E. Kaldoudi, Surviving in the Academy:Issues and Challenges in Gender (In)Equality in Science & Engineering Higher Education, presented at Women in Medical & Biological Engineering Session, 5th European IFMBE MBEC, Budapest, September 14-18, 2011
Ch5 e research and scholarly community in the humanitiesWebometrics Class
This document summarizes a study on the Network of Early European Research (NEER), an Australian network that aims to support research on European culture and history between the 5th and 19th centuries. The study found that while NEER members see it primarily as a network to expand contacts and access information, it has also fostered some collaborative research projects. Participation in NEER impacted about half of members' understanding of scholarly community, enabling new opportunities for collaboration, information sharing, and relationship building. However, for some members a true sense of community remained a potential that required more time to develop interpersonal connections.
Session #4 for the "Politics, Perception, and Philosopy of Physics" (F34PPP) module, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham.
See https://f34ppp.com for the module homepage.
See also https://muircheartblog.wordpress.com/category/f34ppp/
Whose Responsibility is RRI? From Impact to "Grimpact"Philip Moriarty
Presentation at the University of Nottingham 2019 Reserach and Responsible Innovation Conference.
See https://muircheartblog.wordpress.com/category/RRI/
Session #6 for the "Politics, Perception, and Philosophy of Physics" module, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nottingham. [Nov. 4 2019]
See https://f34ppp.com for the module homepage.
See also https://muircheartblog.wordpress.com/category/f34ppp/
Slides from a panel presentation on Digital and Social Media for Research Purposes, held on February 10, 2015 at the Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia.
Asia Triple Helix Society Summer Seminar/Conference ProceedingsHan Woo PARK
This document provides information about the Asia Triple Helix Society Summer Seminar held on June 25, 2014 in Daegu, Korea. It was hosted by the Korean Association for Public Administration and organized by the Asia Triple Helix Society and National Unification Research Institute of Yeungnam University. The seminar included two panels on topics related to social media/big data/North Korea and corporate helix/entrepreneur university models. Keynote speeches were given by professors from Oxford and Kent Business School. The program overview provides details on each presentation including speaker, title, abstract, and respondents.
Scholarly Communication: Tools and Strategies for Learning and Sharing in the...Heather Martin
This document discusses scholarly communication tools and strategies for learning and sharing in the social sciences. It defines scholarly communication as the system through which research is created, evaluated, disseminated, and preserved. It notes that scholarly research is typically created to further inquiry and knowledge rather than for direct financial reward. The document then discusses changes in how scholarly works are disseminated, open access, digital repositories, author rights, using social media to share ideas and collaborate, and getting started participating in scholarly communication.
This document discusses how digital tools and platforms can help researchers measure the impact of their work. It explores developing a digital footprint and identity through platforms like ORCID, ResearcherID, Scopus, Google Scholar Citations, Academia.edu and Mendeley. These tools allow researchers to track citations, collaborations and the broader influence of their work beyond traditional publications. The document advocates that researchers should utilize emerging social media and online platforms to increase the reach of their research and better develop their overall research identity and impact.
Ch5 e research and scholarly community in the humanitiesWebometrics Class
This document summarizes a study on the Network of Early European Research (NEER), an Australian network that aims to support research on European culture and history between the 5th and 19th centuries. The study found that while NEER members see it primarily as a network to expand contacts and access information, it has also fostered some collaborative research projects. Participation in NEER impacted about half of members' understanding of scholarly community, enabling new opportunities for collaboration, information sharing, and relationship building. However, for some members a true sense of community remained a potential that required more time to develop interpersonal connections.
Session #4 for the "Politics, Perception, and Philosopy of Physics" (F34PPP) module, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham.
See https://f34ppp.com for the module homepage.
See also https://muircheartblog.wordpress.com/category/f34ppp/
Whose Responsibility is RRI? From Impact to "Grimpact"Philip Moriarty
Presentation at the University of Nottingham 2019 Reserach and Responsible Innovation Conference.
See https://muircheartblog.wordpress.com/category/RRI/
Session #6 for the "Politics, Perception, and Philosophy of Physics" module, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nottingham. [Nov. 4 2019]
See https://f34ppp.com for the module homepage.
