Tenure track career options to full professorship in German academia: recent developments and challenges.

Autor/inn/en	Schwabe, Ulrike; Peter, Frauke; Buchholz, Sandra
Titel	Tenure track career options to full professorship in German academia: recent developments and challenges. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Karrierewege auf dem Tenure-Track zur ordentlichen Professur im deutschen Hochschulwesen: aktuelle Entwicklungen und Herausforderungen.
Quelle	Aus: Pekkola, Elias (Hrsg.); u.a.: Tenure Tracks in European Universities. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing (2024) S. 116-135 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Sammelwerksbeitrag
ISBN	978-1-0353-0244-4; 978-1-0353-0245-1
DOI	10.4337/9781035302451.00013
Schlagwörter	Unsicherheit; Frau; Internationale Migration; Berufliche Autonomie; Berufsverlauf; Karriereplanung; Nachwuchs; Universität; Berufung; Habilitation; Hochschullehrer; Studienfach; Quote; Reform; Typologie; Wissenschaftlicher Nachwuchs; Deutschland
Abstract	"For a long time, Germany had a rather hierarchical and, by international comparison, quite unique model for qualifying early career researchers for full professorship. The only way researchers could be eligible to be appointed full professors was through habilitation (the 'second book'). It was not until the beginning of the new millennium that tenure track positions were implemented in German academia for the sake of modernisation and internationalisation. In 2002, junior professorships were introduced as precursors to the current tenure track programme. In 2016, tenure track professorships were broadly introduced as part of a comprehensive federal programme. It is important to note, however, that the newly implemented professorships did not replace the traditional German career model. Currently, German academics face a time in which quite different career programmes coexist, with strong differences between disciplines. Although gender gaps in academic careers began to narrow with new career paths, women are still leaking out from academia more than men. Meanwhile, a systematic, evidence-based evaluation of the intended and unintended consequences of implementing new career models in Germany is still lacking." The study refers to the period 2002-2023 (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2026/4