Training and Research Network
WOMEN IN EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES
This project has closed in spring 2003. All project papers are still available here.
Visit also the online-journal German Policy Studies and have a look at "German Higher Education Reform from a Comparative Perspective".
Gender equality is one of the main challenges facing European societies in the 21st century. The professional success of women, and especially of women in academia, remains one of the main fields of social inequality in all the countries of the EU. The normative concept of gender equity which exists in the European societies is contrasted by a harsh reality in which women in top-level positions are by no means a common occurrence but rather an exception to the largely male rule. At the same time, the reform and future of the European systems of higher education are subject of national debate and high on the European political agenda. Awareness of the internationalisation of European research structures and the need to render European science systems more competitive is increasing.
Against this background, the
European Research Training Network "Women in European Universities",
funded by the European Commission, Directorate General Science, Research
and development framework of the fifth Framework programme, is a joint
research project of partners in seven European countries. The project
management is located at Münster University. Its scientific
programme aims at assessing the professional status of women in academia
and at analysing the reasons for the under-representation in positions
of authority in European Universities.
Within the project, a special emphasis is put on the training of doctoral
students. The project provides seven young researchers with a wide
range of training in academic research design and techniques. The students
will gain in-depth knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research
methods in the social sciences. In order to qualify them for the
international labour market, their scientific training will be linked
with measures to gain knowledge of European research structures and to
provide the possibility of establishing international research contacts.
Available documents of the project
FINAL REPORT
CONFERENCE PAPERS
Vázquez-Cupeiro
Vázquez-Cupeiro
1.0 MB .pdf
Susana Vázquez-Cupeiro / Juan Martín
Fernández Susana
Vázquez- Cupeiro
A Qualitative Review of the University in Spain – Meritocracy, Endogamy and the Gendered Opportunity Contexts
0.5 MB .pdf
0.2 MB .pdf
Gender and Academic Careers in Cross-national Perspective: Preliminary Results from a WEU Survey in Poland and Germany
Deepest Secret: Talking gender Discrimination
with Polish Professors
0.4 MB .pdf
Christian Poulsen
Christian Poulsen / Juan Martín Fernández
Questionnaire on Work Conditions for Full Professors in Europe: The Swedish Case
Professors talk on Prestige: The Case of Sweden and Spain
0.5 MB .pdf
Gender and Career paths in French Universities: an E-mail Survey
Building Networks in French Academia
0.5 MB .pdf
Professorship and Gender at Austrian Universities – An Analysis of Gender-specific Differences among Female and Male Professors
Work Situation and Career Perspectives of the Junior Faculty in Austria
0.9 MB .pdf
Female Researchers in Public Non-University Research Institutions in Germany
Work situations and Career Perspectives of Female Researchers in Austria
1.3 MB .pdf
0.4 MB .pdf
0.4 MB .pdf
“Above the Glass Ceiling?” Preliminary Report of Postal Survey of University Professors in the UK
“Merit, Luck, and a good Nanny?” Exploring the Intricacies in the Career Trajectories of Women Academics in Psychology and Engeneering
0.5 MB .pdf
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