See also https://muircheartblog.wordpress.com/category/f34ppp/
Slides from a panel presentation on Digital and Social Media for Research Purposes, held on February 10, 2015 at the Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia.
Asia Triple Helix Society Summer Seminar/Conference ProceedingsHan Woo PARK
This document provides information about the Asia Triple Helix Society Summer Seminar held on June 25, 2014 in Daegu, Korea. It was hosted by the Korean Association for Public Administration and organized by the Asia Triple Helix Society and National Unification Research Institute of Yeungnam University. The seminar included two panels on topics related to social media/big data/North Korea and corporate helix/entrepreneur university models. Keynote speeches were given by professors from Oxford and Kent Business School. The program overview provides details on each presentation including speaker, title, abstract, and respondents.
Scholarly Communication: Tools and Strategies for Learning and Sharing in the...Heather Martin
This document discusses scholarly communication tools and strategies for learning and sharing in the social sciences. It defines scholarly communication as the system through which research is created, evaluated, disseminated, and preserved. It notes that scholarly research is typically created to further inquiry and knowledge rather than for direct financial reward. The document then discusses changes in how scholarly works are disseminated, open access, digital repositories, author rights, using social media to share ideas and collaborate, and getting started participating in scholarly communication.
This document discusses how digital tools and platforms can help researchers measure the impact of their work. It explores developing a digital footprint and identity through platforms like ORCID, ResearcherID, Scopus, Google Scholar Citations, Academia.edu and Mendeley. These tools allow researchers to track citations, collaborations and the broader influence of their work beyond traditional publications. The document advocates that researchers should utilize emerging social media and online platforms to increase the reach of their research and better develop their overall research identity and impact.
1) The document summarizes the findings of a 2013 survey of 1829 academics from 12 Russell Group universities in the UK about their experiences with and attitudes toward open access publishing.
2) It finds that while most academics agree on the importance of open access, awareness and actual experiences publishing through open access models varies significantly by discipline, gender, age, and career stage.
3) Younger academics and those in medical and science fields expressed most support for open access, while humanities scholars had less experience with and more reluctance toward open access publishing models. Men, older academics and more senior scholars also reported higher awareness and engagement with open access.
E-Learn 2014 Abstract: Today digital footprints are left all over the Internet for others to find. This article reviews the means through which scholars can organize research and connect digital scholarship for increased visibility and impact. A survey of the literature on scholarship tools to provide connections for publishing records, academic citations, and digital identity management was done. The authors reviewed Researcher ID, ORCID, and Google Scholar Citations. The numbers of portals for synthesizing research output and related identity management platforms are increasing; however, understanding what this research impact might look like in the digital age can provide questions for assessment for understanding these traces of scholarship online.
This document describes a community-based participatory research (CBPR) project that developed digital animations to disseminate research findings on youth violence to the community. Researchers conducted a mixed-methods study to understand community youth perspectives on assets and stressors. They then worked with community partners and youth to develop animated vignettes portraying evidence-based violence prevention strategies. The process involved community input on dissemination strategies, translating research into vignettes, engaging artists and youth, developing storyboards, and finalizing the animations. The goal was to creatively disseminate findings to both youth and adults in the community in a way that engaged youth and built capacity.
This document summarizes research on public discourse and representations of the public regarding stem cell research. It finds that qualitative studies show views are complex and ambivalent, unlike quantitative polls that reduce views to statistics. It also finds representations of the public differ between countries and research methods, with US polls emphasizing religious and political categories while UK research examines stakeholders. The research aims to critically examine representations of the public in media and policies regarding stem cell innovation.
This document summarizes a presentation given by Dr. Tracey P. Lauriault on data power. The presentation discusses how data is not objective and exists within social contexts. It also examines how data analytics reflect particular worldviews and epistemologies. Additionally, the presentation explores the concept of data assemblages and how data is part of larger socio-technical systems. Finally, it poses critical questions about data power and the role of data science in understanding and navigating issues of datafication.
EQUAL-IST Webinar on "Gender Sensitive Communication" of the four EQUAL-IST W...vilabs
Available tools for promoting gender sensitive communication.
