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Sales and marketing as teaching and storytelling

For Jens Gertow, his career was not something he approached with a goal in mind. After a PhD and a postdoc at Karolinska Institutet, he left academia to work at Mabtech where he combines his knowledge of immunology with his interest in communication in his role as Chief Marketing Officer.

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Not Your Classic Academic Role: The Career Path of Laura Sardon Puig

As a child, Laura Sardon Puig enjoyed organizing summer camps. Many years later, when thinking about her future career path, she realized that she wanted to again experience this childhood feeling. Now, she is thriving in her role as an event coordinator and a communication officer at KI, organizing a wide range of events and communicating them to various audiences.

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From Sociology to Systems Change: An Investigator’s Path Inside Sweden’s Higher Education Authority

How do research skills translate outside academia? In this career portrait, Eva-Lisa Palmtag, Investigator/Analyst at the Swedish Higher Education Authority (UKÄ), reflects on her path from sociology research to sector-level analysis, sharing her advice for PhD students considering public sector roles.

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From Serendipity to Success

The career path of John Gordon, Professor (Emeritus) of Immunology, a Co-founder and Vice President of Scientific Affairs at Celentyx Ltd, has been anything but linear. From his early years in chemistry to his decades-long journey in immunology, his story reflects a series of serendipitous events that led him to where he is today. “Unlike a lot of people who say ’this is what I’m going to do’ and then strive to stick to it, my path has always felt highly serendipitous,” Gordon muses, reflecting on his journey.

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Researchers are leaving academia. How can academia improve? (Part 1 of 3)

Imagine a talented, enthusiastic postdoctoral life sciences researcher who pushes themselves in their career. They are driven to become the best in their field and to make real scientific progress. They are the all-round exceptional scientist, a good mentor, project manager, has an encyclopaedic knowledge of a field, laser sharp interpretation, mature, and drives their field forward. They love research and want to get a permanent position doing what they love in an academic environment. Despite this, they will leave academic research due to multiple, complex, and interconnected reasons. Let’s explore this in this blog post.

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