Women in research? Investigating research opportunities for female academics in Australia
conference contribution
posted on 2017-12-06, 00:00authored byB Blunsdon, N McNeil
Women continue to be surprisingly under-represented in academia, given the increasing numbers of female postgraduate students and the flexible working conditions offered by most Australian Universities. To date, research has emphasised multiple causes for the ‘gender gap’ in academia, including the structural characteristics of the university system, cultural and societal barriers to the advancement of women, the influence of marital status on the productivity of women academics and the interaction of cultural, social and personality factors on women’s professional careers. However, the implications of a ‘gender gap’ in academic rank reach beyond arguments of equality between sexes, to questions regarding consequences of a male-dominated professoriate to the nature and subjects of academic research in Australia. The aim of this paper is to investigate the factors that determine the rank of Australian academics and in part, to investigate whether there is a gender gap of rank or authority, through an analysis of data collected on all Australian academics by the Federal Department of Education, Science and Training. The implications of these findings on opportunities for female academic researchers and for research outcomes will be discussed.
Funding
Category 1 - Australian Competitive Grants (this includes ARC, NHMRC)
History
Start Page
1
End Page
11
Number of Pages
11
Start Date
2003-11-13
Finish Date
2003-11-14
ISBN-10
1876674660
Location
Rockhampton, Qld.
Publisher
Women in Research, Central Queensland University
Place of Publication
Rockhampton, Australia
Peer Reviewed
Yes
Open Access
No
External Author Affiliations
Deakin University
Era Eligible
No
Name of Conference
Central Queensland University. Women in Research. Conference
Parent Title
Discovery : discovering research, discovering teaching & learning, discovering self : 2003 Women in Research Conference, Central Queensland University, 13-14 November 2003, Rockhampton, Qld.