Take aways
You will gain knowledge about:
- Where PhD graduates in Norway find employment
- Which sectors hire completed PhDs
- Typical roles and job types PhD holders take on
- How career paths are evolving
- Differences in outcomes for those who do not complete their PhD
Insights into how academics allocate their time, R&D resource input, and workplace conditions from the 2025 Time‑Use Survey — Tidsbrukundersøkelse vitenskapelig ansatte ved norske universiteter og høgskoler i 2025
Practical information
- Event duration: 1 hour
- Number of participants: 186
- Target group: PhD candidates, Postdoctoral Fellows and Early Career Researchers
Lecturer
Kaja Wendt, Senior Adviser at Statistics Norway and at NIFU - Nordic institute for studies of Innovation, Research and Education. Kaja Kathrine Wendt has strong expertise in R&D statistics within the university and college sector and has for many years contributed to the Norwegian indicator reports The Norwegian Research and Innovation System – Statistics and Indicators. Her experience also includes international collaboration, serving as the statistical correspondent for the EU Helsinki Group on Women and Science. Her background includes working as a researcher and later senior adviser at NIFU from 1998 onward. Wendt holds a Magister Artium degree from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, with a combination of political science, sociology, and social anthropology, as well as an introductory degree in political science from the University of Oslo.