Using interview format to promote careers in science

Life Science Network is launching a new initiative aiming to promote careers in science.

Nowadays, sciences and scientific careers remain elusive to high school students. Even students enjoying sciences do not direct themselves toward scientific careers due to the stereotypic images young people have of scientists. Indeed, scientific careers are often reduced to lab work or teaching, and scientists perceived as introverts working alone with their cells, chemicals, or microorganisms.

However, among students choosing sciences at university, this choice opens the door to several future career options at various stages of their life and, therefore, will raise several questions throughout their career. A master's student will wonder whether to start a Ph.D. or not, without knowing the other possibilities. A Ph.D. candidate will wonder whether to continue for a postdoc or go to the industry. A lab technician or a quality control associate unsatisfied with his job will wonder what alternative career would suit them best. Numerous questions arise at different stages of a scientific career.

Our initiative aims to promote science to different target groups and to present an accurate vision of scientific careers and the various opportunities scientific studies offer. The project targets high school students, bachelor students, master students, Ph.D. candidates, postdocs, and other scientists needing to decide on a career path. We aim to present the point of view of scientists with different careers in every aspect of their job through interviews published on the Life Science Network platform.

We hope these interviews will promote various scientific careers to different generations. In the long-term, we aim to attract young people to sciences and bring awareness to the variety of career options scientific studies offer.

For more information about this initiative, contact us at [email protected].

Cover image: Justin Luebke (Unsplash).

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