THE CHOICE OF SCIENTIFIC CAREER

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THE CHOICE OF SCIENTIFIC CAREER

• Dr. Ognyan Tzanev

Bulgarian-German Conference Bulgaria and the
Lisbon strategy. Reform in educational system and
changes in legislation for motivation of
scientific career, Park Hotel Vitosha, Sofia,
Bulgaria Organized by the Institute for
development and innovations of education and
science IDIES and Konrad Adenauer Foundation,
Sofia, 26-28 June 2008
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Human resources in science

• Human resources in science is the fundament of a
  knowledge-based society
• The scientists are the basic element of human
  resources in science

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Research on the choice of scientific career

• The research is based on the method of the
  Focus-group
• The positive influence on the choice of
  scientific career is connected with the creative
  nature of scientific activity
• The positive influence on the choice of
  scientific career is especially in Bulgaria is
  connected with the close social environment

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The Young Scientists Some Problems and
Solutions
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The purpose is to define the main problems of the
young scientists and to find possible solutions
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This Studying Was Carried out by the Focus-groups
method
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Some problems of scientific career in Bulgaria
Under-financing and old necessary
equipment Difficult access to rare scientific
literature Constantly changes in the
scientific legislation
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Some problems of scientific career in Bulgaria
Insufficient information about PhD and
scientific career Lack of contacts between
the young scientists
Brain drain
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Some problems and their possible solutions
Problem "Under-financing and
old necessary equipment" Possible
solution "Developing skills for writing a
project
Problem "Difficult access to rare scientific
literature" Possible solution
"Virtual scientific library"
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Problem "Constantly changes in the
scientific legislation" Possible
solution "Consensual and steady scientific
legislation Problem "Insufficient
information about PhD and scientific career"
Possible solution "United official
web-site" 
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Problem "Lack of contacts between the
young scientists" Possible solution
"PhD schools"   Problem "Brain drain"
Possible solution "Effective solutions for
scientific career problems"
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The missing middle age group of scientists in
Bulgaria

• The missing middle age generation of scientists
  in Bulgaria is one additional problem. There is a
  gap in the age curve of scientists in Bulgaria
  and young scientists who begin their scientific
  career need a communication with the group of
  middle age scientists. Such communication would
  be of a great help for their choice of scientific
  career.

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Development in science

• The processes of integration and differentiation
  have positive influence on the choice of
  scientific career
• The interdisciplinary research in science also
  attracts young people forward scientific career

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• The future of science in Bulgaria
• Its necessary to undertake a set of measures to
  solve the problems in scientific area in Bulgaria
  and to make it a real national priority.

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THANKS FOR THE ATTENTION!