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How Germany's elite research institution fails young scientists | DW Documentary
2025 · 21 min · English
DW and Der Spiegel spent months interviewing more than 30 young scientists at the Max Planck Society, Germany's Nobel-studded research institution, about abusive supervisors and retaliation against those who reported it. The film asks why a system built on prestige and dependency keeps protecting senior staff over the junior researchers under them.
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