The ‘Work-Work Balance’ in higher education: between over-work, falling short and the pleasures of multiplicity

Figures & data

Table 1. Work–work balance issues among Nordic higher education DH practitioners.

Pseudonym	age	sex	Nordic location	Occupation	Work–work balance issue
Per	39	M	S	Artistic director, DH centre; cultural developer	50/50 split; multiple functional roles
Jens	40	M	S	Systems developer	50/50 split
Dirk	50	M	S	Lecturer, assoc prof	50/50 split
Michel	52	M	N	Lecturer; director of archive	50/50 split
Marta	50s	F	S	Director, DH centre; prof	50/50 split; multiple functional roles
Nina	36	F	S	Assoc prof	50/50 split
Elsa	46	F	S	Postdoc	Multiple projects
Britta	48	F	S	Director of studies	Multiple projects
Berit	42	F	S	Collaboration manager	Multiple jobs/projects
Anna	40	F	S	Researcher	Multiple projects
Martin	43	M	F	Researcher	Multiple projects
Anders	40	M	F	Assoc prof	Multiple projects; multiple functional roles
Sven	46	M	S	Director, DH centre	Admin/teaching/research conflict; multiple functional roles
Knut	40s	M	N	Prof	Admin/teaching/research conflict

Source: interviews conducted by the author, 2017-18.