Institutioneller Wettbewerb und Karrierechancen von Nachwuchswissenschaftlern in der Chemie
Titelübersetzung:Institutional competition and career opportunities of junior scientists in chemistry
Autor/in:
Baier, Christian; Münch, Richard
Quelle: Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, Jg. 65 (2013) H. 1, S. 129-155
Inhalt: "Der Beitrag untersucht das Zusammenspiel von zunehmendem Wettbewerb zwischen wissenschaftlichen Institutionen und den Karrierechancen von Nachwuchswissenschaftlern am Beispiel von Chemie-Fachbereichen an deutschen Universitäten und außeruniversitären Forschungseinrichtungen. In Anlehnung an Bourdieu wird ein Feld konstruiert und analysiert, in dem sich dieser institutionelle Wettbewerb abspielt. Die Machtverhältnisse im Feld richten sich nach der relativen Verfügbarkeit von rein wissenschaftlichem und/oder institutionellem Kapital. Eine Analyse von Erstberufungen zeigt, dass die Feldstruktur die Karrierechancen der Nachwuchswissenschaftler kaum beeinflusst. Im Gegensatz zu den USA, wo mit intensivem institutionellem Wettbewerb ein hohes Ausmaß sozialer Schließung in akademischen Karrieren einhergeht, sind Wissenschaftlerkarrieren in Deutschland trotz zunehmenden Wettbewerbs (noch) relativ offen. Diese Offenheit geht auf besondere institutionelle Rahmenbedingungen des deutschen akademischen Feldes zurück, die ihm eine relativ hohe Autonomie gesichert haben. Sofern aktuelle wissenschaftspolitische Reformen diese Rahmenbedingungen verändern, gefährden sie auch diese Autonomie." (Autorenreferat)
Inhalt: "This paper examines the interplay between intensifying competition among scientific institutions, on the one hand, and career opportunities of young scientist, on the other hand, using chemistry-departments in German universities and non-academic research institutes as an example. Drawing on Bourdieu, the authors construct and analyze the filed in which institutional competition takes place. The power relations in the field are structured by the relative amount of 'pure scientific capital' and/or 'institutional capital' available. In an analysis of professorial appointments they show that the field's structure has little impact on junior scientsits' career opportunities. In contrast to the US, where pervasive institutional competition goes hand in hand with a high degree of social closure in academic careers, the authors find that career opportunities are (still) relatively open in the German case, in spite of growing competition. This openness is due to the special institutional framework that provides the German academic field with a relatively high degree of autonomy. As recent changes in science policy aim to alter the institutional framework, they also jeopardize the autonomy of the academic field." (author's abstract)
Quelle: Journal of women and minorities in science and engineering, Vol. 10 (2004) No. 4, S. 297-316
Inhalt: "This article presents quantitative results of a study of 139 academic women in the chemical sciences who participated in a professional development program sponsored by the Committee on the Advancement of Women Chemists. The study investigated variables frequently examined in the vocational psychology of women: approaches to achievement, coping strategies, career advancement, the home-work interface, workplace climate, and mentoring. The article presents and discusses results in the context of unique issues faced by women in scientific careers." (author's abstract)
CEWS Kategorie:Berufsbiographie und Karriere, Naturwissenschaft und Technik
Dokumenttyp:Sammelwerk
Improving the graduate school experience for women in mathematics : the EDGE program
Autor/in:
Bozeman, Sylvia T.; Hughes, Rhonda J.
Quelle: Journal of women and minorities in science and engineering, Vol. 10 (2004) No. 3, S. 243-254
Inhalt: "For over a decade, Spelman College and Bryn Mawr College have collaborated on initiatives designed to increase the presence of women, with a special focus on women of color, in the upper ranks of mathematical science. The most recent initiative is the EDGE Program (Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education), which addresses this challenge by attempting to decrease the loss of talent from U.S. graduate programs. To this end, the program provides structures that help women make successful transitions from undergraduate into graduate mathematics programs, redirect or refocus their ambitions when programs are inappropriate or unsuitable, and, ultimately, enable them to 'accumulate advantages' that will empower them and foster success in their careers. A broader goal of this program is to diversify the mathematics community by creating models for mathematics programs that allow people from all backgrounds and cultures to thrive, advance, and contribute to the profession." (author's abstract)
CEWS Kategorie:Naturwissenschaft und Technik, Bildung und Erziehung
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz
One of the guys : Ghanaian women engineers and scientists
Autor/in:
Ofosu-Mireku, John
Quelle: Ph.D. Dissertation: University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, 2004.
Schlagwörter:Wissenschaftlerin; Akademikerin; Ingenieurin; Familie-Beruf; Ghana; Afrika; Westafrika; anglophones Afrika; Entwicklungsland; Afrika südlich der Sahara
CEWS Kategorie:Naturwissenschaft und Technik
Dokumenttyp:Hochschulschrift
Women in science : European strategies for promoting women in science
Autor/in:
Dewandre, Nicole
Quelle: Science, Vol. 295 (2002) No. 5553, S. 278-279
Inhalt: "The underrepresentation of women in science represents a loss for women themselves,
for science, and for society. Faced with this unacceptable and unaffordable waste
of human resources in research and technology, the European Commission set out an
action plan in 1999 with the aim of mobilizing women to enrich European research.
This policy forum describes how the strategy of research by, for, and on women, in
cooperation with member states and other key actors, has proven successful and provides
a solid basis for promoting gender equality within the European research area." (author's
abstract)|
Who gets promoted? : gender differences in science and engineering academia
Autor/in:
Olson, Kristen
Quelle: Journal of women and minorities in science and engineering, Vol. 8 (2002) No. 3-4, S. 347-362
Inhalt: "Using a nationally representative sample of doctoral academic scientists and engineers, this study examines gender differences in the likelihood of having tenure and senior faculty ranks after controlling for academic age, field, doctoral origins, employing educational institution, productivity, postdoctoral positions, work activities, and family characteristics. Logistic regressions show that many of these controls are significant; that biology and employment at comprehensive universities have a gender-specific advantage for women; and that postdoctoral positions, teaching instead of doing administrative work, and having children have a gender-specific disadvantage. Although the statistical methods employed here do not reveal the exact nature of how gender inequities in science and engineering careers arise, the author suggests that they exist." (author's abstract)