Ada Pellert is the first woman to take over the leadership of the Alpen-Adria University in Klagenfurt – in the “Krone” interview she explains what she plans to do, where there is still catching up to do and how political education can be successful are at universities.
“Kron”: You are the first female rector of the AAU – even though the university is still so young. Do women do work differently than men?
Ada Pellert: My goal of equality is that there can be as many different women as men. At the end of the day, there are just different personalities. In 1999 I started working in university management as vice-rector in Graz. There was not a single female rector in Austria at the time. Hello?! So there is clearly something systematic about it. In that respect, we are still happy that a woman will be in the position. But in Germany I already had many female colleagues, and there are more and more. But you’re right: it clearly took 54 years at the University of Klagenfurt. I was also the first female rector of the Open University of Hagen, who just turned 50. So yes, there is pent-up demand.
Source: Krone
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