https://allegralaboratory.net/the-only-lesson-is-that-there-arent-enough-jobs/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Sat, 09 Oct 2021 01:45:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/the-only-lesson-is-that-there-arent-enough-jobs/#comment-109156 Sat, 09 Oct 2021 01:45:09 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=36785#comment-109156 Thanks for this article, it is both sobering and fascinating. The tightness of the academic job market seems particularly absurd from the outside. I’m working as an applied anthropologist (in evaluation consulting) and I can see there is such demand for anthropologists in the social change sector. To add to your suggestions – how about more part-time academic positions that have some kind of link to work outside the university? E.g. you could spend three days a week doing applied research and spend another two days a week contributing to a scholarly evidence base and/or teaching. That would leave more academic positions to go around and also encourage cross-pollination of ideas across academia and applied sectors.

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