For Research Organizations interested into promoting internal structural change and make their Institutional Communication gender sensitive, it is important to take stock of existing available tools and guidelines. The presentation focuses among others on the UNESCO Gender and Media Guidelines, the UNDP Principles on Gender Sensitive Communication and the Antwerp Chart on Gender Sensitive Communication in and by Academic Institutions from the H2020 Project. Reflections on how these guidelines can be applied to ICT-IST research organizations have also been shared.
Maria Sangiuliano, PhD in Cognitive and Learning Studies, is working as a Research Fellow at DAIS (Department of Informatics, Statistics and Environmental Sciences) Università Ca’ Foscari since June 2016. She is a senior gender & innovation researcher and project manager interested in the intersections between social and technological innovation to make innovation policies and processes more sustainable and inclusive through gender and diversity sensitive co-design and implementation. Maria has been leading the Citizen Focus Action Cluster of the EIP (European Innovation Partnership) on smart cities and communities since May 2015. She has cooperated with many EU level NGOs, universities and research centres as well as international consultancies and agencies, in Italy and abroad, in the framework of EU funded projects on gender equality in innovation and regional development since the year 2002 both in the role of project designer, project coordinator, and researcher. She has also a passion for entrepreneurship with a social value and she is currently co-founder and CEO at Smart Venice, a recently started up company active in the sustainable tourism/culture sectors.
This document summarizes research conducted to identify emerging research fields at a university through community detection in scientific collaboration networks. The researchers created a scientific collaboration network using publication and grant data from 2011-2015, detected communities using the Louvain method, and identified keywords and topics for each community to determine emerging fields. They analyzed faculty profiles and conducted interviews to understand community characteristics and perceptions. The results provide insight into the composition and structure of emerging interdisciplinary research fields at the university.
This document summarizes an academic article that explores the complexities of Vietnamese femininities and how they can provide insights for rethinking women's leadership in universities. It first discusses challenges in analyzing gender in Vietnam due to a lack of terms for gender and feminism in the Vietnamese language. It then explores three themes from interviews with senior women university leaders in Vietnam: 1) The woman as the "general of the interior" who manages the private domestic sphere, 2) The "woman behind the throne" who informally influences decisions, and 3) "Behind a woman is another woman" which reflects the importance of female social networks. These themes illustrate distinct forms of Vietnamese femininity and emphasize women's "informal power" both
The document discusses the use of social media for research in Islamic contexts. It notes that Indonesia has a large Muslim population that is increasingly using social media. The document argues that researchers should utilize social media for their work to take advantage of benefits like unlimited access to data and respondents, lower costs and time requirements, and the ability to study current online phenomena. Specifically, it suggests that social media can be used to triangulate and validate findings from conventional research methods that may be biased. While ethical issues would need addressing, online research could deepen understanding compared to solely offline data collection.
Critical Information Literacy in Computer Science/ CareerIlana Stonebraker
This document discusses critical information literacy in computer science and technology fields. It outlines some key areas of literature, including feminist theories of limited access for women in STEM fields and intersectional Black feminist critiques of technology. The document also discusses possibilities for integrating these perspectives into CSS curriculum, such as topics on women in STEM, algorithms and neutrality, and coding for social justice. Challenges mentioned include the skills-based CSS curriculum and limited engagement with social issues. Collaboration with career services is presented as an opportunity to incorporate critical perspectives into career preparation.
Science communication 2014-gelmez burakgazi-168-93-2Mimi Zaabah
Fourth and fifth grade students were interviewed about their use of mass media for science learning. The students actively chose media like TV, the internet, magazines, and newspapers to fulfill cognitive needs for information, affective needs for enjoyment, and personal and social needs. Key factors influencing their media choices were accessibility, interesting content presented creatively. The study provided insight into how media can support science learning outside the classroom.
This document summarizes a study on the ethics of multiple authorship in academic publications. It discusses how authorship is often determined more by hierarchical power relations than intellectual contribution. A survey was conducted of academics in Hong Kong to understand their perspectives on legitimate authorship. The results showed that power and status, such as that of research project leaders or doctoral supervisors, often override consideration of intellectual contribution when determining authorship. This normalizes a "gift economy" approach to authorship. The study suggests universities need better policies to ensure authorship accurately reflects intellectual contribution.
Note:
Interactivity and animation are lost when the slides are converted to PDF.
