Classification of the Personnel Structure at Public Universities

In this project the extent and structure of fixed-term employment among academic and artistic staff at all Austrian public universities will be analysed. The aim is to build a comprehensive, robust and fair evidence base for the debate on precarious careers in academia. The core questions are: what share of fixed-term positions are training positions that must by nature be time-limited (e.g. doctoral candidates, medical specialist training), what share are effectively side-job positions, and what is the rate of fixed-term contracts among full-time, non-training positions.