She Figures 2018 : Gender in Research and Innovation
Autor/in:
European Commission
Quelle: Luxembourg, 2019.
Inhalt: Equality between women and men is a core value of the European Union, enshrined in the European Treaties. The EU, through a large body of legislation, actively promotes gender equality in areas such as equal pay, work-life balance, health and safety at work, social security, access to goods and services, and protection from human trafficking, gender-based violence and other forms of gender-based crime. The EU is also equally committed to advancing gender equality in research and innovation. More specifically, gender equality and gender ‘mainstreaming’ (the integration of a gender perspective in the preparation and evaluation of policies) in academic research is one of the priorities for the European Research Area, and the promotion of both of these policies within research and innovation is among the aims of the EU’s framework programmes. In Horizon 2020, gender equality is both a ‘cross-cutting’ issue and the topic of the dedicated Work Programme ‘Science with and for Society’, which funds specific initiatives in support of the EU’s gender equality strategy. The ‘She Figures’ publication provides a range of indicators on gender equality in research and innovation at pan-European level. It aims to give an overview of the gender equality situation, using a wide range of indicators to examine the impact and effectiveness of policies implemented in this area.
Schlagwörter:EU; Europa; Horizont 2020; Monitoring; Statistik
CEWS Kategorie:Europa und Internationales, Statistik und statistische Daten
Gender mainstreaming and gender equality in Europe : Policies, culture and public opinion
Autor/in:
Lomazzi, Vera; Crespi, Isabella
Quelle: Bristol: Policy Press, 2019. 206 S
Inhalt: As the concept of gender mainstreaming grows more prominent in the debate about gender equality, this book explores its origins, evolution and varying impacts on political, social and cultural issues around Europe. It also considers mainstreaming's potential and limits, providing a timely contribution to the ongoing debate about gender attitudes.
CEWS Kategorie:Arbeitswelt und Arbeitsmarkt, Europa und Internationales
Dokumenttyp:Monographie
The positioning and making of female professors : Pushing career advancement open
Autor/in:
Murray, Rowena; Mifsud, Denise
Quelle: Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan (Palgrave studies in gender and education), 2019. 241 S
Inhalt: This book explores the experiences and perspectives of female professors. Analysing the gendering of this process using various theoretical perspectives, this edited collection examines the active "making" of careers, and how this has been possible. The editors and contributors cut across institutions, cultures and continents to seek to understand how women navigate the gendered process of becoming a professor, with each chapter applying a different theoretical or methodological approach to her experience. The chapters are not mere descriptions of career trajectories, but analytic narratives anchored within distinct theoretical and philosophical frameworks. In turn, they shed important light on how - and if - institutional structures and systems are adapting to move towards gender equality. Offering practical advice as well as thoughtful reflection, this book will be of especial interest to early career female academics. .
Schlagwörter:Gender identity in education; Geschlechterdiskriminierung; Geschlechterungleichheit; Hochschule; Professorin; Wissenschaftskarriere; Women college teachers; women in higher education
CEWS Kategorie:Europa und Internationales, Wissenschaft als Beruf, Geschlechterverhältnis
Dokumenttyp:Monographie
Women Professors : Who Makes It and How?
Autor/in:
Diezmann, Carmel; Grieshaber, Susan
Quelle: Singapur: Springer, 2019.
Inhalt: This book explores the career paths of Australian women who have succeeded in achieving professorships and beyond, where for the most part, such positions are predominately occupied by males. It also explores the gendered culture that exists across faculties and universities as reported by participants in a survey questionnaire of 525 new professors (female and male), and nearly 30 interviews of women in Australian higher education, either in small focus groups or individually. Futher, it identifies catalysts for and inhibitors of success for women and looks in depth at “the boys’ club” and how it impacts women’s progression. The book also highlights how critical life decisions - doctoral study, work and family - shape the careers of academic women. It identifies five distinct career profiles for women academics and the pressure points and effective support for each profile. Thus, this book can assist women academics who are making life decisions and those supporting their career progression. It also provides insights into why affirmative action initiatives to improve the proportion of women in the professoriate have had minimal impact despite considerable investment over the past 30 years
Schlagwörter:affirmative action; Australia; Fördermaßnahme; Frauen in der Wissenschaft; gläserne Decke; glass ceiling; Professorin; Vereinbarkeit Familie-Beruf; women academics
CEWS Kategorie:Berufsbiographie und Karriere, Europa und Internationales, Wissenschaft als Beruf
Beyond controversy: gender-quota implementation in academic decision-making bodies - Diss.
Autor/in:
Voorspoels, Jolien
Quelle: Antwerp, 2018.
Inhalt: Since decades, and worldwide, scholars have been examining phenomena of gender inequality
in academia.1 Scholars have also been investigating gender-equality policies instigated to
address these phenomena of gender inequality in academia.2 Within European academia, for
instance, women represent the majority of students, but men still dominate the higher ranks
of academic staff. The underrepresentation of women among the higher ranks of academic
staff spills over into an underrepresentation of women in academic decision-making boards
and commissions. As professors comprise the majority within such bodies due to their central
positions (in education and research) in academic organizations, the presence of women in
academic decision-making bodies depends to a certain extent on their academic rank. And as
women are underrepresented in these academic positions, they are also underrepresented in
the academic decision-making bodies. Within the EU-28 in 2014, only 28% of the members and
22% of the leaders of national decision-making boards such as research councils or foundations
were women. In more than a quarter of the 29 countries, however, women accounted for at
least 40% of board members. The numbers among leadership positions are also improving,
though still lower. Up from 15.5% in the EU-27 in 2010, 20% of heads of higher education
organizations were women in the EU-28 in 2014, with women making up only 22% of board
chair persons (European Commission, 2015).
