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31/10/25

STEM in EUROPE: the Talent Paradox

Why are PhDs leaving research when the market has never needed them more?

While Europe faces a massive STEM talent shortage, a paradox persists: many doctoral candidates are leaving research due to lack of visibility on their career prospects. How can we explain this dropout at the very moment when scientific skills have never been so sought after?