The ABG perspective

The job market for PhD graduates in France is generally very stable three years after graduation, with an employment rate exceeding 94%. However, this excellence masks disparities based on discipline, nationality, or gender, revealing persistent inequalities. Using statistical analysis from the IPDoc 2023 survey, this article examines the profiles, career paths, and challenges of PhD graduates in 2020, highlighting strengths and areas for improvement for the future of research and doctoral employment in France. Read further (in French).

2025 is finally here... the ABG team wishes you all the best and success for your upcoming projects. Find out more about the ABG's perspectives for 2025 in a few words from our President, Jean-Luc BEYLAT.

Hélène Godin holds a PhD in Performing Arts and Film Studies. Following her doctorate, she recently joined the Campus for Future Computer Science and Electronics Skills of Tomorrow in Auvergne Rhône-Alpes, as an educational engineer. In this interview, discover her journey, how the doctorate has enriched it, as well as a series of advice aimed at Ph.D. candidates (especially in the humanities and social sciences).

For over 40 years, our membership community has supported us and contributed to the highlights of our association's life. We pay tribute to them through a new series of interviews entitled: Our Members Have Talent. Discover the second interview of this series, featuring Marie TARDITI, Corporate Relations and Professional Integration Officer at CY University.

For over 40 years, our membership community has supported us and contributed to the highlights of our association's life. We pay tribute to them through a new series of interviews entitled: Our members have talent. Discover the first interview of this series, carried out with Vanessa PROUX, Director of Sup'Biotech, the engineering school specialized in biotechnology.

On the occasion of the 2019 Professional Pitch Contest #CPP19, members of the jury constituted of executives and business leaders share their experience on the question of skills. You will find in this video their views on recruitment, professional development or doctoral training.

The latest addition to the Biotechno forum family, the BiotechnoSUD forum, is launching its first event on October, 20th 2022 in Marseille. ABG, a long-standing partner of the Biotechno forums, is of course supporting this edition. Discover the objectives and specifics of this event in Marseille through these 3 questions we asked the team.

On the occasion of the 2019 Professional Pitch Contest #CPP19, members of the jury constituted of executives and business leaders share their experience on the question of skills. You will find in this video their views on recruitment, professional development or doctoral training.

As part of the After Doc' SHS, and of the After Doc' in Management Sciences, ABG and LallianSe organized their first Apérodoc "PhDs - entrepreneurs" in bio-health, on April 7, 2022, in Paris.

It allowed participants, PhD candidates, PhD holders and professionals to discover the careers of 4 PhD holders who have created or joined a startup, but also to exchange with them during a cocktail reception.

Discover key moments in images and podcasts (in French).

Since 2017, the PAUSE Program has made it possible to host and integrate in France foreign scientists who can no longer carry out their activities freely in their country of origin, where they are exposed to major risks due to the content of their research, their activism, or their belonging to a minority. Since 2019, ABG has been a partner of PAUSE and helping the laureates, who are highly qualified international PhDs and researchers, pursue their career.

In this interview, Laura Lohéac, Executive Director of the PAUSE program, and Vincent Mignotte, Executive Director of ABG, look back together at their collaboration and its future.

In this third and final part of our interview with doctoral student Mathilde Maillard, we discuss the activities and commitments she has carried out alongside her doctoral experience, the benefits she has gained from it, before offering you her tips and advice.