(EGERA-Project)
CEWS Kategorie:Europa und Internationales, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Dokumenttyp:Monographie
Europe's New Scientific Elite : Social mechanisms of science in the european research area
Autor/in:
Hönig, Barbara
Quelle: [S.l.]: Routledge, 2018.
Inhalt: This book examines the question of whether the process of European integration in research funding has led to new forms of oligarchization and elite formation in the European Research Area. Based on a study of the European Research Council (ERC), the author investigates profound structural change in the social organization of science, as the ERC intervenes in public science systems that, until now, have largely been organized at the national level.
Against the background of an emerging new science policy, Europe’s New Scientific Elite explores the social mechanisms that generate, reproduce and modify existing dynamics of stratification and oligarchization in science, shedding light on the strong normative impact of the ERC’s funding on problem-choice in science, the cultural legitimacy and future vision of science, and the building of new research councils of national, European and global scope.
A comparative, theory-driven investigation of European research funding, this book will appeal to social scientists with interests in the sociology of knowledge.
CEWS Kategorie:Europa und Internationales, Wissenschaftspolitik
Dokumenttyp:Monographie
Gender Inequality in the Eastern European Labour Market : Twenty-five years of transition since the fall of communism
Autor/in:
Razzu, Giovanni
Quelle: Routledge, 2018.
Inhalt: Under communism there was, in the countries of Eastern Europe, a high level of gender equality in the labour market, particularly in terms of high participation rates by women. The transition from communism has upset this situation, with different impacts in the different countries. This book presents a comprehensive overview of gender and the labour market since the fall of communism in a wide range of Eastern European countries. Each country chapter describes the nature of inequality in the particular country, and goes on to examine the factors responsible for this, including government policies, changing social attitudes, levels of educational attainment and the impact of motherhood. Overall, the book provides an interesting comparison to the situation in Western developed countries, outlining differences and similarities. No one single Eastern European model emerges while, as in Western developed countries, a range of experiences and trends is the norm.
CEWS Kategorie:Arbeitswelt und Arbeitsmarkt, Europa und Internationales
Dokumenttyp:Monographie
Das Coming-out der Staaten : Europas sexuelle Minderheiten und die Politik der Sichtbarkeit
Autor/in:
Ayoub, Phillip M.
Quelle: Bielefeld: transcript (Queer Studies, Band 15), 2017. 313 Seiten
Inhalt: In den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten ist die LGBT-Bewegung (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) in einer im Vergleich zu anderen Menschenrechtsbewegungen beispiellosen Geschwindigkeit gewachsen.
Phillip M. Ayoub zeichnet die jüngere Geschichte dieser transnationalen Bewegung in Europa nach. Er zeigt, wie das »Coming-out« die marginalisierte Gesellschaftsgruppe ins Zentrum der politischen Debatte rückte und ihr zu längst fälligen Rechten verhalf. Neben der Analyse der von der Bewegung vertretenen Normen steht vor allem die Frage im Zentrum, warum die gesellschaftsrechtliche Anerkennung der LGBT-Minderheiten in den jeweiligen Staaten so unterschiedlich verläuft.
CEWS Kategorie:Europa und Internationales, Gleichstellungspolitik
Dokumenttyp:Monographie
Actors, Institutions, and the Making of EU Gender Equality Programs
Autor/in:
Ahrends, Petra
Quelle: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Inhalt: This book is an actor-centred sociological study of the EU-level processes that produce gender equality policy. Based on interviews and documentary analysis, the study unpacks the process of the “Roadmap for Equality between Women and Men 2006-2010” to explain the different roles of actors in the making of EU gender equality policies. By analysing policy processes inside institutions and among institutions, the study focuses on the internal working logics in and between EU-level institutions. It highlights the shifting spaces, openings, and constraints for the development of gender equality policies. Concentrating on EU policy programmes helps shed light on the invisible aspects of EU gender equality policy-making and how this process changed regarding actors, structure and content in the late 2000s. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of EU politics, gender politics, and public policy, as well as to institutional and non-governmental actors in the area of gender politics in Europe and the working of EU politics.
CEWS Kategorie:Europa und Internationales, Gleichstellungspolitik
Dokumenttyp:Monographie
Familienverständnis in Nordafrika und dem Nahen Osten : Analysen zu familiären Rollen und zur Abgrenzung vom Staat
Autor/in:
Gebel, Michael; Heyne, Stefanie
Quelle: Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press (Population and family studies, 1), 2017. 89 Seiten
Inhalt: Ziel dieser Studie ist es, Erkenntnisse über die Rolle von Staat und Familie sowie geschlechtsspezifischen und familiären Rollenvorstellungen in den Ländern des Nahen Ostens und Nordafrikas zu erlangen. Speziell soll thematisiert werden, welches Verständnis von Staat und Familie vorherrscht und wie das Verhältnis zwischen Staat und Familie gesehen wird. Des Weiteren sollen Erkenntnisse über die geschlechtsspezifischen Rollenvorstellungen, die Ansichten über die Aufgabenteilung in der Familie sowie die Vorstellungen zur Familie und zu Familienstrukturen gewonnen werden.
Schlagwörter:Arbeitsteilung; Demokratie; Familie; Geschlechterrolle; Naher Osten; Nordafrika; Soziale Rolle; Staat
CEWS Kategorie:Demographie und Bevölkerungsfragen, Europa und Internationales, Gleichstellungspolitik