Thursday we looked at general participation of women in science, today we are focussing on the figures about female workforce at Charité.
For many years, German lawmakers have been deeply invested in
encouraging the participation of women in the upper echelons of
academia, and many programs are in place to support them, from PhD to
professorship. But how well is this working for neuroscientists at the
Charité?
Charité’s figures about female workforce participation are readily available, and the most recent report details data from 2012-2014 [1]. As a whole, Charité’s workforce is predominantly female: 72% of the organization’s employees are women. This is also mirrored in the student body, where women make up 63% of the total population. Things even out by the time these students gain PhDs: 42% of graduates are female. However, from there, things start to look a little more grim. Only 24% of habilitations in 2014 were women, and 19% of professors.
These statistics examine Charité as a whole, but what about in neuroscience-specific positions? First, we looked at principal investigators (PIs) who were members of Charité’s largest neuroscience research/training group, NeuroCure (including the Neuroscience Research Centre). Out of 51 group leaders mentioned on the website, only 14 (27%) are female [2]. What about in other centers? Since numbers aren’t tabulated in the same way as, say, NeuroCure, we made a rough estimate based on who was named as PI or project leader on departmental websites. Please keep in mind that these numbers may not be current, and that many individuals are also affiliated with NeuroCure and/or multiple institutes (and thus have been counted more than once):
Percentage of female PIs per Charité department:
Centre for Stroke Research: 1/16 or 6% [3]
Institute for Neurophysiology: 1/6 or 17%
Department of Neuropathology: 1/4 or 25% [5]
Department of Experimental Neurology: 0/10 or 0% [6]
Department of Neurology: 7/24 or 29% [7]
Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology: 4/10 or 40% [8]
Institute for Integrative Neuroanatomy: 2/5 or 40% [9]
How does your affiliation rank? Have we missed anyone? Let us know at cns-newsletter@charite.de!
by Constance Holman, PhD Student AG Schmitz
this article originally appeared March 2017 in "Diversity in Neuroscience"
[1] http://bit.ly/2kBy6x6
[2] http://bit.ly/2kBp9zA
[3] http://bit.ly/2jcFdMa
[4] http://bit.ly/2jcDjv2
[5] http://bit.ly/2jFiCUA
[6] http://bit.ly/2jmwYbK
[7] http://bit.ly/2jxvWNj
[8] http://bit.ly/2ktUpld
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| Looking great, but hiring policies could use an update too! Image source: Kleist Berlin via Flickr |
Charité’s figures about female workforce participation are readily available, and the most recent report details data from 2012-2014 [1]. As a whole, Charité’s workforce is predominantly female: 72% of the organization’s employees are women. This is also mirrored in the student body, where women make up 63% of the total population. Things even out by the time these students gain PhDs: 42% of graduates are female. However, from there, things start to look a little more grim. Only 24% of habilitations in 2014 were women, and 19% of professors.
These statistics examine Charité as a whole, but what about in neuroscience-specific positions? First, we looked at principal investigators (PIs) who were members of Charité’s largest neuroscience research/training group, NeuroCure (including the Neuroscience Research Centre). Out of 51 group leaders mentioned on the website, only 14 (27%) are female [2]. What about in other centers? Since numbers aren’t tabulated in the same way as, say, NeuroCure, we made a rough estimate based on who was named as PI or project leader on departmental websites. Please keep in mind that these numbers may not be current, and that many individuals are also affiliated with NeuroCure and/or multiple institutes (and thus have been counted more than once):
Centre for Stroke Research: 1/16 or 6% [3]
Institute for Neurophysiology: 1/6 or 17%
Department of Neuropathology: 1/4 or 25% [5]
Department of Experimental Neurology: 0/10 or 0% [6]
Department of Neurology: 7/24 or 29% [7]
Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology: 4/10 or 40% [8]
Institute for Integrative Neuroanatomy: 2/5 or 40% [9]
How does your affiliation rank? Have we missed anyone? Let us know at cns-newsletter@charite.de!
by Constance Holman, PhD Student AG Schmitz
this article originally appeared March 2017 in "Diversity in Neuroscience"
[1] http://bit.ly/2kBy6x6
[2] http://bit.ly/2kBp9zA
[3] http://bit.ly/2jcFdMa
[4] http://bit.ly/2jcDjv2
[5] http://bit.ly/2jFiCUA
[6] http://bit.ly/2jmwYbK
[7] http://bit.ly/2jxvWNj
[8] http://bit.ly/2ktUpld
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