I’m an anthropologist working in researcher development at the University of Graz. l’m head of the Research Careers Campus (as of April 2025). My mission is a more fun and kind academia.
My work centers collegiality and supporting individuals to create the best circumstances for their research and career exploration. In 2023, I discovered social media as a tool, and maintain an active LinkedIn presence for the PostDoc Office.
I have a background in diversity and gender equality promotion, qualitative research, and a passion for involving various stakeholders for creating change in organizations. I’ve worked for equality offices at German and Austrian universities as well as at Verein für Männer- und Geschlechterthemen Steiermark. I’ve been employed as a researcher and programme director at Austrian universities from 2011 until 2016.
Reading suggestions
- from my work in researcher development
Research Careers Community Blog: https://postdoc.uni-graz.at/de/blog/
- from my time as a researcher
Andrea Ploder/Johanna Stadlbauer (2016): Strong Reflexivity and Its Critics: Responses to Autoethnography in the German-speaking Cultural and Social Sciences, In: Qualitative Inquiry 2016, Vol. 22(9) 753–765.