I’m considering applying for a professorship in Ireland but won’t waste my time (or theirs) if spousal hire is completely off the table. Anyone have first or second (or third) hand experience with spousal hires in academia in Ireland?
Edit: any experiences with contract negotiation in general appreciated too.
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I don’t think it is really a thing here – I only hear about spousal hires from US people. That said there are a lot of jobs that need to be filled in Ireland and Unis have lots of admin roles so assuming your spouse has fluent English they won’t have a problem getting some sort of job
In Europe at least it’s less of a formal thing and more of a negotiated deal.