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GEW-Science Conference 2010

From 1 to 4 September 2010 was held in Templin, the 4th Scientific conference of the union of Education and Science (GEW) instead. Topic: science dream job? Career paths in academia and research . Took part experts, representatives of science policy organizations, including politicians from the parliamentary groups, and many scientists in different career stages.
The GEW
seems generally known primarily as a teachers' union. It however has also expertise in the field of science and can in many relevant publications and point a detailed programmatic to the situation of students, PhD students, PostDoks, habilitation, junior professors and the academic central block. Was correspondingly high level of discussions during the conference. The fact that also, happily, the category of gender was always thought along, was also taken into account in addition to the content on a consistent gender-sensitive language use and the balance between the number of participants and participants.

were discussed above

• the very uneven and at times very problematic situation of doctoral students in terms of social security, insecurity, participation, life, career and family planning, unsafe perspectives / perspectives. These aspects were also highlighted for the postdoctoral scientists.
  

• the strikingly high and increasing limit on the employment situation in science (87% of academic staff are employed full time).

• the still-exclusive focus of the scientific career as professor. This is reflected inter alia in the fact that almost only professors are employed indefinitely and subject but also for ongoing tasks at the University responsible Mittelbau often highly precarious working conditions. In this context, "science as a profession," the federal report on the promotion of young scientists (BuWiN), the scientific term contract law, the balance of work and home life, mobility, and in addition to the various forms of work for the promotion of tenure track, the option of transition to permanent employment in higher education are discussed.

• the "conditions for success for the scientific careers of women."

• funding for research and teaching at universities and their employees with domestic and external funding, university autonomy, opportunities for staff development and structure planning in higher education, the relationship between federal and state governments in higher education policy.
  

• the role of the union at the "design of the work and Beschäftigungsbedindungen university employees by collective agreements."

• scientific career at German universities in international comparison.