Evaluation of JTI's R&D Activities 2005–2008 - Formas

2.2 Scientific competence
The educational background of the research staff is given in
Table 3.
Table 3. Number of staff members of JTI in different categories during the period 2003–2007
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Ph.D. 10 10 9 10 9
Agronomists 19 14 12 13 12
Engineers 6 8 7 11 11
Other background 20 11 10 11 14
Research staff (fte) 33 31 28.1 29.1 29.6
Total staff (fte) 43 39 35.6 36.3 37.4
The average number of employees with scientific duties in
the period 2004 – 2008 is approx. 10 % lower than in the
year 2003. For the total number of staff employed by JTI,
the decline is larger, approx. 13 %. In the supporting areas of
administration and information the decrease is higher than in
the primary process of research.
The distribution of research staff over the specialist areas is as
follows ( data from the year 2008)
Table 4. Distribution of the different categories of numbers of research staff among
the specialist areas (year 2008)
PhD MSc Ph.D.student BSc
Systems for biological 2 5 1 1 (lic.)
waste treatment
Livestock and plant nutrients 3 6 1 3 (techn.)
Primary production and quality 3 5 1
Bioenergy 3 1
Total 8 19 3 5
The number of staff with Ph.D. was somewhat lower than
in the previous year (2007). If the number of Ph.D. students
with MSc degrees is considered, it may be expected that the
number of staff with Ph.D. will soon be at the same level as
before, with some delay. We would like to stress their im ­
portance for JTI's expertise and the continuity of the institute.
JTI must carefully guard its built-up expertise! The number of
engineers among the scientific staff is increasing.
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Evaluation of JTI’s R&D Activities 2005–2008