Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Preface
- 1 Gender as a category of analysis in the social sciences
- 2 Gender in economics
- 3 Taking gender seriously. Present trends and recommendations for scientific environment
- 4 Gender in politics. Prospects and recommendations
- 5 The professional situation of women and men in Poland – declarations and reality
- 6 Entrepreneurship of women and men in Poland – a comparative analysis
- 7 Analysis of time use data – time allocation between women and men in Poland
- 8 Contemporary value profiles of women and men – Polish pilot survey
- 9 Measurement of achievements in the areas of science, technology, and innovation in terms of gender criterion
- 10 Creative patent activity of men and women in the Polish economy in the years 1999‒2013
- 11 The diversity of creative activity of men and women in Germany, France, UK and Italy on the basis of patents filed at the EPO in the period 1999–2013
- 12 Psychological aspects of innovation
- 13 From Innovation to Innovative Gender
- List of Tables
- List of Maps
- List of Figures
- List of Graphs
- List of Appendixes
3 - Taking gender seriously. Present trends and recommendations for scientific environment
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 January 2018
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Preface
- 1 Gender as a category of analysis in the social sciences
- 2 Gender in economics
- 3 Taking gender seriously. Present trends and recommendations for scientific environment
- 4 Gender in politics. Prospects and recommendations
- 5 The professional situation of women and men in Poland – declarations and reality
- 6 Entrepreneurship of women and men in Poland – a comparative analysis
- 7 Analysis of time use data – time allocation between women and men in Poland
- 8 Contemporary value profiles of women and men – Polish pilot survey
- 9 Measurement of achievements in the areas of science, technology, and innovation in terms of gender criterion
- 10 Creative patent activity of men and women in the Polish economy in the years 1999‒2013
- 11 The diversity of creative activity of men and women in Germany, France, UK and Italy on the basis of patents filed at the EPO in the period 1999–2013
- 12 Psychological aspects of innovation
- 13 From Innovation to Innovative Gender
- List of Tables
- List of Maps
- List of Figures
- List of Graphs
- List of Appendixes
Summary
Abstract
This report deals with the issues of women's participation in the science and research sector. Analysis of the statistical data shows that both in the United States and in Europe, despite the fact that women make up almost half of those receiving a doctoral degree, among professors they are barely one-fifth. This issue is presented in geographical terms, divided into the countries of the European Union, Poland and Scandinavia. Common to them is the situation in which women scientists encounter more barriers than similarly qualified men on their career path. In Poland, too, despite a significant increase in the number of women studying at the further stages of the scientific career, the situation of women is not satisfactory. The last part of the paper is devoted to the policy of the Nordic countries in eliminating the phenomenon of gender inequality in the scientific sector. Although the countries in this region all run their own policy on gender balance in society, they are conducting a far-reaching consultation on a common strategy in this area, and action on gender equality in the Nordic scientific research sector is based primarily on anti-discrimination legislation. The solutions adopted in this region and the guidelines of European institutions will be treated as a kind of reference point for action to eliminate inequalities based on gender in the scientific sector.
Key words: science, gender, the European Union, Nordic countries, Poland
Introduction
In taking on the issue of equality considerations in science, it must first be noted that all the available statistics and research on a global, regional or national scale provide hard evidence of continuous underrepresentation of women in science. In almost all parts of the world the difference in the representation of women and men in the scientific environment is truly substantial. This situation is perfectly illustrated by the map given below, where we see sharp disparities and under-representation of women scientists, even in some of the most developed countries – where the struggle for women's rights and equality has been going on for decades, including France, Germany and Japan (where women represent less than one-third of academics).
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- Publisher: Jagiellonian University PressPrint publication year: 2016