17 -  Post-doctoral ‘Studies’ in Africa: Are we Witnessing the Birth of a New Terminal Degree?

Patrício Langa; Divine Fuh

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No. 03-04 (2023): CODESRIA Bulletin, Nos 3 & 4, 2023 - Special Issue : 50th CODESRIA Anniversary

Issue Published : December 22, 2023

17 - Post-doctoral ‘Studies’ in Africa: Are we Witnessing the Birth of a New Terminal Degree?

Patrício Langa

Professor of Sociology of Higher Education, Science, Technology, Policy, and Innovation Studies

Divine Fuh

Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of HUMA – Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town, South Africa

CODESRIA Bulletin, No. 03-04 (2023): CODESRIA Bulletin, Nos 3 & 4, 2023 - Special Issue : 50th CODESRIA Anniversary
Article Published : December 22, 2023

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Patrício Langa, & Divine Fuh. (2023). 17 - Post-doctoral ‘Studies’ in Africa: Are we Witnessing the Birth of a New Terminal Degree?. CODESRIA Bulletin, (03-04). Retrieved from https://journals.codesria.org/index.php/codesriabulletin/article/view/5513

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CHE (Council on Higher Education), 2022, ‘The “Academic Precariat”: Postdoctoral Fellows in South African Higher Education’, Briefly Speaking, No. 20. Available online at: https://www.che.ac.za/file/6484/download?token=nAsy41bm&nbsp.

DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Aus- tauschdienst) (German Academic Exchange Service), 2020, Research Careers in Germany: A Guide for International Postdocs and Experienced Researchers, Bonn: DAAD. Available online at: https://portal.uni-koeln.de/fileadmin/home/amgc/Veranstaltungen/2020/Research_Careers_in_Germany.pdf.

Fellesson, M. and Mählck, P., 2013, Academics on the Move: Mobility and Institutional Change in the Swedish Development Support to Research Capacity Building in Mozambique, Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet.

Hamdan, A., Sarea, A., Khamis, R. and Anasweh, M., 2020, ‘A Causality Analysis of the Link Between Higher Education and Economic Development: Empirical Evidence’, Heliyon, Vol. 6, Issue 6, E04046.

Horta, H., 2009, ‘Holding a Post- Doctoral Position Before Becoming a Faculty Member: Does it Bring Benefits for the Scholarly Enterprises?’, Higher Education, Vol. 58, pp. 689–721.

Mentz-Coetzee, M and Sienaert, M., 2022, Designing and Implementing Impactful Post-PhD Support Programmes in Africa: Lessons Learned from 10 African Program- mes, Pretoria: University of Pretoria.

Newfield, C., 2010, ‘The Structure and Silence of the Cognitariat’, Eurozine. com. Available online at: https:// www.eurozine.com/the-structure- and-silence-of-the-cognitariat/?pdf.

Paterson, M. and Luescher, T., 2022, ‘African Universities are “Diploma Mills”’, Mail and Guardian, 25 November. Available online at: https://mg.co.za/education/2022-11- 25-african-universities-are-diploma-mills/.