National Survey of Women in Physics in Austria

Author(s)
C. Berkmann, A. Roridguez, I. Brodacz, N. Dilaver, A. Suarez, P. Ayala
Abstract

This paper reports very generally on changes in the situation of women in physics in Austria since 2008 and more specifically on a national web-based survey that was distributed among physicists in Austria. It was aimed at understanding why few women are motivated to study physics and to follow an academic path. Family responsibilities-among others-seem to have a deep impact on women's careers. In Austria, initiatives to support women in scientific careers are quite well known throughout the physics community, and a high percentage of women responding to the survey said they had participated in at least one of them.

Organisation(s)
Electronic Properties of Materials
External organisation(s)
Yachay Tech University, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW), Universität Wien
No. of pages
3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4937652
Publication date
2015
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103018 Materials physics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Physics and Astronomy(all)
Portal url
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/national-survey-of-women-in-physics-in-austria(d86e10da-fb37-4437-b72f-05da6e169134).html