New report on equal opportunities in science and research published
For the 27th time, the Joint Science Conference (GWK, Gemeinsame Wissenschaftskonferenz) has published its annual report on equal opportunities in science and research. The report compares developments over the last ten years and is currently based on 2021 data for universities.
This again shows an increase in the proportion of women among first-time enrolments (by 5.8 percentage points to 52.4%) and among graduates (by 2.2 percentage points to 53.2%): both proportions of women now exceed the 50% mark. The proportion of female doctorates also continues to rise and is close to parity at 45.9%. However, their share of habilitations is only 33.9%.
Few women in top positions
At 27.2%, the proportion of female professors at German universities is also still far from parity. Differences can be seen here in the salary groups: the higher the group, the lower the proportion of women. While women hold 48.0 % of W 1 professorships and thus almost reach parity, their share is only 28.0 % for C 3/W 2 professorships and only 23.0 % for C 4/W 3 professorships.(The quotas at TU Dortmund University in 2021 are just below the national figures).
The developments at non-university research institutions (data from 2022) are comparable: There, the proportion of women in management positions was 23.2 %, around 10 % more than ten years previously.