Скачать или смотреть Becoming a female professor – chances, hurdles, challenges

Looking at professorships in academia, women are still underrepresented: In the field of mathematics and natural sciences, the proportion of female professors was just 19% across Germany in 2019. Yet about 30 to 50% of students in Natural sciences are female, depending on the discipline. Many women continue their research and complete a PhD, some also go on and do a post doc and only a small number continues their academic career to become a professor.

There are, however, inspiring examples who can look back on very different and very successful developments of their academic careers – which is fantastic, for we do need a higher number of female professors in academic top positions! 

We are delighted to chat to four brilliant female UniSysCat professors who are happy to answer all our questions.

[Filming and Production: Thomas Humphrey]