CFP: (Re)labelling Queerness after Socialism
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-159924
Heidelberg, 25.11.2026-27.11.2026, Slavic Department and the Chair for Eastern European History, University of Heidelberg, Bewerbungsschluss: 08.02.2026 (Re)labelling Queerness after Socialism
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Anonymisation also prevents those biases from creeping in or making false equivalences. Working in the research support space, I am hearing similar ideas being promoted by funders and Research Culture specialists.
… as such may have been ineligible for funding; or those who have come from teaching & scholarship posts & have not been allowed to pursue funding.
I‘m not saying there is anything wrong with those things, just offering an alternative model in which those are not the ONLY or primary metrics.
Have you heard of DORA? If not, it makes some really compelling arguments as to why we should look beyond grants and journal metrics to create a move equitable research culture. Those metrics often disadvantage earlier career colleagues, those who haven’t held permanent positions and..
… and hopefully makes it harder to hide behind large grants and buzzwords, and instead encourages candidates to respond directly to the needs of the job/role/dept/Uni.
