Table 3 Proposed measures to overcome existing barriers, as given by respondents (% of all respondents)

Priority setting of GH and GHE at decision-making level

□ Advocacy at universities, federal and state bodies (e.g. ministries of education) (n = 15, 28%)

□ Students as active parts in the advocacy work for more GHE (n = 3, 5%)

□ Increasing public awareness of GH issues (n = 2, 4%)

□ Consensus on a definition of GH (n = 1, 2%)

Funding

□ Increased funding for current GH courses by federal and state level (n = 6, 11%),

□ Incentives for universities to invest in GHE through competitive funding mechanisms (n = 2, 4%)

□ Investment into new curricula at medical schools including GHE (n = 1, 2%)

Stronger cooperation and collaboration in the provision of GHE

□ Stronger cross-faculty collaboration for interdisciplinary GHE (5%, n = 3)

□ More collaboration between GH(E) experts in Germany (4%, n = 2)

□ More collaboration of academia with (international) organizations/scientific institutes operating in the field of GH (e.g. NGOs, bi- and multilateral agencies to ensure professional expertise in GHE programs) (2%, n = 1)

Career prospects

□ Create new university career options for internationally practicing professionals who have not necessarily pursued an academic career before (5%, n = 3)

□ Transparency on career options for GH graduates (e.g. career fairs, academia establishes contacts with international organizations and institutions) (4%, n = 2)