Abstract:Careers of women in science run along a gendered "leaky pipeline" (cf. European Commission 2001: 12). With each career level the percentage of women decreases. The German average of female professors currently reaches only about 20% (cf. European Commission 2013: 90). On average, the percentage of female professors in EU-25 is 18% (cf. European Commission 2013: 90). Recent studies about the marginalization of women in the German science system suggest that the underrepresentation of female scientists has to b… Show more
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