Abstract:
In a technological society such as Canada, it is suggested that a specialized kind of expert citizenship is needed (Andrew Feenberg). In the era of big data, others suggest that there is a need to learn how to read algorithms and to study its high priests and alchemists (Genevieve Bell). While, doing citizenship requires a political ethics of technology to thwart technological and quantitative fundamentalism (Darin Barney). Finally, in the midst of a data revolution we need to critically re-conceptualize data (Rob Kitchin). Quite simply, in today's Canada doing citizenship requires data literacy, technical, philosophical and political. Access to print media - books, government documents, academic journals - in libraries and archives enabled a literate society, the prerequisite of a democratic system. I argue that good governance in knowledge producing institutions, is to have technological experts, both data creators and preservers, working to store, manage, disseminate and preserve data so that we have the requisite artifacts to increase our literacy and build upon collected knowledge. Data literacy I suggest, is indispensable in the current democratic system, and that requires having access to data, data infrastructures - knowledge and technology - and dedicated skilled people and resources to sustainably care for them. I consider research data management to be our duty.
This document summarizes a presentation given by Dr. Rachel Morgain on International Women's Day about gender equity in astronomy. It discusses research showing implicit biases that associate science with masculinity. It also analyzes the naming of exoplanets, finding most were named for male mythical or historical figures from European traditions. Two exceptions are planets in the Thai Crocodile constellation named for sisters in a folktale. The single female historical figure honored was Hypatia, an influential astronomer and philosopher murdered in 415 AD. The document concludes by summarizing research on gender depictions of scientist characters in the long-running TV series Doctor Who.
This document summarizes a presentation about critical data studies given by Dr. Tracey P. Lauriault from Carleton University. Some key points include:
- Critical data studies applies critical social theory to examine how data are situated, contingent, and do active work in the world rather than being neutral representations.
- It seeks to situate data regimes historically and expose whose interests they serve, unpack their complex relationships with society, and illustrate how data are never raw.
- A vision for critical data studies is to unpack diverse data assemblages, chart their consequences, and survey how they interact and shape policy.
- Data science programs and opportunities for research in public affairs, statistics, research methods, and data management
This document outlines a research study that will examine how RE (Religious Education) teachers construct their professional identities through online communities of practice. It will analyze discussion forums to understand how teachers negotiate the meaning and aims of RE given changes to the subject. Life history interviews with forum users, NATRE group members, and non-users will provide individual perspectives. The study aims to understand the benefits and implications of online communities for RE teachers facing increasing isolation and changes to their subject and training.
This document summarizes an article that examines understandings of gender and education in Afghanistan through an analysis of papers written by Afghan students in an MA education program. It discusses several key topics addressed in the original article, including the intersection between international, cultural, and political influences on views of gender and education in Afghanistan. While the original article took an innovative approach through its data collection and analysis, this document notes some limitations, such as lack of representation of underrepresented groups like women and hard-to-reach populations in the data. It also critically discusses some of the original article's assertions, such as whether preserving traditional gender roles would be the best approach for Afghanistan.
Building Spaces for Hyperlocal Citizen Journalism (AoIR 2008)Axel Bruns
This document discusses challenges facing citizen journalism and opportunities for "pro-am" collaborations between professional and amateur contributors. It describes the Australian election project "Youdecide2007" as an example of a successful hyperlocal citizen journalism initiative. The project attracted contributions from rural and regional areas by providing seed content and editorial oversight to encourage participation. Combining professional and citizen contributions can help attract new audiences and encourage participation.
El documento describe los sistemas de información y comunicación como un elemento clave del control interno. Explica que estos sistemas permiten identificar, procesar y comunicar información de manera oportuna y precisa a los empleados para que puedan cumplir con sus responsabilidades. También cubre aspectos como la calidad, disponibilidad y canales de comunicación interna y externa de la información.
El documento proporciona consejos para la escritura web, incluyendo reducir el texto a 500-1000 palabras, explicar una idea por párrafo, usar palabras clave y oraciones simples. También recomienda incluir apoyos visuales, títulos y subtítulos, y metadescripciones. Habla de la usabilidad web y la importancia de un lenguaje objetivo y texto escaneable.
1) The document summarizes the findings of a 2013 survey of 1829 academics from 12 Russell Group universities in the UK about their experiences with and attitudes toward open access publishing.
