Abstract:
Scientific institutions are struggling with a considerable modernisation backlog. In debates on this topic, the focus is mostly on material challenges such as a lack of funding, inadequate technical equipment and buildings in need of renovation. The necessary development of skills among scientific staff is less frequently discussed, but is nevertheless a topic of conversation among experts. In opposition to this, working conditions and skills development among science administration and technical staff have largely been overlooked. The authors of this article argue that the institutions will only be able to modernise their infrastructure, including in the context of digitalisation, if they overcome this blind spot and focus more attention on science administration and technical staff.
Über die Autor*innen:
- Harald Seitz,
Dr., Wiss. Mitarbeiter am Fraunhofer-Institut für Zelltherapie und Immunologie, Institutsteil Bioanalytik und Bioprozesse IZI-BB, Mitglied der Bundesfachkommission Forschung der Vereinten Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft ver.di. - Michael Heydrich,
war in der Sporthochschule Köln für den IT-Helpdesk zuständig, Sprecher der Bundesfachkommission Hochschule der Vereinten Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft ver.di. - Sonja Staack,
Bundesfachkommissionsleiterin Hochschulen und Forschung in der Bundesverwaltung der Vereinten Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft ver.di.
