Report notes sluggish progress in academic gender equality

More women become researchers, but gender balance fails at senior career levels

The proportion of female scientists continues to rise at German institutions, but progress remains too slow, a survey by the Joint Science Conference (GWK) has found.

Since 1992, the proportion of women among students signing up for a science undergraduate has increased from 43 per cent to 51 per cent, with an increase from 40 per cent to 50 per cent among master students and from 29 per cent to 45 per cent among doctorates.