I will explore the complex reality of academic trajectories and will share my personal path from being a first-generation academic in Germany to becoming an Associate Professor at Tilburg University, reflecting on what I have learned along the way.
A significant portion of my talk will focus on the role of privilege, highlighting hidden advantages, how socio-economic and demographic factors influence who moves into leadership positions. Part of this presentation is also the imposter phenomenon, fraud, and failure, which are all part of academia. I will highlight the role of systemic issues, clarify characteristics of the German higher education landscape (#IchBinHanna) and precarious academic labor laws.
Finally, I will provide some insights on how we can move academia forward, with team science, author statements, and active participation in professional organizations. Throughout and after the talk interaction is very welcome.
Michael Bender
荷兰蒂尔堡大学心理学系副教授
Michael Bender studies culture, in particular acculturation, international student adjustment, threat, inter-group behavior, and identity. He is enthusiastic about teaching and infusing culture into the psychology curriculum and the methodological appropriateness of studies in the social sciences sector and the associated tools (topics on which he gives workshops and summer schools). Together with Byron Adams he edited the textbook Methods and Assessment in Culture and Psychology (Cambridge).He is also editor of the Open Access Journal, Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, and an active member of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP), a Fellow of the International Academy for Intercultural Research (IAIR), a Comenius Fellow and a board member of the Central Committee Cultural Diversity and Psychology of the Dutch Institute for Psychologists (Centrale Commissie Culturele Diversiteit en Psychologie, NIP). He is also a member of the standing review board of the Research Grants Council Hong Kong.
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