With #IchBinHanna, German academia protests against a law that forces researchers out

Bahr, Amrei; Blume, Christine; Eichhorn, Kristin; Kubon, Sebastian

doi:10.1038/s41562-021-01178-6

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“…stsing has been joining up with other associations in Germany in voicing protest against unsustainable working conditions for early career researchers (cf. Bahr et al 2021). Beyond this critique of the existing structures, our members have partial agency in devising labour relations in situated teams, work relations and dependencies.…”

Section: Troubles Of Labourmentioning

confidence: 99%

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stsing: Doing STS In, Through And Beyond the German Academic System

Lippert¹,

Mewes²,

Helm³

et al. 2021

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The recently constituted association stsing offers scholars a new platform to “do” STS in and through Germany (therefore the wording stsing). Specific about this platform is its creative and open understanding of collaboration on the one hand and critical reflection of national, international, institutional, and intergenerational challenges of STS research on the other. Germany’s specific funding and institutional structure is of central importance to stsing. At the same time, stsing is responding to the internationally integrated practices of STS. It addresses the frictions between local bureaucracies and hierarchies as well as global doings and (self-)understandings of STS. We briefly unfold the (hi)story of stsing: a process of negotiating imaginaries, institutional settings, conflicts and mutual recognition. The challenge is to open spaces and account for the heterogeneous people and disciplines engaged with the ideas, methodologies and politics of STS. stsing experiments with configuring infrastructures and organisational policies to support transnationally and interdisciplinarily oriented STS research practice. This experimentation works across generations and encounters troubles between and within generations of STS.

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Section: Troubles Of Labourmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…no medium long term job security). Social movements criticise this injustice, and scientists are protesting with creative means (Bahr et al 2021). On of the interview partners of Peacock (2016) conducting research in Germany illustrates the trouble:…”

Section: Academic Careers In Germanymentioning

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stsing: Doing STS In, Through And Beyond the German Academic System

Lippert¹,

Mewes²,

Helm³

et al. 2021

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“…Like in Switzerland, the academic and public debate surrounding the precarious situation of young and emerging scholars has recently become more intense in Austria and Germany. The amendments of the German and Austrian higher education laws have caused furious reactions and led to ongoing protests of scientists across German-speaking countries (and beyond), pledging for an improvement in working conditions using the hashtag #IchBinHanna since mid-2021 (Bahr, Blume, Eichhorn, & Kubon, 2021;Baranyi & Sill, 2021;Siegrist, 2022). 2 Accordingly, both the German and the Austrian 1 Jobs in higher education institutions have traditionally been viewed in binary termsan academic domain and an administrative or management domain.…”

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“…2 In a video by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research that was subsequently deleted, a fictitious character called Hanna embodied a prototypical mid-level researcher. The video attempted to explain, from the ministry's perspective, that without the amendment of the university law (Wiss-ZeitVG), doctoral and postdoctoral researchers would "clog the system" and argued that the constant turnover of researchers was necessary for innovation in academia (Bahr et al, 2021(Bahr et al, , p. 1114.…”

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From precarious conditions to permanent positions? Problems, responsible actors, and solutions for strengthening the academic mid-level staff in Switzerland

Ryffel

Marschlich

Fürst

et al. 2022

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The precarious situation of doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, resulting from fixed-term contracts and the demanding working conditions of young researchers at Swiss universities, has been increasingly discussed in recent years by academic organizations, political actors, and the broader public. While discussions on various levels are intensifying, concrete measures remain largely absent, and young researchers find themselves in an environment of job insecurity and a lack of prospects. Therefore, we organized a panel discussion on why and how to create permanent positions in the Swiss academic system during this year’s annual conference of the Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research (SACM). The panel included presentations of preliminary results from a recent study analyzing the working conditions of young and emerging communication and media scholars in Switzerland as well as discussions with researchers and actors from science organizations regarding: 1) the need for improvement of the current working conditions and the future perspectives of mid-level staff at Swiss universities, 2) the responsibilities of different actors, and 3) alternatives to the status quo that help solve the precarious situation of young and emerging scholars in Switzerland and beyond. The discussion showed several reasons for establishing more permanent positions and inducing a systemic change. While there are manifold arguments for creating more permanent positions, these arguments must appeal to those with decision-making power.

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Gender and the Youthification of German Television: Zeit der Geheimnisse/Holiday Secrets and Generational Change in High-End TV Drama

Weissmann

2023

TV Drama in the Multiplatform Era

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With #IchBinHanna, German academia protests against a law that forces researchers out

Cited by 13 publications

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stsing: Doing STS In, Through And Beyond the German Academic System

stsing: Doing STS In, Through And Beyond the German Academic System

From precarious conditions to permanent positions? Problems, responsible actors, and solutions for strengthening the academic mid-level staff in Switzerland

Gender and the Youthification of German Television: Zeit der Geheimnisse/Holiday Secrets and Generational Change in High-End TV Drama

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