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Staffs and Permanents, even Fellows are by and large from Western Europe. In particular senior staff positions (ie. decision making). Just look at any orgchart
by Create 10y ago
Staffs and Permanents, even Fellows are by and large from Western Europe. In particular senior staff positions (ie. decision making). Just look at any orgchart in any division.
- zcam 10y agoWhich makes sense given that these countries contribute the most to the funding of CERN. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CERN#Member_states_and_budget https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CERN#Member_states_and_budget
- Create 10y agoThen we both agree, that jobs are not awarded accorging to the matter of needs, neither merit for that matter. It is about the most funding, which is self-selecting in the long tradition of Western European capital concentration: the first among equals. Makes sense, but contradictory to any publicly stated charter (be it CERN or EU).
- zcam 10y agoIt's not what I said. They are pretty explicit about how the selection is done btw https://jobs.web.cern.ch/content/recruitment-policy https://jobs.web.cern.ch/content/recruitment-policy /out