A new collaborative study from Dr. Andrea Löther (CEWS) and her former colleague Frederike Freud examines how gender homophily—where researchers tend to collaborate with others of the same gender—affects international research partnerships. They detect gender homophily, even when considering the gender balance of researchers eligible for funding. Furthermore, men are more likely to form gender-homophilous collaborations than women.
The paper “Gender-Based Homophily in International Research Collaborations” was published recently in Social Sciences. Andrea Löther und Frederike Freund used data from the Humboldt Foundation, which was related to a study conducted by CEWS on international mobile women scientists. The results suggest that gender inequalities in international academic mobility are linked to behavioral homophily and that exploring the role of host researchers is crucial to understanding—and overcoming—the under-representation of women in international academic mobility.
Bibliographic information:
Löther, Andrea; Freund, Frederike (2024): Gender-Based Homophily in International Research Collaborations. In: Soc. Sci. 13, p. 549. (URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/13/10/549).