Inhalt: In this article, we draw a parallel between equality of opportunity in educational transitions and equality of opportunity in academic careers. In both cases, many methodological problems can be ameliorated by the use of longitudinal rather than cross-sectional data. We illustrate this point by using Finnish full-population register data to follow the educational and academic careers of the 1964-1966 birth cohorts from birth to the present day. We show how the Finnish professoriate is highly selected both in terms of parental background and in terms of gender. Individuals of different backgrounds differ greatly in the likelihood of completing different educational and academic transitions, but much less in the age at which they make these transitions. By contrast, women’s academic careers differ from those of men both in terms of timing and in terms of rates, with women’s PhDs and full professorships seemingly delayed compared to those of men. We additionally show with the help of a 2015 cross-section of Finnish professors how such differences are easily overlooked in cross-sectional data.
Schlagwörter:Bildung; academic (female); gender; Akademikerin; education; Chancengleichheit; Hochschulbildung; academy; Gender; equality of rights; Akademie; Karriere; Finland; woman; Gleichberechtigung; Akademiker; equal opportunity; Finnland; career; university level of education; academic
SSOAR Kategorie:Wissenschaftssoziologie, Wissenschaftsforschung, Technikforschung, Techniksoziologie, Berufsforschung, Berufssoziologie, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Empowering women through digital skills in Argentina: a tale of two stories
Titelübersetzung:Stärkung von Frauen durch digitale Kompetenzen in Argentinien: eine Erzählung aus zwei Perspektiven
Autor/in:
Martinez Demarco, Solange
Quelle: TATuP - Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis / Journal for Technology Assessment in Theory and Practice, 28 (2019) 2, S 23-28
Inhalt: "Promoting gender equality is smart development policy," says the World Bank. In line with this narrative, many companies have promoted gender equality in terms of bridging the gender digital divide. In Argentina, a growing number of grassroots initiatives sponsored by corporations have emerged and provide training in digital and soft skills as well as entrepreneurship and leadership opportunities. Without denying the efforts, importance, and value of the work of these groups, this paper studies some of the contradictions inherent to the increasing power that corporations have in the discourse and practice of reducing the gender digital gap. My argument is that these projects contribute to reinforcing current economic, social, and geographical divides, to discriminating against gender non-conforming people, and to further limiting government intervention in this area.
Schlagwörter:Argentinien; Argentina; Digitale Spaltung; digital divide; gender-specific factors; Gleichstellung; affirmative action; Empowerment; empowerment; woman; Entwicklungspolitik; development policy; Lateinamerika; Latin America; smart economics
SSOAR Kategorie:Wissenschaftssoziologie, Wissenschaftsforschung, Technikforschung, Techniksoziologie, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Quelle: Advances in Complex Systems, 21 (2018) 3-4, S 1-23
Inhalt: Scientific collaborations shape ideas as well as innovations and are both the substrate for, and the outcome of, academic careers. Recent studies show that gender inequality is still present in many scientific practices ranging from hiring to peer-review processes and grant applications. In this work, we investigate gender-specific differences in collaboration patterns of more than one million computer scientists over the course of 47 years. We explore how these patterns change over years and career ages and how they impact scientific success. Our results highlight that successful male and female scientists reveal the same collaboration patterns: compared to scientists in the same career age, they tend to collaborate with more colleagues than other scientists, seek innovations as brokers and establish longer-lasting and more repetitive collaborations. However, women are on average less likely to adopt the collaboration patterns that are related with success, more likely to embed into ego networks devoid of structural holes, and they exhibit stronger gender homophily as well as a consistently higher dropout rate than men in all career ages.
Wie "offen" sind die europäischen Wissenschaften für Frauen?
Titelübersetzung:How "open" are the European sciences for women?
Autor/in:
Tüür-Fröhlich, Terje
Quelle: Information - Wissenschaft und Praxis, 62 (2011) 6-7, S 279-284
Inhalt: Die Geschlechterungleichheit in den Wissenschaften ist weiterhin ein ungelöstes Problem. Viele Studien befassen sich mit genderspezifischen Problemen in wissenschaftlicher Kommunikation und in wissenschaftlichen Karrieren. Die EU-Statistiken ("She Figures") dokumentieren das nach wie vor dominante Muster geringerer weiblicher Präsenz in höheren akademischen Rängen in fast allen EU-Mitgliedsstaaten. EU-Wissenschaftspolitik und die nationalen Sozialpolitiken widersprechen einander. Die vorherrschende "publish or perish"-Logik, atyptische Beschäftigungsverhältnisse als akzeptierte Norm und die forcierte internationale Mobilität behindern vor allem die Wissenschaftskarrieren der Jungen und Frauen. Wie offen sind die sogenannten "offenen Initiativen" für Frauen? Frauen sind gegenüber der Open-Source-Bewegung (FLOSS) skeptisch, sie fühlen sich vom dort herrschenden männlich dominierten "frostigen" Arbeitsklima eingeschüchtert. Nur 13 Prozent der internationalen Wikipedia-Autorenschaft ist weiblich. Nur Artikel über klassisch männliche Themen wie Fußball werden in der deutschen Wikipedia als "relevant" eingestuft und dürfen daher "überleben". Es gibt kaum deutschsprachige Genderstudien im Modus Open Access. Meist ignorieren die Erhebungen zu den Einstellungen und Praktiken von Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern beim Open-Access-Publizieren die Geschlechtervariable. Einzige Ausnahme bildet eine größere Befragung durch die DFG. In dieser Studie wünschen mehr Frauen als Männer Training in Open-Access-Publikationstechniken.
