Pep Talk 4: Inside Academia Making Research Careers Work

Target group: Persons planning a PhD, current doctoral researchers and early postdocs

Register: Pep Talk 4: Inside Academia

Language: English

Description: The pep talk will address strategies to navigate hierarchies, hidden rules, and the social dimension of academia successfully. Topics discussed are:

What is special about the system: Hierarchies and academic freedom

Becoming an insider - levels of integration into the scientific community

Dealing with potential crises as pre- and postdoc

Knowing the formal framework: career paths in Austrian academia

This course is part of our Pep Talks series called "Success Factors for Research Careers". 

• Oct 5, 2026, 1–2 pm – Academic CVs that Count
• Oct 19, 2026,11–12 am – Getting a Job with a PhD
• Jan 25, 2027, 1–2 pm – Conferencing Like a Pro
• Mar 1, 2027, 1–2 pm – Inside Academia 
• Apr 5, 2027, 1–2 pm – Navigating Failure

Trainer: Gerald Lind studied History and German Linguistics and Literature at the University of Vienna and the University of Edinburgh. From 2006 to 2009, Lind was a member of the Doctoral College “Cultures of Difference” at the University of Vienna. He has published in a wide variety of contexts, from scholarly work to fiction. At the University of Graz, he serves as Deputy Head of the Research Careers Campus and develops institutional strategies to promote the personal and academic growth of researchers from diverse disciplinary backgrounds.