スウェーデンの外国人研究者の卵の労働環境

Sweden treats foreign researchers unfairly
http://www.thelocal.se/23840/20091214/

より。

While Swedish doctoral candidates are often offered full time employment with a starting salary of around 23,000 kronor ($3,200) per month and full social benefits, foreign researchers are often forced to live on stipends averaging about half as much – and without access to the social benefits afforded other Swedish workers.

要は、スウェーデン人の研究者の卵並みの労働環境（stipendsではなくてfull-time　employment）にすべきである、とのことのようだ。

最後には、アメリカやイギリスとの競争のためにはスウェーデンに選択の余地はない、とまで言っている。

Abrahamsson admitted that PhD students in the Nordic countries have it better than those in many other countries, as the region is one of few that treats budding researchers as full time employees.

However, in order to compete for research talent against countries like the United States and Britain, argues Abrahamsson, Sweden really has no choice.

“If we want to continue to attract high quality researchers, we’re going to have to offer them better conditions than they may get in other countries,” he said, emphasizing his group's desire that all doctoral candidates in Sweden be treated equally.

“Sometimes a small country has to provide a little something extra.”

ここに、日本の博士課程およびポスドクの雇用・所得状況や、アメリカやイギリスの博士課程やポスドクの雇用・所得状況を並べて比較すると興味深いかも。他人ごとではないか。

追記：いいタイミングでエコノミストにこんな記事があった。

Student finance　Uniformly shabby
http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15077904&fsrc=rss

関連エントリ：教育費メモ
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/dojin/20091128#p1