Articles | Volume 53
https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-53-97-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-53-97-2020
22 Jul 2020
 | 22 Jul 2020

Gender equality in marine sciences in Kiel, Germany: how project-funded measures can urge institutions to act

Ruth Kamm, Christiane K. Schelten, and Gesche Braker

Cited articles

Avallone, L. M., Hallar, A. G., Thiry, H., and Edwards, L. M.: Supporting the retention and advancement of women in the atmospheric sciences: What women are saying, B. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 94, 313–316, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00078.1, 2013. 
Baltic Gender: Updated handbook of gender-sensitive indicators in the Baltic Gender project, available at: https://www.baltic-gender.eu/documents/1199638/1385310/MS23-Indicators.pdf/d192d45f-c351-45c7-a80a-36234f406730 (last access 19 May 2020), 2019. 
Baltic Gender: Welcome to the Baltic Gender project. Baltic Consortium on Promoting Gender Equality in Marine Research Organisations, available at: https://www.baltic-gender.eu/, last access: 19 May 2020. 
Clem, S. Legg, S., Lozier, S., and Mouw, C.: The impact of MPOWIR: A decade of investing in mentoring women in physical oceanography, Oceanography, 27, 39–48, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2014.113, 2014. 
de Vries, J.: Mentoring for Change, Universities Australia Executive Women & the LH Martin Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Management, Melbourne, Victoria, available at: http://jendevries.com/publications-full/2014/5/1/mentoring-for-change (last access: 21 July 2020), 2011. 
Download
Short summary
In marine research in Kiel (Germany), women are underrepresented in leading research positions. In our case study, we discuss innovative activities to improve gender equality in two large externally funded marine sciences research alliances: the Cluster of Excellence The Future Ocean and the Collaborative Research Centre 754 Climate–Biogeochemistry Interactions in the Tropical Ocean. We show that progress towards gender equality was initiated by these time-bound third-party-funded projects.