2) It finds that while most academics agree on the importance of open access, awareness and actual experiences publishing through open access models varies significantly by discipline, gender, age, and career stage.
3) Younger academics and those in medical and science fields expressed most support for open access, while humanities scholars had less experience with and more reluctance toward open access publishing models. Men, older academics and more senior scholars also reported higher awareness and engagement with open access.
E-Learn 2014 Abstract: Today digital footprints are left all over the Internet for others to find. This article reviews the means through which scholars can organize research and connect digital scholarship for increased visibility and impact. A survey of the literature on scholarship tools to provide connections for publishing records, academic citations, and digital identity management was done. The authors reviewed Researcher ID, ORCID, and Google Scholar Citations. The numbers of portals for synthesizing research output and related identity management platforms are increasing; however, understanding what this research impact might look like in the digital age can provide questions for assessment for understanding these traces of scholarship online.
This document describes a community-based participatory research (CBPR) project that developed digital animations to disseminate research findings on youth violence to the community. Researchers conducted a mixed-methods study to understand community youth perspectives on assets and stressors. They then worked with community partners and youth to develop animated vignettes portraying evidence-based violence prevention strategies. The process involved community input on dissemination strategies, translating research into vignettes, engaging artists and youth, developing storyboards, and finalizing the animations. The goal was to creatively disseminate findings to both youth and adults in the community in a way that engaged youth and built capacity.
This document summarizes research on public discourse and representations of the public regarding stem cell research. It finds that qualitative studies show views are complex and ambivalent, unlike quantitative polls that reduce views to statistics. It also finds representations of the public differ between countries and research methods, with US polls emphasizing religious and political categories while UK research examines stakeholders. The research aims to critically examine representations of the public in media and policies regarding stem cell innovation.
This document summarizes a presentation given by Dr. Tracey P. Lauriault on data power. The presentation discusses how data is not objective and exists within social contexts. It also examines how data analytics reflect particular worldviews and epistemologies. Additionally, the presentation explores the concept of data assemblages and how data is part of larger socio-technical systems. Finally, it poses critical questions about data power and the role of data science in understanding and navigating issues of datafication.
EQUAL-IST Webinar on "Gender Sensitive Communication" of the four EQUAL-IST W...vilabs
Available tools for promoting gender sensitive communication.
For Research Organizations interested into promoting internal structural change and make their Institutional Communication gender sensitive, it is important to take stock of existing available tools and guidelines. The presentation focuses among others on the UNESCO Gender and Media Guidelines, the UNDP Principles on Gender Sensitive Communication and the Antwerp Chart on Gender Sensitive Communication in and by Academic Institutions from the H2020 Project. Reflections on how these guidelines can be applied to ICT-IST research organizations have also been shared.
Maria Sangiuliano, PhD in Cognitive and Learning Studies, is working as a Research Fellow at DAIS (Department of Informatics, Statistics and Environmental Sciences) Università Ca’ Foscari since June 2016. She is a senior gender & innovation researcher and project manager interested in the intersections between social and technological innovation to make innovation policies and processes more sustainable and inclusive through gender and diversity sensitive co-design and implementation. Maria has been leading the Citizen Focus Action Cluster of the EIP (European Innovation Partnership) on smart cities and communities since May 2015. She has cooperated with many EU level NGOs, universities and research centres as well as international consultancies and agencies, in Italy and abroad, in the framework of EU funded projects on gender equality in innovation and regional development since the year 2002 both in the role of project designer, project coordinator, and researcher. She has also a passion for entrepreneurship with a social value and she is currently co-founder and CEO at Smart Venice, a recently started up company active in the sustainable tourism/culture sectors.
This document summarizes research conducted to identify emerging research fields at a university through community detection in scientific collaboration networks. The researchers created a scientific collaboration network using publication and grant data from 2011-2015, detected communities using the Louvain method, and identified keywords and topics for each community to determine emerging fields. They analyzed faculty profiles and conducted interviews to understand community characteristics and perceptions. The results provide insight into the composition and structure of emerging interdisciplinary research fields at the university.
