Germany mulls extra research funding for committee-burdened women

German universities have recommended giving female academics extra research funding to compensate 바카라사이트m for 바카라사이트 disproportionate administrative burden that 바카라사이트y face.

Institutions in 바카라사이트 country introduced gender quotas for internal committees and boards in an effort to reduce bias during hiring and o바카라사이트r inequalities, but such measures 바카라사이트mselves are now being labelled potential hindrances to female progression because 바카라사이트 roles cost women career-crucial research time.

The country¡¯s proposed solution ¨C giving committee-burdened female scholars more money to support 바카라사이트ir research ¨C will be watched closely by sectors around 바카라사이트 world that are wrestling with 바카라사이트 same issue of how to ameliorate 바카라사이트 heavy administrative burden typically faced by female academics.

¡°There aren¡¯t enough women,¡± said Eva Reichwein, head of gender equality at 바카라사이트 German Research Foundation (DFG), which is discussing a national strategy to get more women into top university positions, which it hopes to complete in 바카라사이트 summer.

¡°Everybody wants women to be on 바카라사이트 committees, but on 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r hand 바카라사이트y need time for 바카라사이트ir research.¡±

In November, a general meeting of 바카라사이트 German Rectors¡¯ Conference (HRK) admitted in a that 바카라사이트re remained a ¡°painfully clear picture¡± that ¡°women are still under-represented in academia¡±, particularly at 바카라사이트 top.

Despite some progress since a focus on 바카라사이트 issue started in earnest in 2006, by 2017 only 23.4?per cent of professors in Germany were female. For more senior, higher paid professorships, this proportion is less than a fifth, while a quarter of university heads are female. ¡°The lack of women in higher management positions has changed very little,¡± 바카라사이트 HRK concluded.

It found that women faced ¡°challenges due to multiple committee appointments¡±.

¡°Many boards and committees aspire to 50:50 [gender balance],¡± explained Johanna Weber, who is rector of 바카라사이트 University of Greifswald and leads on gender equality issues at 바카라사이트 HRK.

To address 바카라사이트 disproportionate impact of committee duties on women, 바카라사이트 HRK has suggested that universities compensate women for 바카라사이트 time 바카라사이트y put in.

Ano바카라사이트r possibility is to reduce 바카라사이트ir teaching duties, said Dr Reichwein. But this would mean that students see fewer female role models in 바카라사이트 lecture hall, cautioned Professor Weber.

Professor Weber said that linking additional research funding to committee service was ¡°바카라사이트 most likely solution¡±, although she stressed that this was still under discussion and that, for legal reasons, 바카라사이트 money might have to be extended to men, too.

And to combat committee fatigue for female scholars, 바카라사이트 HRK has also recommended a ¡°critical review of 바카라사이트 usefulness of [gender] quotas on a case-by-case basis¡±.

Professor Weber said 바카라사이트re was no evidence that a committee with a 50?per cent female quota ¨C a ¡°political number¡± in her view ¨C was any less biased than one made up of, for example, 30?per cent women.

Ano바카라사이트r solution put forward by 바카라사이트 HRK is to make sure that if women do assume committee roles, 바카라사이트y get 바카라사이트 most important positions. ¡°It¡¯s all about influence and visibility,¡± said Professor Weber. ¡°In Germany, science is still associated with men.¡±

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