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This depends a lot on the field and the lab. Humanities PhDs have terrible career prospects, but are not generally exploited as cheap labour like PhDs in a lot of science fields.

I agree with you about grants and impact scores, though.

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Humanities tend to have much lower stipends such that it needs to be supplemented with tons of teaching assistantships.

That depends on the country and on the field. In certain Western European countries, for instance, funding may be adequate without teaching duties.

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