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SUMMARY:Academic careers: “permanent positions”\, “eight-year rules
 ”\, and other misunderstandings – why the university chooses to keep m
 ost of us in highly uncertain positions (by Sebastian Scher)
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DTEND:20250618T130000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Temporary positions and contracts are taken as inevitable in u
 niversity careers\, and discussions around them tend to focus on the wrong
  aspects\, such as third-party-funding.\n\nBased on my former experience a
 s an employee’s representative – outside the university -  I will give
  an overview of why temporary positions are often not allowed in most sect
 ors outside the academic world\, why there is actually no such thing as a 
 “permanent” position\, and why the universities keep on clinging to te
 mporary positions for most of us. Additionally\, I will show that the infa
 mous university law does not – in contrast to common belief - contain an
 y restrictions on contracts\, but instead explicitly allows universities t
 o circumvent the social security net available in other employment sectors
  for up to eight years. Finally\, I will give some recommendations on how 
 to deal with this in your career and how to make the best out of the situa
 tion.\n\nThere will be room for discussion afterwards – for example for 
 the question on how this impacts the quality of scientific research.
LOCATION:SR Wegener Center\, Brandhofgasse 5\, 1st floor
ORGANIZER;CN="Douglas Maraun";ROLE=CHAIR:MAILTO:douglas.maraun@uni-graz.at
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