In 2022, 15,700 full professors were working in Italian universities. However, women holding a full professorship were only 4,200. Moreover, almost 60 percent of associate professors and 56 percent of temporary researchers were men. Postdocs were the most gender-balanced, with 7,800 men and 7,900 women. Professori a contratto constituted the academic rank with the largest number of people. Nevertheless, they are not part of the university regular staff, their positions last for one academic year only, and they are often underpaid compared to their responsibilities.
Number of university professors in Italy in 2022, by academic rank and gender
* Non-tenured instructor with a specific expertise in one discipline, hired exclusively to teach for an academic year. The "professore a contratto”, is not part of the university's regular staff, and receives a salary only for teaching, although he or she performs several tasks similar to those of tenured professors, such as organizing examinations, supervising dissertations, participating in conferences, and managing research projects. These responsibilities are generally unpaid.
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