The postdoc paradox: a career without a path

Pansieri, Jonathan;Figiel, Sandy;Menassa, David;Ricigliano, Vito A G;Gomez Figueroa, Enrique;et.al.
(2025) Brain — Vol. 148, n° 12, p. 4175-4179 (2025)

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  • Pansieri, Jonathanorcid-logoNuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Level 6 West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital , Oxford OX3 9DU ,
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  • Figiel, SandyNuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Level 6 John Radcliffe Hospital , Oxford OX3 9DU ,
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  • Menassa, DavidNuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Level 6 West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital , Oxford OX3 9DU ,
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  • Ricigliano, Vito A GNeurology Unit, GHNE 91400 Paris Saclay Hospital , Orsay ,
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  • Borrelli, SerenaUCLouvain
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  • Gomez Figueroa, Enriqueorcid-logoNeurology Department, Civil Hospital of Guadalajara , Guadalajara, Jalisco 44280 ,
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(en) Like characters in Waiting for Godot, postdocs stand still: trained, ready and full of promise, caught in an endless wait for something that may never come. In biology as in many fields, the academic path begins in a structured, comforting way: a Bachelor’s degree, a Master’s, then a PhD. On the surface, this system makes sense, a meritocratic progression toward expertise. Then comes the (in)famous postdoctoral position, and the clarity vanishes. [...]
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Pansieri, J., Figiel, S., Menassa, D., Ricigliano, V. A. G., Seferoglu, M., Borrelli, S., Szejko, N., Samadzadeh, S., Boldrini, V., Zarco, L., Correa-Díaz, E. P., Pozzilli, V., Marenna, S., Carnero Contentti, E., Koc, E. R., Dalla Costa, G., Casallas-Vanegas, A., Bakirtzis, C., Gluscevic, S., et al. (2025). The postdoc paradox: a career without a path. Brain, 148(12), 4175-4179. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awaf314 (Original work published 2025)