KLI Colloquia are informal, public talks that are followed by extensive dissussions. Speakers are KLI fellows or visiting researchers who are interested in presenting their work to an interdisciplinary audience and discussing it in a wider research context. We offer three types of talks:
1. Current Research Talks. KLI fellows or visiting researchers present and discuss their most recent research with the KLI fellows and the Vienna scientific community.
2. Future Research Talks. Visiting researchers present and discuss future projects and ideas togehter with the KLI fellows and the Vienna scientific community.
3. Professional Developmental Talks. Experts about research grants and applications at the Austrian and European levels present career opportunities and strategies to late-PhD and post-doctoral researchers.
- The presentation language is English.
- If you are interested in presenting your current or future work at the KLI, please contact the Scientific Director or the Executive Manager.
Event Details
To join the KLI Colloquia via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86548837670?pwd=AWm1v389npLyoJD5e01a9rjMXD7FP6.1
Meeting ID: 865 4883 7670
Passcode: 342640
Topic description / abstract:
In this talk I consider the (somewhat tongue in cheek) question of how to succeed in science, reporting on interview studies that have explored scientists' career trajectories. I discuss the factors that scientists present as being important to success within science - hard work, a network of supportive people, and being lucky - but also examine how these relate to the conditions of academic work more generally. What does it mean to succeed within contemporary neoliberal academia, and what is lost through overly narrow criteria for success?
Biographical note:
Sarah R. Davies is Professor of Technosciences, Materiality, and Digital Cultures at the Department of Science and Technology Studies, University of Vienna. Her current work explores the intersections between digital and epistemic practices and forms of life.
