👏🏽 Brilliant summary & analysis of the recent discourse around #IchbinHanna (mostly on that platform formerly known as Twitter), a hashtag used to highlight the systemic and highly-precarious employment situation in German academia,
penned by Ahmadou Wagne, Florentine Frantz, @ElenLeFoll and @janalasser
"We conclude that the #IchBinHanna & #IchBinReyhan movement has succeeded in foregrounding systemic problems that have long existed in German academia. While debates are still ongoing, we are hopeful that the issues and potential solutions highlighted by the movement will precipitate into changes to academic working conditions in Germany."
Highly recommended for anyone considering a position at a German HEI ...
Wagne, A., Le Foll, E., Frantz, F., & Lasser, J. (2025). Giving the outrage a name – how researchers are challenging employment conditions under the hashtags #IchBinHanna and #IchBinReyhan. Information, Communication & Society, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2025.2452273