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| Jul 31, 2022 at 8:55 | history | edited | Ben | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 31, 2021 at 20:42 | history | edited | Ben | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 31, 2021 at 20:38 | comment | added | Ben | Some consider supervision of PhDs to be a burdensome form of management, but others consider it a (quite enjoyable) form of teaching. It is not clear from the question which category OP falls into, but most academics I have encountered have no gripes with supervision activities, so I have not addressed that here. | |
| Oct 31, 2021 at 19:03 | comment | added | 2ndQuantized | The OP is asking in the context of tenure. Are there any tenure-track positions that do not have a strong management component and are research focussed? The closest things I can think of (in North America) are a staff scientist (which as far as I know are not tenure track positions) or a professor/lecturer at a teaching university (where research is a secondary consideration). | |
| Oct 30, 2021 at 12:31 | comment | added | Ian Sudbery | Its almost impossible in some fields to avoid some management duties. In the majority of biology departments, for example, getting a grant with a postdoc funded on it, and sucessfully supervising PhD students are requirements for passing probation for even the lowest level faculty position. And few or no position below faculty level are permenant, or offer security. | |
| Oct 30, 2021 at 1:26 | history | answered | Ben | CC BY-SA 4.0 |