Inhalt: Gender inequality in sciences is an ongoing unsolved issue. Many studies have
been carried out to tackle the gender specific problems in scientific communication
and scientific careers. The EU-Statistics ("She Figures") document the still
dominant pattern of lower female presence in higher academic ranks in almost
all European Union member states. There are discrepancies between EU science
policy and national social policies. The prevailing "publish or perish" attitude,
atypical employment as accepted norm and the forced international mobility are
factors which hamper the young and female academics' scientific careers. How
open for women are the so called "open initiatives"? Women are sceptical towards
FLOSS (free/ libre open source software), they feel intimidated by the male dominated
"chilly" working climate. Only 13 percent of the international Wikipedia
writers are female. Only articles on traditionally male topics as soccer are considered as relevant in the German Wikipedia and are allowed to "survive". There is
almost no open access publishing in German gender studies. Generally the surveys
of attitudes and practices of scholars on open access publishing ignore the gender
variable. The only exception is a larger survey of the DFG. In this study women
more often than men wish more training in open access publishing techniques.
Schlagwörter:publication; gender relations; EU; Gleichstellung; open access; science; Publikation; Open Access; Karriere; Work-life-balance; woman; Geschlechterverhältnis; affirmative action; career; EU; work-life-balance; woman; female; career; scientific communication; scholarly communication; review; Wissenschaftskommunikation; Literaturübersicht; mentor; mentorship; dual career management; mobility; science policy; social policy
SSOAR Kategorie:Wissenschaftssoziologie, Wissenschaftsforschung, Technikforschung, Techniksoziologie, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Closed vs. Open Access: szientometrische Untersuchung dreier sozialwissenschaftlicher Zeitschriften aus der Genderperspektive
Titelübersetzung:Closed vs. open access: scientometric gender analysis of three social science journals
Autor/in:
Tüür-Fröhlich, Terje
Quelle: Information - Wissenschaft und Praxis, 62 (2011) 4, S 173-176
Inhalt: "Der Artikel ist Teil einer größeren Untersuchung zu den Potentialen von Open Access Publishing zur Erhöhung der Publikations- und damit Karrierechancen von Sozialwissenschaftlerinnen. Es werden drei inhaltlich und methodisch ähnliche sozialwissenschaftliche Zeitschriften verglichen: das Open-Access-Journal 'Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung' ('FQS') und die zwei Closed-Access-/ Hybridjournale 'Zeitschrift für qualitative Forschung' und 'Sozialer Sinn'. Erhoben wird
(a) der jeweilige Frauenanteil unter Redaktions- und Beiratsmitgliedern dieser drei Zeitschriften (N=184 insgesamt), (b) aufwändig rekonstruiert und analysiert wird die Genderstruktur der Autorenschaften aller in den drei Zeitschriften zwischen 2000 und 2008 veröffentlichten Beiträge (Totalerhebung, N=1557 insgesamt)." (Autorenreferat)
Inhalt: "The paper is part of a larger investigation which analyses the potentials of open access publishing in order to increase the publication and therefore career opportunities for female
social scientists. It compares three thematically and methodologically similar social sciences journals: the open-access journal 'Forum Qualitative Social Research' (FQS) and the two Closed-Access-/ Hybrid journals 'Zeitschrift für qualitative Forschung' (ZQF) and 'Sozialer Sinn' (SoSi). The data was collected on the percentage of female editorial and advisory board members of these three journals (N=184 total). An extensive reconstruction and analysis was carried out to mark the gender structure of the authorship of the three journals 2000-2008 published articles (N=1557 total)." (author's abstract)
Schlagwörter:publication; gender; open access; Chancengleichheit; Sozialwissenschaftler; Internet; Gender; Publikation; Open Access; Wissenschaftlerin; Karriere; woman; specialized communication; Internet; periodical; female scientist; equal opportunity; fachliche Kommunikation; career; Zeitschrift; social scientist; Wissenschaftskommunikation; ; woman; female; career; scientific communication; journal; empirical research