Employment, Work, Career:The Changing Situation of the Academic Profession in Germany

Several aspects of employment relations within the academic profession in Germany havecome under great pressure to change as a result of political decisions during the last decade.The presented paper aims to describe the perceptible impact of that process for the differentgroups of academics working in the field of higher education: Have features of work contractschanged and what do they typically look like now? What are the working conditions ofmembers of the academic profession, is there systematic alteration to be seen as aconsequence of the idea of reshaping the field of higher education? Does that affect the careersystem for academic professionals, and if yes: how?[...]