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Yes, Being a Woman in Science Is Hard. That’s Why We’re Trying to Change It.
Smartest in Class: Male Students 'Overestimate' Intelligence
It smacks of affirmations like ‘if you believe it, you can achieve it’, but men’s academic swagger has a dark side.
Elsevier Reports 40% Gender Pay Gap
Elsevier has reported a median pay gap of 40%, more than twice the UK average of 18.4% and the highest yet reported by a publishing company.
On Being Excluded: Testimonies by People of Color in Scholarly Publishing
Firsthand account about the experience of racism in scholarly publishing, showing we have "a great deal of powerful and humbling work to do" to address racism and the white-dominated culture of our industry.
Universities Have Too Few Women at the Top. How Can They Redress the Balance?
Universities Have Too Few Women at the Top. How Can They Redress the Balance?
Across the UK, universities are falling behind government targets to increase female representation on their boards by 2020. What steps can they take?
How Are Academic Lives Sustained?
Gender and the ethics of care in the neoliberal accelerated academy.
The Special Challenges of Being Both a Scientist and a Mom
I didn’t really understand how unjust the academic system was for career advancement for women until I had children
No Women No Panel Campaign
The No Women No Panel Campaign initiated by Commissioner Mariya Gabriel has been supported and reiterated by several of her colleagues from the European Commission. She committed to ensuring at least one other woman is part of panels she is invited to speak at.
New Study Hints at Who Is Successful
A new study of 728 campaigns from a crowdfunding platform finds that women and students tend to do better.
Study Finds Female College Graduates Newly on the Job Market Are Punished for Having Good Grades
The NIH Must Reduce Disparities in Funding to Maximize Its Return on Investments from Taxpayers
Mining 50 Years of Astronomy and Astrophysics Publications Data
Looking at of the gender gap in 50 years of publications in astronomy and astrophysics.
Societal Inequalities Amplify Gender Gaps in Math
Countries that are generally more egalitarian, or that have institutions more conductive to equality, have a lower gender performance gap in math, suggesting that this gap is partly shaped by more general societal inequalities.
What Does a Scientist Look Like? Children Are Drawing Women More Than Ever Before
Celebrating the Women of EPFL's IC School: Miranda Krekovic
Rather than simply complaining about the lack of women, the researchers at EPFL decided to walk the talk by launching GirlsCoding.
Asthma Inhalers Fail Minority Children Due to a Lack of Diversity in Research
Why I Don't Use Instagram for Science Outreach
Women shouldn't have to shoulder the burden of solving gender inequality on social media: by visibly contradicting stereotypes about female scientists, it is clear that they hope to inspire girls to pursue science and to encourage female scientists to showcase their femininity in our male-dominated workspaces.
Persistent Underrepresentation of Women's Science in High Profile Journals
Perish Not Publish? New Study Quantifies the Lack of Female Authors in Scientific Journals
How to Tackle the Childcare-Conference Conundrum
Four concrete suggestions - for Childcare, Accommodate families, Resources, Establish social networks - are directed toward research societies and conference organizers who are willing to take a leadership role in creating solutions, either incrementally or on a large scale.
Writing Women in Mathematics into Wikipedia
Reflections upon the problems encountered when writing women in mathematics into Wikipedia.
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