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Publications of MCFA members or with contribution of the MCFA

Find here a list of publications written by MCFA members or under participation of the MCFA. We welcome any submission of new MCFA publications.

LabTimes
Title: The Costs of Mobility
Authors: Bettina Dupont
Website: PDF
Date: Labtimes|06/2009

Nature
Title: Salaries in the balance
Authors: Paul Smaglik
Website: PDF
Date: NATURE|Vol 457|4 February 2009

Nature
Title: Strength in bonding
Authors: Paul Smaglik
Website: PDF
Date: NATURE|Vol 455|17 September 2008

Nature

Title: Researchers without frontiers
Authors: Vanessa Díaz and Guggi Kofod
Website: PDF
Date: NATURE|Vol 446|22 March 2007

Nature
Title: Breaking with Tradition
Authors: Kendall Powell
Content: There’s more than one way to do postdoctoral research, and unconventional routes can lead to international collaboration, intellectual or personal freedom and better job prospects.
Website: PDF
Date: NATURE|Vol 446|8 March 2007

ELSO gazette
Title: Changing times, changing places
Content: More and more importance is being placed on the mobility of researchers in Europe, especially early in their careers. The challenges faced by young mobile researchers were the subject of a recent conference in Lisbon.
Authors: Magda Lola and Dagmar M. Meyer
Website: HTML
Date: April 2004

Science's NextWave
Title: Facilitating Research on the European Stage
Author: Jonathan Dando
Website: HTML
Date: April 2004

Science's NextWave
Title: Dipping a Toe in Commercial Waters
Author: Sandra Aresta
Website: HTML
Date: March 2004

The Parliament magazine
Title: Mobility matters
Content: Experiences as Marie Curie fellow and Challenges of mobility of European researchers
Author: Ana M. Cerdeño
Website: PDF
Date: October 2003

Science's NextWave
Author: Andreas Wendemuth
Title: It's a Jungle Out There 
Content: Part 1: Assessing Yourself and the Academic Job Market
Part 2: Edutrainment--Developing More Than One Leg to Stand on
Part 3: International Mobility and How to Make It Work for You
WebsiteHTML1- Linked to Part 1
HTML2- Linked to Part 2
HTML3- Linked to Part 3
Date :May/June 2003 

Nature
Title: Getting organized
A report on postdoctoral associations on both sides of the Atlantic.
Authors: SALLY GOODMAN AND KAREN KREEGER
Website: HTML
Date: May 2003 

Statement on the plans for an European Research Council
Authors: Jonathan Dando, Jörg Heber, Alexandros Savvaidis, Ana Lisa Vetere Arellano
Date: October 2002 

Kowi aktuell
Content: An Interview with Jürgen Siepmann, MC fellow (in German language)
Download the interview: PDF file
Date: September 2002 

Naturejobs
Title: Mobility in Europe
Content: An article on the role of industry in Europe's aim to promote mobility of post-docs. With contributions from Jonathan Dando (MCFA administrative board) and Maria Tabernero (MCFA member)
Author: Susanne Hinck
Website: HTML
Date: September 2002 

The newsletter of the Grant Holder Association, JRC Ispra
Content: An interview by Winfried Meining, MCFA chair
Author: Winfried Meining, Ana Lisa Vetere-Arellano
Download the interview: PDF file
Date: September 2002 

ELSO gazette
Title: Opinion poll: young scientists' survey gets the dirt on life at the coal face
Content: The preliminary analysis of a Europe-wide survey carried out among young scientists by the MCFA in collaboration with Eurodoc, PI-net and Euroscience.
Author: Dagmar M. Meyer, MCFA, Secretary General & Treasurer
Website: HTML
Date: February 2002 

Postgraduate education in Europe
Content: A report on a conference on postgraduate education in Europe in Linköping, Sweden, May 4-5, 2001 published in the Euroscience Newletter from July 2001
Author: Dagmar M. Meyer
Year: 2001 

The Participation of women researchers in the TMR Marie Curie Fellowships
Content: The aim of the study is to acquire information on the part played by female researchers in the Training and Mobility of Researchers (TMR) programme, more particularly in connection with research training grants (the Marie Curie Grant Scheme).
Project Director: Dr Louise Ackers; Deputy Director, Centre for the Study of Law in Europe, University of Leeds, UK
Project Partners: Ms. Debbie Millard, Centre for the Study of Law in Europe, University of Leeds, UK; Ms. Heloisa Perista & Ms. Isabel Baptista, CESIS, Portugal; Ms. Vera Gustofsson & Dr. Martha Blomqvist, University of Uppsala, Sweden
Year: 2000 
Contract: ERBFMARCT980006
File size: 1 Megabyte 

The World Conference on Science: Science for the 21st Century: A New Commitment 26 June - 1 July 1999, Budapest, Hungary
Content: MCFA Participation Report
Author: Christine Heller
More information: Conference Programme
Year: 1999 

Women and Science: Networking the Networks - 8 & 9 July 1999, Brussels, Belgium
Content: MCFA Participation Report
Author: Christine Heller
More information: Guide of networks with their aims and contact addresses
Year: 1999 

Das 5. Europäische Forschungsrahmenprogramm
Subtitle: Chancen für die Forschung in Deutschland 
Chapter: Die MCFA (in German language), p. 82 
Author: Oliver Schwickerath
Publisher: German Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Year: 1998 
ISBN: ISBN 3-88135-322-4

Marie Curie Fellowships - Success Stories
Content: This publication contains 16 selected success stories featuring young European scientists who received fellowships under either Human Capital and Mobility Programme (HCM) or the Training and Mobility of Researchers Programme (TMR). 
Publisher: European Commission; Science Research and Development, DGXII 
Year: 1997 
ISBN: ISBN 92-828-1798-9 

Conference on Research Training in Europe - National Regional and European Experiences
Content: Proceedings of a Conference in Snekkersten, Denmark, May 1997 
Editor: NorFA - The Nordic Academy for Advanced Study 
Year: 1997 
ISBN: ISBN 92-893-0112-0 
The book features amongst others the following contributions:

  • Jörg Schneider, Jurma Kuparinen, Ulrich Teichler, Olaf Böttger: "Mobility Patterns and Obstacles to Mobility", pp. 69-73; Word Text 
  • Graham Wilkie, Oliver Schwickerath, Hans Ludwig Hartnagel, Giovanni Luzzi, Emanuelle Pascolo, Martin Kussmann: "The Role of Industry in Research Training", pp. 112-116; Word Text 
  • Georges Bingen: "The Marie Curie Fellowship Association: Present Status", pp. 136-139; Word Text