Gender Equality: Where are we now?

Our aim with atom*innen is first of all to inform. We want to emphasize that, despite some progress within the last decades, there are still too few girls in Austria (and in Europe in general) who choose physics as a career. There is still a very clear imbalance between men and women in physics. If women do choose physics, they face a leaky pipeline: the higher the positions, the fewer women. Here you can find data showing the proportion of women in physics, so you can see for yourself. This is why in this section whe want to share data which highlights the gender gap in physics.

Interactive Maps

Interactive Maps

In this section we provide interactive graphs on gender imbalance in physics within EU countries. Stay tuned for more!

Interactive maps
Data over time

Data over time

Different EU-countries show different rates of female enrollment in physics over time. Investigate how these rates have changed.

Data over time
Literature

Literature

We are collecting literature on gender equity in physics to gain a comprehensive understanding of the issues.

Literature