I'm a non-EU citizen, currently doing a postdoc in mathematics in Europe, and I'm thinking of doing a habilitation. Since my google search didn't yield much, I'd appreciate if you could please answer my following questions regarding habilitation:
1) If I understand correctly, habilitation is the highest academic degree you can receive and people do it for getting a permanent academic position in Europe. How many years or how much/many publication does it normally take to obtain a habilitation degree?
2) Since you could be admitted as a PhD candidate, but not as a 'habilitation candidate' (but instead, say, as a postdoc) can you publish in your postdoc and write the paper(s) as a book and submit it for the defense of habilitation?
3) Suppose you do a one year postdoc in university A, and a second in university B, can you apply to university B for habilitation? How about university A?
4) If you do your PhD and postdoc in unrelated areas, or say even if you switch from pure to applied math, would that be a problem for getting the degree?
5) (Kind of vague question, somewhat opinion-based too) How much does the chance of getting a European tenure increase if you do a successful habilitation?
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