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posted on 2025-05-09, 08:56 authored by Matthew PartridgeMatthew Partridge

A parody taxonomy cartoon illustrating the instability of short-term contracts in academia, represented by a hermit crab moving shells.

History

Creation date

2017-02-20

AltText

Hermit crab in a lab-labelled shell symbolises precarious early research careers.

Transcript

Text: Earlycareer Hermittius A crab that is only allowed to inhabit shells for a short contract period before being 'given the opportunity' to move to new shells Labels on shell: Lasers / Chemicals

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early career academic contracts science careers Cartoons and comics Cartoon Comic Humor ErrantScience

Licence

CC BY-NC 4.0