors or with running your own business? The research and practical recommendations contained in the book may be useful for a wide range of Russian readers: students, postgraduates and young scientists to specialists from university career centers. The structure of the book and the methods of research and presentation used in it can serve as a model for conducting similar research and preparing scientific, practical and educational materials that are relevant and in demand in modern Russian conditions for the scientific and educational sector in the field of social sciences.
About the Author
M. V. Vilisov
Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences (INION RAN)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Maxim V. Vilisov, PhD (Political Sciences), Leading Researcher of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research,
Nakhimovsky Avenue, 51/21, Moscow, 117418.
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Vilisov M.V. “How to Survive in the Field”: Alternatives to a Scientific and Educational Career in the Field of Social Sciences. Outlines of global transformations: politics, economics, law. 2024;17(1):209-222. (In Russ.)
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