The Association of Italian Doctors and Doctoral Students conducted a survey of 7,000 doctoral enrollees who responded to the questionnaire posed and found that nearly half of the scholars at the top rung of education-training in the country have high-risk mental health.
- 27% report scores rated as severe or very severe on a scale assessing anxiety, 36 percent report a similar situation for depression, and 37 percent for stress. These data are higher than those found in the general population but also higher than those of fellow Ph.D. students abroad. Only 52% have no severe scores.
- 20% have severe values in the three psychopathological dimensions: stress, anxiety, depression.
- 16,243 euros (1,195 net per month) is the minimum gross amount set by the Ministry of Education and Research for a doctoral fellowship. Purchasing power is down 8.7 percent from 15 years ago and 9 percent from the 2020 figure.
- 61.6% of doctoral students are in the range between 1,100 and 1,200 euros per month, the minimum for the fellowship. Nine percent are below. Less than a third of the sample, therefore, is above 1,200 euros per month and only 18.6 percent is above 1,300 euros per month.
- 24 out of 40 cities host 80.2 percent of the total number of doctoral positions in Italy. The rent for a 35-square-meter studio apartment in the center is more than 30 percent of the grant.
- 52% could not meet an unexpected expense of 400 euros, and only 26 percent exceed the determining threshold of 800 euros, “the one used in official statistics to determine poverty status.”
- 88% perceive the precariousness of the role, and more than 50% initially intending to stay in academia say they have changed their minds.
Being skilled in Italy is a disgrace.
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