This document summarizes an academic article that explores the complexities of Vietnamese femininities and how they can provide insights for rethinking women's leadership in universities. It first discusses challenges in analyzing gender in Vietnam due to a lack of terms for gender and feminism in the Vietnamese language. It then explores three themes from interviews with senior women university leaders in Vietnam: 1) The woman as the "general of the interior" who manages the private domestic sphere, 2) The "woman behind the throne" who informally influences decisions, and 3) "Behind a woman is another woman" which reflects the importance of female social networks. These themes illustrate distinct forms of Vietnamese femininity and emphasize women's "informal power" both
The document discusses the use of social media for research in Islamic contexts. It notes that Indonesia has a large Muslim population that is increasingly using social media. The document argues that researchers should utilize social media for their work to take advantage of benefits like unlimited access to data and respondents, lower costs and time requirements, and the ability to study current online phenomena. Specifically, it suggests that social media can be used to triangulate and validate findings from conventional research methods that may be biased. While ethical issues would need addressing, online research could deepen understanding compared to solely offline data collection.
Critical Information Literacy in Computer Science/ CareerIlana Stonebraker
This document discusses critical information literacy in computer science and technology fields. It outlines some key areas of literature, including feminist theories of limited access for women in STEM fields and intersectional Black feminist critiques of technology. The document also discusses possibilities for integrating these perspectives into CSS curriculum, such as topics on women in STEM, algorithms and neutrality, and coding for social justice. Challenges mentioned include the skills-based CSS curriculum and limited engagement with social issues. Collaboration with career services is presented as an opportunity to incorporate critical perspectives into career preparation.
Science communication 2014-gelmez burakgazi-168-93-2Mimi Zaabah
Fourth and fifth grade students were interviewed about their use of mass media for science learning. The students actively chose media like TV, the internet, magazines, and newspapers to fulfill cognitive needs for information, affective needs for enjoyment, and personal and social needs. Key factors influencing their media choices were accessibility, interesting content presented creatively. The study provided insight into how media can support science learning outside the classroom.
This document summarizes a study on the ethics of multiple authorship in academic publications. It discusses how authorship is often determined more by hierarchical power relations than intellectual contribution. A survey was conducted of academics in Hong Kong to understand their perspectives on legitimate authorship. The results showed that power and status, such as that of research project leaders or doctoral supervisors, often override consideration of intellectual contribution when determining authorship. This normalizes a "gift economy" approach to authorship. The study suggests universities need better policies to ensure authorship accurately reflects intellectual contribution.
Note:
Interactivity and animation are lost when the slides are converted to PDF.
Abstract:
In a technological society such as Canada, it is suggested that a specialized kind of expert citizenship is needed (Andrew Feenberg). In the era of big data, others suggest that there is a need to learn how to read algorithms and to study its high priests and alchemists (Genevieve Bell). While, doing citizenship requires a political ethics of technology to thwart technological and quantitative fundamentalism (Darin Barney). Finally, in the midst of a data revolution we need to critically re-conceptualize data (Rob Kitchin). Quite simply, in today's Canada doing citizenship requires data literacy, technical, philosophical and political. Access to print media - books, government documents, academic journals - in libraries and archives enabled a literate society, the prerequisite of a democratic system. I argue that good governance in knowledge producing institutions, is to have technological experts, both data creators and preservers, working to store, manage, disseminate and preserve data so that we have the requisite artifacts to increase our literacy and build upon collected knowledge. Data literacy I suggest, is indispensable in the current democratic system, and that requires having access to data, data infrastructures - knowledge and technology - and dedicated skilled people and resources to sustainably care for them. I consider research data management to be our duty.
This document summarizes a presentation given by Dr. Rachel Morgain on International Women's Day about gender equity in astronomy. It discusses research showing implicit biases that associate science with masculinity. It also analyzes the naming of exoplanets, finding most were named for male mythical or historical figures from European traditions. Two exceptions are planets in the Thai Crocodile constellation named for sisters in a folktale. The single female historical figure honored was Hypatia, an influential astronomer and philosopher murdered in 415 AD. The document concludes by summarizing research on gender depictions of scientist characters in the long-running TV series Doctor Who.
This document summarizes a presentation about critical data studies given by Dr. Tracey P. Lauriault from Carleton University. Some key points include:
- Critical data studies applies critical social theory to examine how data are situated, contingent, and do active work in the world rather than being neutral representations.
