Age old problems

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Two stories of young and older academics facing careers hurdles

There are virtually no tenure track or junior staff positions in Germany. Almost everyone who is not yet professor is on fixed term contracts, transitioning from one job to the next – and that’s a major problem for the country’s emerging generation of scientists. So what can be done to fix the problem?