Women in scientific careers unleashing the potential
While women account for more than half of university graduates in several OECD countries, they receive only 30% of tertiary degrees granted in science and engineering fields. This publication presents the proceedings of a recent international workshop to assess the underlying causes behind the low p...
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[Paris, France] :
Organisation for Economic Co-operaton and Development
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- pt. 1. Introduction
- pt. 2. Barriers faced by women researchers : segregation by field of work. Statistics on women in science : examples from the European Union / Camilla Gidlof Regnier
- The gender gap in the public research sector : the case of Denmark / Kamma Langberg
- Women's research careers and scientific productivity in public research / Maria Bordons and Elba Mauleon
- Women's careers in science and technology in Japan / Mariko Ogawa
- Trends in gender seregation by field of work in higher education / Christian Suter
- Theories into gender segregation in the scientific careers / Yu Xie
- Disparities between men's and women's careers in scientific research : the case of Austria / Ingrid Schacherl
- pt. 3. Barriers faced by women researchers : segregation by hierarchy. Gender as a career factor faced in academic research / Iiris Aaltio
- Initiatives and experiences in gender equality at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology / Eivind Hiis Hauge
- Does gender matter in scientific leadership? / Rossella Palomba
- Gender and the careers of French university instructors and researchers / Frederique Pigeyre
- pt. 4. Instruments for change : existing policy measures and programmes. The success of female scientists in the 21st century : an American perspective / Wanda E. Ward
- Encouragement to advance : a programme to promote career strategies for women in German academia / Andrea Lother
- Dutch research council policy actions to encourage the participation of women in science / Wilma van Donselaar
- Instruments for changing gender inequalities in scientific careers / Christel Baltes-Lohr
- Balancing research careers and private lives : do social measures matter? / Aliki Mouriki
- Women in Latin American science and technology : a window of opportunity / Judith Zubieta
- Supply and demand-side actions to promote women in S&T : lessons from the United Kingdom Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology / Jane Butcher
- Women in scientific careers : the case study of Italy / Sveva Avveduto
- pt. 5. Conclusion. Concluding remarks / Maria Stratigaki.