- It seeks to situate data regimes historically and expose whose interests they serve, unpack their complex relationships with society, and illustrate how data are never raw.
- A vision for critical data studies is to unpack diverse data assemblages, chart their consequences, and survey how they interact and shape policy.
- Data science programs and opportunities for research in public affairs, statistics, research methods, and data management
This document outlines a research study that will examine how RE (Religious Education) teachers construct their professional identities through online communities of practice. It will analyze discussion forums to understand how teachers negotiate the meaning and aims of RE given changes to the subject. Life history interviews with forum users, NATRE group members, and non-users will provide individual perspectives. The study aims to understand the benefits and implications of online communities for RE teachers facing increasing isolation and changes to their subject and training.
This document summarizes an article that examines understandings of gender and education in Afghanistan through an analysis of papers written by Afghan students in an MA education program. It discusses several key topics addressed in the original article, including the intersection between international, cultural, and political influences on views of gender and education in Afghanistan. While the original article took an innovative approach through its data collection and analysis, this document notes some limitations, such as lack of representation of underrepresented groups like women and hard-to-reach populations in the data. It also critically discusses some of the original article's assertions, such as whether preserving traditional gender roles would be the best approach for Afghanistan.
Building Spaces for Hyperlocal Citizen Journalism (AoIR 2008)Axel Bruns
This document discusses challenges facing citizen journalism and opportunities for "pro-am" collaborations between professional and amateur contributors. It describes the Australian election project "Youdecide2007" as an example of a successful hyperlocal citizen journalism initiative. The project attracted contributions from rural and regional areas by providing seed content and editorial oversight to encourage participation. Combining professional and citizen contributions can help attract new audiences and encourage participation.
El documento describe los sistemas de información y comunicación como un elemento clave del control interno. Explica que estos sistemas permiten identificar, procesar y comunicar información de manera oportuna y precisa a los empleados para que puedan cumplir con sus responsabilidades. También cubre aspectos como la calidad, disponibilidad y canales de comunicación interna y externa de la información.
El documento proporciona consejos para la escritura web, incluyendo reducir el texto a 500-1000 palabras, explicar una idea por párrafo, usar palabras clave y oraciones simples. También recomienda incluir apoyos visuales, títulos y subtítulos, y metadescripciones. Habla de la usabilidad web y la importancia de un lenguaje objetivo y texto escaneable.
Kayla Mikulak is seeking a position where she can utilize her skills and experience to benefit her employer and further her personal and professional growth. She has over 10 years of experience in various manufacturing, customer service, and warehouse roles. Her experience includes operating packaging and production machinery, quality control checks, inventory management, forklift operation, and customer service. She is proficient in Microsoft Word, has attention to detail, and seeks to apply her problem-solving and teamwork skills.
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This document is a dissertation declaration for an undergraduate major project submitted by Jamie Patton to Anglia Ruskin University. The 10,000 word project is titled "The effect of the LIBOR Rate fixing scandal on the regulation of the rate". It was supervised by Dr. Swetketu Patnaik and declares that the work is Jamie Patton's own and was not substantially used in any other submission. The document provides the project title, submission date, word count, Jamie Patton's name and student ID, and Dr. Patnaik's name. It is signed by Jamie Patton and dated December 11, 2015.
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El documento discute la importancia geopolítica del petróleo y la seguridad energética. El petróleo sigue siendo fundamental para la economía global y el acceso a este recurso determina la jerarquía de poder entre los países. Sin embargo, la dependencia del petróleo también plantea desafíos como la inestabilidad de los precios y la seguridad del suministro. Los países buscan diversificar sus fuentes de energía y reducir su dependencia del Medio Oriente.
Este documento resume los principales aspectos de la Norma Internacional de Auditoría 315 sobre la identificación y evaluación de riesgos de error material. Explica que la NIA 315 tiene como objetivo que el auditor identifique y evalúe los riesgos de error material en los estados financieros. Detalla los procedimientos que el auditor debe aplicar como entender la entidad, su entorno y controles internos, identificar riesgos significativos, y revisar la evaluación de riesgos a medida que avanza la auditoría.
