Negotiating on your path to a professorship: Expert talk with Jana Lasser
Target group & number of participants:
- researchers in qualification and development agreement contracts
- postdoctoral researchers
- maximum number of participants is 10, to ensure a space of trust
Content and aim:
Negotiations are part of research careers – whether you are being hired, promoted, hit certain milestones during a contract, or just in daily communications with your line manager. For all those who feel they would like to be more prepared for such situations, we offer an expert talk with a full professor who is passionate about improving the conditions under which research is conducted, and who will transparently share her knowledge of mutally successful negotiation situations.
Expert:
Jana Lasser is computational social scientist. She works as a Professor for Data Analysis at the University of Graz and leads the research group of Complex Social & Computational Systems at the interdisciplinary center IDea_Lab, and is also Associate Faculty at the Complexity Science Hub Vienna. Lasser holds an ERC Starting Grant, is an outspoken and active advocate of scientific integrity and Open Science, works towards improving reproducibility and transparency of research and is a founding member of the Network Against Abuse of Power in Science.
Schedule:
- welcome by the RCC
- intro round of particiants
- brief opening input by Jana Lasser
- open space: Questions from the pad and directly from the audience
Preparation:
- Post your questions here by June 5, 2026: https://pad.riseup.net/p/zAcmNgnXxj04ImH7c_FZ-keep
Location:
Research Careers Campus Meeting Room, Leechgasse 42, ground floor (kitchen)
Register here: Negotiating on your path to a professorship: Expert talk with Jana Lasser