The problem of underrepresentation exists at all levels of the discipline, from doctoral students to professors, but mostly becomes acute at the postdoctoral level, since many qualified and talented women who have earned a PhD in Political Economy or a related discipline leave academia and choose not to pursue an academic career. Often they lack both role models and a network in the discipline.
The new Summer School will attempt to address some of these issues. Hosted by the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) and organized in collaboration with the Political Economy Section of the German Political Science Association (DVPW), it aims to establish a European network of women working in Political Economy and to contribute to ameliorating existing gendered inequalities in the field.