Women in scientific careers unleashing the potential.

While women account for more than half of university graduates in several OECD countries, they receive only 30% of tertiary degrees granted in science and engineering fields. This publication presents the proceedings of a recent international workshop to assess the underlying causes behind the low p...

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Corporate Authors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, ProQuest (Firm)
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יצא לאור: [Paris, France] : Organisation for Economic Co-operaton and Development, c2006.
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תוכן הענינים:
  • pt. 1. Introduction
  • pt. 2. Barriers faced by women researchers : segregation by field of work. Statistics on women in science : examples from the European Union / Camilla Gidlof Regnier
  • The gender gap in the public research sector : the case of Denmark / Kamma Langberg
  • Women's research careers and scientific productivity in public research / Maria Bordons and Elba Mauleon
  • Women's careers in science and technology in Japan / Mariko Ogawa
  • Trends in gender seregation by field of work in higher education / Christian Suter
  • Theories into gender segregation in the scientific careers / Yu Xie
  • Disparities between men's and women's careers in scientific research : the case of Austria / Ingrid Schacherl
  • pt. 3. Barriers faced by women researchers : segregation by hierarchy. Gender as a career factor faced in academic research / Iiris Aaltio
  • Initiatives and experiences in gender equality at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology / Eivind Hiis Hauge
  • Does gender matter in scientific leadership? / Rossella Palomba
  • Gender and the careers of French university instructors and researchers / Frederique Pigeyre
  • pt. 4. Instruments for change : existing policy measures and programmes. The success of female scientists in the 21st century : an American perspective / Wanda E. Ward
  • Encouragement to advance : a programme to promote career strategies for women in German academia / Andrea Lother
  • Dutch research council policy actions to encourage the participation of women in science / Wilma van Donselaar
  • Instruments for changing gender inequalities in scientific careers / Christel Baltes-Lohr
  • Balancing research careers and private lives : do social measures matter? / Aliki Mouriki
  • Women in Latin American science and technology : a window of opportunity / Judith Zubieta
  • Supply and demand-side actions to promote women in S&T : lessons from the United Kingdom Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology / Jane Butcher
  • Women in scientific careers : the case study of Italy / Sveva Avveduto
  • pt. 5. Conclusion. Concluding remarks / Maria Stratigaki.