After his doctorate at University College London, Bjarke Abrahamsen packed his bags and returned home to Denmark in 2008 for a postdoc at the University of Copenhagen, which ranked second for international locations in our 7th Annual Best places to Work for Postdocs survey. One of the things that drew him back, he says, was a more fluid relationship between the university and industry than he experienced in the United Kingdom. Groups at the University of Copenhagen routinely collaborate with companies or do rotations in company labs, and researchers move between industry and academic positions with ease. For that reason, "it wouldn't be a disaster for me at all" to switch to a company or back again, he says.
Although there are no special support programs for postdocs, Abrahamsen says he appreciates the informality—which may simply be a part of the Danish culture. "In my group it's a very flat ...
