6 June 2023, 11:00–18:30 | Kolingasse 14–16, and NIG, Universitätsstraße 7 | organised by the Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences and the Doctoral School of Historical and Cultural Studies

Target group: early career researchers in the social sciences and the humanities

Navigating academic career paths. Challenges and strategies

Input and discussion

Against the odds. (In)equality in academic careers

Panel discussion

How to succeed in academia, a field in which women and minorities rarely make it to the top positions? What challenges do you face as a woman, as a person of colour or as someone who is experiencing discrimination based on other identity markers? This session focuses on sharing experiences and best practices for navigating academic life from a marginalised position. Experienced researchers and doctoral candidates discuss topics, such as gender discrimination and white privilege and share strategies of overcoming impostor syndrome and building a support network. They explore the impact of (in)equality in academia on research, teaching and university structures, and they discuss how we can develop research agendas that promote diversity and inclusion.

Panelists:

• Dominique Bauer, doctoral candidate in development studies
• Ayse Dursun, postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Political Science
• Elisabeth Röhrlich, associate professor at the Department of History, Vice Dean for Early Career Affairs and Gender Equality at the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies
• Rogelio Toledo Martin, doctoral candidate in Byzantine studies

Moderator:

• Eva Kössner, coordinator of the Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences

Registration: via e-mail to vds-sosci@univie.ac.at until 30 May 2023

Communicating your professional value: Application documents and job interviews

Workshop

• Clara-Maria Köck, coach at Uniport

Registration: via e-mail to vds-sosci@univie.ac.at until 30 May 2023

Career paths beyond academia: Meet and greet with alumni*ae

World café

In Austria, a doctoral degree is considered a pathway to an academic career, but reality is different. The majority of graduates work in other sectors. Join us in this session and talk with alumni and alumnae from the doctoral programmes in the social sciences and the humanities who transitioned from academia to companies, government and non-profit organisations, among other fields. They give advice on how to leverage academic skills in non-academic contexts, highlight key qualifications essential to succeed in their professional field, and talk about how career trajectories of PhD graduates beyond academia often include staying connected to academic networks and research institutions.

Registration: via e-mail to vds-sosci@univie.ac.at until 30 May 2023

Guests:

• Myriam Gaitsch, researcher at FORBA, Forschungs- und Beratungsstelle Arbeitswelt
• Dominik Hagmann, archaeologist at ARDIG – Archäologischer Dienst GesmbH and principal investigator at kärnten.museum
• Daniele Karasz, co-founder and director of Search and Shape, Institute for Applied Social Research
• Stefan Krause, Ronald S. Lauder Director, Imperial Armoury, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
• Claudia Macho, writing coach
• Florian Oberhuber, senior consultant, public relations at SORA, Institute for Social Research and Consulting
• Deniz Seebacher, associate partner at Timmermann Group
• Monika Sommer, director of the House of Austrian History

Moderator:

• Roman Pfefferle, coordinator at the Faculty of Social Sciences