This section presents a set of key indicators related to research and innovation (R&I) talent development, labour market dynamics, and talent circulation, with the target country highlighted for comparison.
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Key indicators
Doctoral graduates as a share of master’s graduates
Doctorate degree holders per thousand workforce (25-64 years)
R&D personnel per thousand employment, FTE
R&D labour costs for internal R&D personnel, per FTE R&D personnel
Net flow of international scientific authors, % of total authors
Policies on human resources for research and innovation in the Netherlands
Explore national policies related to human resources for research and innovation through the dedicated Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP) Compass platform.
National studies, publications and initiatives overview in the Netherlands
- Berenschot (2024), Cultuurbarometer E&W [Culture Barometer Recognition and Rewards], Berenschot Groep b.v., https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/rapporten/2024/06/21/cultuurbarometer-erkennen-waarderen-rapportage-eerste-meting.
- KNAW (2022), Social Safety in Dutch Academia. From Paper to Practice, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, https://www.knaw.nl/publicaties/sociale-veiligheid-de-nederlandse-wetenschap-van-papier-naar-praktijk-0.
- Koens, L. et al. (2024), An Insecure Start – Early-career researchers on the barriers they experience, Rathenau Instituut, https://www.rathenau.nl/en/how-science-system-works/insecure-start (accessed on 24 April 2025).
- Koens, L., S. Vogelezang and A. Vennekens (2022), Drijfveren van onderzoekers en docenten 2022 [Motivations of researchers and teachers 2022], Rathenau Instituut, https://www.rathenau.nl/nl/werking-van-het-wetenschapssysteem/drijfveren-van-onderzoekers-en-docenten-2022.
- Netherlands, Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (2020), National action plan for more diversity and inclusion in higher education and research, https://open.overheid.nl/documenten/ronl-3d4db279-2786-44c8-a1af-5337604eebfd/pdf (accessed on 23 April 2025).
- Rathenau Instituut (n.d.), Practice-based research at universities of applied sciences, https://www.rathenau.nl/en/science-figures/practice-oriented-research-universities-applied-sciences (accessed on 24 April 2025).
- Rathenau Instituut (n.d.), Science in figures: Personnel, https://www.rathenau.nl/en/science-figures/personnel (accessed on 24 April 2025).
- The Dutch Network of Women Professors (2023), Women Professors Monitor 2023, LNVH – Dutch Network of Women Professors, https://www.lnvh.nl/monitor2023/EN.html (accessed on 24 April 2025).
- Thor, J. and S. Perez (2020), Resultaten gepromoveerdenonderzoek 2019 [Results PhD Research 2019], Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/achtergrond/2020/14/resultaten-gepromoveerdenonderzoek-2019.
- TNO (n.d.), Factsheet Nationale Enquete Arbeidsomstandigheden 2024 [National Survey of Working Conditions 2024 – Factsheet], TNO innovation for life, https://monitorarbeid.tno.nl/publicaties/nationale-enquete-arbeidsomstandigheden-2024-factsheet (accessed on 24 April 2025).
- UNL (n.d.), National PhD Candidates Survey Results, Universiteiten van Nederland (UNL), https://www.universiteitenvannederland.nl/en/onderwerpen/onderzoek/resultaten-landelijke-promovendi-enquete (accessed on 24 April 2025).
- UNL, NFU, KNAW, NWO & ZonMw (n.d.), Recognition and Rewards: Room for Everyone’s Talent, https://recognitionrewards.nl (accessed on 23 April 2025).
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