During a workshop about ‘Identity and Diversity’, we had the idea to initiate a comprehensive study to examine the situation of young scientists at the Faculty of Technical Chemistry at TU Wien. The study was launched in 2019 in collaboration of FemChem, the Faculty of Technical Chemistry and Gender Competence. You can find the results of the study here (DOI: 10.34726/281; in German).
The study consists of three parts:
The first part comprises an analysis by means of descriptive statistics of gender distribution from 2013 to 2018 and was part of a master’s thesis entitled “Gender-specific Representation at the Faculty of Technical Chemistry at the TU Vienna”. The thesis was written by Verena Mrazky, MA at the Department of Sociology at the University of Vienna under the co- supervision of ao. Univ.-Prof.in Mag.a Dr.in Eva Flicker and Mag.a Dr.in Angela Wroblewski.
The second part Work and career perspectives of young scientists at the Faculty of Technical Chemistry at TU Wien is based on discussions in focus groups and a subsequent online survey. This part of the project was conducted by Dr.in Bettina Stadler (FORBA). Dr.in Stadler is a sociologist and, in addition to her work at FORBA, is also a staff member of the Equality and Gender Studies Unit at the Danube University Krems. Previous activities include work at Statistik Austria and the Institute for Economic Sociology. She teaches quantitative methods of empirical social research at the University of Vienna.
The third part of the study Survey of the supervisors and academic advisors, qualitative analysis was conducted by Dr.in Marita Haas. Marita Haas is a management consultant with a focus on gender consulting. In addition to numerous positions in business, the doctor of economics researched gender & diversity in organizations at the University of Vienna, the TU Wien and the University of Göttingen. She critically examines conventional women*-only formats and advises companies and NGOs on the development of gender-sensitive processes and structures.