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SURPAS Long Range Planning Report 2023

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  • Byrne, Eamon
  • MacKenzie, Tim MG
  • goswami, aranyak
  • Suresh, Samyuktha
  • Ahmad, M. Usman

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Since early 2020, the Stanford University Postdoc Association, known as SURPAS, has been building a community-oriented vision for the future of postdocs at Stanford. This effort sought to answer the question: “What do postdocs think about the postdoc role?” During this process, we analyzed historical postdoc advocacy, held twelve focus group discussions, and collected details of contemporary advocacy efforts into a single document. More than 70 individuals engaged with the Report in the drafting stage, providing hundreds of comments to reflect the vision of the whole postdoc community at Stanford. This Report details the difficulties faced by postdocs at Stanford and provides an extensive list of recommended action items for various stakeholders, including postdoc advocacy groups, university faculty, university administrators, and national funding bodies. This Report was officially endorsed by the SURPAS Council on Thursday, March 30, 2023.

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  • Byrne, Eamon & MacKenzie, Tim MG & goswami, aranyak & Suresh, Samyuktha & Ahmad, M. Usman, 2023. "SURPAS Long Range Planning Report 2023," OSF Preprints t5mwn, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:osfxxx:t5mwn
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/t5mwn
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