Study on the career trajectories of people with a working experience at CERN

TL;DR

This study investigates how working at CERN influences the career paths of scientists, using survey data from experimentalists and theorists collected in 2016 and 2017.

Contribution

It provides an analysis of CERN's impact on careers through detailed survey methodology and data analysis of former CERN employees.

Findings

CERN experience positively affects career development

Differences observed between experimentalists and theorists

Survey methodology effectively captures career impact

Abstract

This document describes the results of a study, aiming to measure the impact of CERN and of its environment on the career of people who worked at the laboratory. The data was collected using two on-line questionnaires, launched in 2016 and 2017, targeting experimentalists and theorists, respectively. The mandate, the methodology followed, the questionnaires and the analysis of the data collected are presented.