Care work in academia: Art meets research

Looking after a child. Caring for a sick relative. What does it mean to have caring responsibilities while studying or working at a university? A unique research and art initiative focuses on the challenges and stories of faculty and students with caring responsibilities. Through comics and drawings, the vernissage highlights the obstacles faced by carers in the academic world. Meet the artist and the researcher behind the initiative and engage in discussions about necessary changes in academic culture.

Vernissage and discussion with:

Sally Campbell Pirie, Professor of Child and Family Studies at the University of Massachusetts @Amherst College of Education and Director of the Comics-Based Research Lab at the University of Massachusetts; www.sallypirie.com

Marie-Pierre Moreau, Professor in Sociology of Education, Work and Inequalities at Anglia Ruskin University, UK, where she is also the founding director of the Centre for Education Research on Identities and Inequalities.

Moderated by:

Michael Köttritsch, Head of the “Management & Karriere” section, Die Presse

This event is an in-person event and will take place on campus. There will be no livestream.

Get inspired and explore the topic in two workshops with Marie-Pierre Moreau and Sally Campbell Pirie!

Workshop 1: Towards care-full higher education cultures: a research-informed praxis, Oct. 17, 10 – 11.30 am, TC Hall, TC 0.58, Teaching Center, WU Campus.   Learn more!

Workshop 2: Comics-Based Research and How To Do It, Oct. 18, 10 – 11.30 am, Conference Room 6, AD, WU Campus.  Learn more!

Who can attend the workshops?

Researchers, staff, students, professionals in equity and inclusion, …

Please register for the workshops by sending an email to Sonja Lydtin, diversity-policy@wu.ac.at, stating which workshop you would like to attend. If you have any questions, please also contact Sonja Lydtin, diversity-policy@wu.ac.at.

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