We are currently in the final testing phase of the already implemented online version of our survey for the 3rd wave. Third wave means that this is the 2-year follow-up survey to the first survey in 2022. In addition to questions on career progression - for example: Did one apply for new jobs? Were you able to conduct appointment or retention negotiations due to a reputation? Did you survive your tenure track evaluation? Have you even left academia? - The questionnaire also deals with new aspects such as stress, job satisfaction, attitudes and motives, as well as observed or experienced abuse of power in academia.
Here is an overview of all topics:

• An update on your career path
• Questions about your job satisfaction and ability to deal with stress [new]
• Your attitudes and motives [new]
• An update on your activities and their scope (research, teaching, committee work)
• Your experience with the abuse of power in academia [new]
• An update on your overall life situation (e.g. commuting, partnership, children)

We look forward to your active participation! If you were there in 2022 but not in 2023: no problem! It will be all the more valuable if you are back in 2024 and help us to better understand professorial career paths, including the particular challenges.

We are pleased to give you an overview of possible paths to a lifetime professorship with our new flyer! In addition, we present first results regarding the educational background of the professors in our panel by type of professorship. Here you can find a web and print version in German and English on the DZHW website.

We congratulate our PhD student Claudia Begemann (DZHW Department "Educational Careers and Graduate Employment") whose joint conference contribution with Carolin Luksche (DZHW Department "Governance in Higher Education and Science") and Julia Röwert (PhD scholarship of the Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft) was recently honored with the RESSH Student Paper Award!

We are looking forward to presenting the results of the prof*panel at the following conferences this year:

• Conference of the European Consortium for Sociological Research (ECSR), 12.-14. September, Barcelona, Spain. Talk on “Successful career paths to full professorship – A typology and analysis of influencing factors”
• Research Evaluation in Social Sciences and Humanities (RESSH), 23.-24. Mai, Galway, Ireland. Talk on “Understanding Evaluation Criteria: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Implementation of Tenure-Track Professorships at German Universities”

The prof*panel is now also on Twitter, connecting with academics and researchers on social media. Follow @profpanel_DZHW for the latest updates on our long-term study and insights into academic career trajectories.

On July 6, 2023, the prof*panel launched its first follow-up survey! The aim of this follow-up is to record the current status of the career paths of participating professors in Germany. As a long-term study, the prof*panel conducts annual measurements to track changes in career trajectories. The survey is used to record career paths into and during professorship and to determine types of career paths. In addition, the study included several new topics (while dropping others) that could influence career trajectories: (1) work-life balance and health, and (2) problem-solving skills.