Confidence and Young Academics (VWiN)

Topics:

Type of financing of the doctorate; recognition of habilitation-equivalent achievements; type of financing of the habilitation; financing between completed doctorate and first appointment; type of habilitation thesis; reasons for changing universities/research institutions; reasons for deciding on an academic career; experienced support during the doctoral period by the following persons: Main supervisor of the doctoral thesis, other professors (not involved in the doctoral procedure), other female professors (not involved in the doctoral procedure), former or current colleagues, former or current colleagues, partners, other persons; experienced support in the time between doctoral thesis and initial appointment by the following persons: Main supervisor of the doctoral thesis, other professors (not involved in the doctoral procedure), other female professors (not involved in the doctoral procedure), former or current colleagues, former or current colleagues, partners, other persons; quality of the personal relationship to the main supervisor of the doctoral thesis; gender of the main supervisor; quality of the personal relationship to the most important superior in the career phase between doctoral thesis and initial appointment; Gender of the supervisor in the career phase between doctorate and initial appointment; frequency of monitoring the progress of the doctorate by the supervisor; type of support for the principal supervisor in the doctoral phase; type of support for one´s own doctoral students; expectation of self-efficacy; assessment of the career conditions of researchers (importance of various factors such as chance, reputation of the first reviewer of the doctorate, etc.); evaluation of various options for ensuring scientific quality; characteristics of one´s own academic career (funding, long-term employment contracts, publication successes, etc.); effects of negative experiences on the way to professorship (conflicts with colleagues, unsatisfactory evaluation in the doctoral process, rejection of submitted articles, experiences of discrimination, etc.); appointment of target-oriented measures to improve the career conditions of young scientists; professional self-concept.

Demography:

Information on the current professorship (type, first appointment, grade level, time limit); type of institution; allocation to teaching and research area; year of graduation; year of doctorate; habilitation status; year of habilitation; year of first appointment; information on the first professorship (grade level, time limit); vocational training; Activity as student/scientific assistant; number of institutions of academic activity between studies and first appointment; work experience outside of universities; stay abroad (frequency, duration, occupation); gender; year of birth; marital status; children (dichotom); highest school qualification father/mother; professional qualification father/mother.