Gender monitoring
Gender monitoring is an important cornerstone of the Culture and Equality unit's activities and initiatives. Gender ratios and, where possible, diversity categories can be visualised, developments monitored and priorities set.
The current data only allows for an analysis of men and women in Gender Monitoring - data about inter or non-binary people is simply not available so far. This binary is not an adequate reflection of reality. But it does reflect a society that negotiates power along this dichotomy. That means that complexity reducing, binary data can make gendered social mechanisms visible.
Current Data
Reporting Commitment in the Affirmative Action Plan for the Advancement of Women and Gender Equality
In the Affirmative Action Plan for the Advancement of Women and Gender Equality, the University of Vienna has committed itself to regularly analyse and report data on gender ratios at the University. These data are prepared by the Culture and Equality unit. They are online and updated annually. An English version of the site is currently in the works.
Income report
Access for employees
All employees of the University of Vienna have the possibility to obtain information on the medium income in their own salary bracket of the previous year.
Further information is available on the intranet.
To read and reference
Academic Careers and Gender Bias
This publication makes the (unconscious) gender bias that influences many situations visible: stereotypes of how women are and how men are; ideas of what make the perfect scientist; and the clash of those elements are captured in numbers and international studies.
These studies point to the fact that our actions and our decisions are often influenced by unconscious attitudes and presuppositions. The appointment of professorships by commissions and panels, whose own standard it is to choose the best candidates as objectively as possible, are no exception. It is therefore especially for them that this publication aims to make it easier to see possible bias in their decisions.
Data brochures
The Culture and Equality unit is responsible for developing and publishing the data brochure "Gender im Fokus. Studium und Karrierewege der Universität Wien" (Gender in focus. Study Programmes and Career Paths at the University of Vienna). The aim is to examine the representation of men and women at the University. Since 2023, the regular analysis takes place in the Gender Equality Report.
The seventh data brochure was published in 2021 on the topic "The Triangulation of Success. Publications, Third Party Funding and Mobility at the University of Vienna". A print version (in German) can be requested for free from the unit, the digital downloads are available here.
Gender pay gap report
The Culture and Equality unit produces an annual internal gender pay gap report, which provides a detailed analysis of the staff's gender pay differences and which is submitted to the university management.