Come and meet Professor Dr Wenjuan Gao at her lecture on ‘The dual logic of performance pressure in tenure-track systems: insights from China’.

Associate Professor Dr. Wenjuan Gao (Beihang University, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing, China, currently visiting scholar at INCHER, Kassel) gives a lecture on the topic „Dual logics of pressure in tenure-track systems: Evidence from China“.

Abstract

In her lecture, Professor Dr. Wenjuan Gaoreconceptualizes tenure-track systems as regimes of institutionalized pressure rather than mere evaluation mechanisms. It develops a dual-logics framework distinguishing threshold and competitive pressures, each reflecting different modes of academic selection and stratification. Drawing on evidence from China, the study illustrates how these pressures shape academic behavior and knowledge production in distinct and sometimes contradictory ways. By foregrounding pressure as a governing mechanism, the paper contributes to broader debates on performance-based governance and academic labor.

Venue: INCHER, University of Kassel, Mönchebergstr. 17, room 3106

If you would like to join via Zoom, Susanne Koch will be happy to provide you with the necessary information.