‘Mentoring and sponsorship in Higher Educational institutions : Men’s invisible advantage in STEM’?
Autor/in:
O’Connor, Pat; O'Hagan, Angela; Myers, Eva Sophie
Quelle: Higher Education Research and Development, 39 (2019) 4, S 1–14
Inhalt: This article is concerned with the source of men’s invisible advantage in the male dominated disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). It is suggested that this advantage has been obscured by combining sponsorship and mentoring. The research asks: Are men or women most likely to be mentored? Is it possible to distinguish between mentoring and sponsorship? Is there gender variation in either or both of these depending on the source – whether from the academic supervisor, line manager or other senior academics. This qualitative study draws on interview data from 106 respondents (57 men and 48 women) at junior, middle and senior levels, in four universities: one each in Bulgaria, Denmark, Ireland and Turkey. It shows that both men and women received mentoring from their PhD supervisor, albeit with slightly different reported nuances. Men were more likely than women to receive sponsorship in that relationship. Both men and women received sponsorship from the Head of Department, whose wider responsibilities may have reduced homophily. Men were more likely than women to receive sponsorship and mentoring from senior men, with most women indicating a lack of access to such senior academics. By distinguishing between mentoring and sponsorship, this article contributes to our understanding of the way male dominance in STEM is perpetuated and suggests the source of men’s invisible advantage in STEM.
Quelle: CJPE (Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation), 33 (2019)
Inhalt: Gender equality has made its way to the forefront of discussions across various sectors in the Canadian context. Yet the intentional inclusion of gender and other intersectional identity dimensions is just beginning to permeate the realities of performance measurement and evaluation practitioners, particularly those using program theory. There is a vast body of knowledge regarding the measurement of women’s empowerment, gradually declining availability of resources targeting the inclusion of gender in theory, and even less guidance on integrating gender in theory in the context of gendered programming. Similarly, coordinated efforts from multiple sectors have resulted in an abundance of theory regarding girls and women’s representation, recruitment, retention, and promotion within STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) but less guidance on the measurement and evaluation in these areas. This article shares recent efforts to bridge the divide using theory knitting to develop a performance measurement framework addressing the decreasing representation of girls and women across the STEM “leaky pipeline” using the COM-B theory of change model.
Schlagwörter:gender equality; Geschlechterverhältnis; Gleichstellungsmaßnahmen; Gleichstellungspolitik; Ingenieurwissenschaft; MINT; Programmevaluation; Programmtheorie; STEM; theory of change
CEWS Kategorie:Europa und Internationales, Gleichstellungspolitik, Naturwissenschaft und Technik
Construction of Gendered Enineering Culture in Turkey
Autor/in:
Kadayifci, Ezgi Pehlivanli
Quelle: International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology, 9 (2017) 3, S 221–243
Inhalt: This article is based on the findings of research that aims to understand the factors creating gendered aspects in the professional culture of engineering in contemporary Turkey. Based on the results of this study, I argue that the engineering profession’s prestige in Turkish society derives from gendered codes and ideals. These codes mainly place the male engineer as the ideal type. The results of this study revealed that engineering is a prestigious profession in Turkey's society. The level of prestige is constructed upon factors such as being successful in math and natural sciences at high school, and the hierarchy between engineering departments and engineers’ class position.
Quelle: Zeitschrift für Frauenforschung und Geschlechterstudien, Jg. 25 (2007) H. 2, S. 27-43
Inhalt: Der Beitrag geht auf das Projekt "Creating Cultures for Success for Women Engineers" zurück und thematisiert methodologische Probleme, wie sie bei groß angelegten internationalen Vergleichsstudien auftreten: den Umgang mit kulturellen und sprachlichen Problemen; methodologische Fragen des Vergleichs eines variablenorientierten und eines fallstudienorientierten Ansatzes; Standardprobleme des Forschungsdesigns in den Sozialwissenschaften, vor allem in Bezug auf die Entscheidung für ein quantitatives, qualitatives oder gemischtes Design; Umgang mit großen Datenmengen; Probleme der quantitativen Erhebung - Fragebogenkonstruktion, Validität und Reliabilität, Probleme bei der Durchführung; Probleme der qualitativen Erhebung - Leitfäden für Interview, Fokusgruppendiskussion, Beobachtung, Websiteanalyse; Probleme der Feldarbeit und der Datenanalyse. Eine interative länderübergreifende kombinierte Methodologie erlaubt jedoch einen Vergleich, der bei allen Begrenzungen weit über die gewöhnlichen statistischen Vergleichsmethoden hinaus fruchtbar ist. (ICE2)
CEWS Kategorie:Europa und Internationales, Geschlechterverhältnis, Naturwissenschaft und Technik
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Ein europäischer Blick auf die Situation von Frauen in der Wissenschaft
Titelübersetzung:A European view of the situation of women in science
Autor/in:
Tibes, Anja; Beuter, Isabel
Quelle: Sozialwissenschaftlicher Fachinformationsdienst : Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Bd. 2 (2006) , S. 11-24
Inhalt: Der vorliegende Beitrag befasst sich mit der Situation von Frauen in der Wissenschaft innerhalb der Europäischen Union. Zunächst wird der aktuelle Wissensstand über die Situation von Frauen in der Wissenschaft im Allgemeinen und in wissenschaftlich-technischen Disziplinen im Besonderen kurz dargestellt. Des weiteren werden die Hintergründe, die zu Ungleichheiten in der Karriereentwicklung zwischen Männern und Frauen führen und damit die Unterrepräsentanz von Wissenschaftlerinnen insbesondere in Führungspositionen erklären, aufgezeigt. Die im zweiten Abschnitt vorgestellte European Platform of Women Scientists EPWS greift bereits bekannte Ursachen der Marginalisierung von Frauen in der Wissenschaft auf und richtet sich mit ihren Angeboten an Wissenschaftlerinnen aus allen Disziplinen. Innerhalb der Europäischen Kommission zeichnet sich in den letzten Jahren jedoch auch eine Tendenz ab, die Situation von Frauen in der Wissenschaft disziplinenspezifisch zu untersuchen. Diese Tendenz in der europäischen Forschungsförderung wird abschließend anhand dreier konkreter Projekte vorgestellt. (ICD2)
Quelle: Journal of women and minorities in science and engineering, Vol. 8 (2002) No. 3-4, S. 363-375
Inhalt: "The current situation of women in scientific education and employment in European Union and applicant countries shows patterns of vertical and horizontal segregation. Yet the data that underpin these analyses are patchy, and despite some efforts to reuse available data, there is a clear need for new data, an effort that is gathering momentum in the European Commission (EC) and other pan-European bodies. However, new data collection requires major resourcing and for this to happen, various actors need to be convinced that the 'women and science problem' matters. Various arguments can be found in the literature about why the issue is seen to matter, and here, the author focuses particularly on a recent rationale in the EC, the 'science and society' perspective. However, if women, as agents, persist in retreating from science, the reasons behind the phenomena shown up in the available data need to be much more closely examined, in terms of the structures and institutions of scientific education and employment." (author's abstract)