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Nature 397, 467-468 (11 February 1999) | doi:10.1038/17196

German job security leads to stagnation ...

Eberhard Passarge1

  1. Institut für Humangenetik, Universittsklinikum Essen, D-45122 Essen, Germany

Your editorial and News report touch on fundamental problems that have beset German universities for a long time (Nature  396, 393; 1998 & Nature  396, 396; 1998). The system is rigid and bureaucratic with little incentive for efforts beyond minimal requirements.