El documento resume el arte bizantino entre los siglos IV y XV d.C., destacando sus principales manifestaciones artísticas como la iconografía, íconos, pintura al fresco y mosaicos. También describe la arquitectura bizantina, resaltando obras emblemáticas como Santa Sofía y sus características como las cúpulas y uso de materiales suntuosos.
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Article
Some Evidence for a Gender Gap
in Personality and Social Psychology
Adam J. Brown1 and Jin X. Goh1
Abstract
This research examined a possible gender gap in personality and social psychology. According to membership demographics from
the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), women and men are represented near parity in the field. Yet despite this
equal representation, the field may still suffer from a different type of gender gap. We examined the gender of first authors in two
major journals, citations to these articles, and gender of award recipients. In random samples of five issues per year across
10 years (2004–2013; N ¼ 1,094), 34% of first authors in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology were women and 44% of first
authors in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin were women. Articles authored by men were cited more than those authored by
women. In examining the gender of award recipients given by SPSP (2000–2016), on average, 25% of the recipients were women.
Keywords
social psychology, personality, gender gap, bibliometric
It is no longer newsworthy that women enter psychology at a
higher rate than men do. In 2013, women represented 72.2%
of all doctorates in psychology (National Science Foundation
[NSF], 2015a). This is remarkable considering that in 1958 (the
earliest data available), women only represented 18.0% of all
doctorates in psychology. This impressive growth in represen-
tation is pervasive across most subfields of psychology, includ-
ing social psychology, with 67.3% of doctorates being awarded
to women in 2013.
1
Membership in the Society for Personality
and Social Psychology (SPSP), the field’s largest professional
society, likewise reflects this distribution: 51% of the SPSP
members are female, 38% are male, and 11% did not report
their gender in the most recent membership survey. Of the
89% of all members who specified their gender, 57% are
female and 43% are male. While these numbers are not defini-
tive, they do provide a good snapshot of the field’s gender com-
position, and this distribution is a cause for celebration. After
all, it stands in marked contrast to other fields such as science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), where
women are severely underrepresented (NSF, 2015b). Yet despite
this progress for equal representation, there is reason to believe
that social and personality psychology may still suffer from a
gender gap. The current article presents evidence that even
though women and men are represented equally in social psy-
chology and personality in terms of participation, they are nev-
ertheless underrepresented as authors and underrecognized as
award recipients. The remainder of this article assumes that at
least half of the individuals participating in social and personal-
ity psychology are women, but based on the SPSP demographic
statistics, this estimate may be conservative.
The attrition of women in STEM fields is a.
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Maximum exploitation of existing human resources is possible by immediate engagement of women in
science. But, historically, scientific field is found to be male-dominated. Women empowerment
embraces the good quality education. Sensitizing and encouraging the women towards education
embracement enables them to set free from ignorance, poverty and starvation. Hence, education is
continuing as the most practicable avenue for women empowerment. Imparting science education to
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Surviving in the Academy:Issues and Challenges in Gender (In)Equality in Science & Engineering Higher Education
1. Surviving in the Academy
Issues and Challenges in Gender (In)Equality
in Science & Engineering Higher Education
Eleni Kaldoudi
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace - Greece
kaldoudi@med.duth.gr
Women in Medical & Biological Engineering
5th
European IFMBE MBEC, Budapest, September 14-18, 2011
2. She figures 2009 (looks up to 2006)
women in scientific research remain a minority
30% women of all researchers in EU (2006)
proportion women researchers in EU-27 (2006)
37% women in Higher Education
39% women in Government Sector
19% women in Business Enterprise Sector
progressive studies over the years show that there is a move towards
a more gender-balanced research population
source: She Figures 2009, EU Commission
4. women/men in science & engineering academia
source: She Figures 2009, EU Commission, p. 74
EU-27, 2002/2006
5. numbers are not always that clear ...
numbers show that universities contain gendered hierarchies of
power
most men with power and most women without
however, literature reports
a growing view among academic policy makers & academics that
gender discrimination
is not an issue in higher education !
Source: P. Cotterill, G. Letherby, Editorial, Women in higher education: Issues and
challenges, Women’s Studies International Forum , vol.28 , 109–113, 2005
6. senior women academics say…
qualitative study amongst UK university senior women academics
older women were more sensitive to the subtle
homosocial culture, attitudes and norms in the university
younger women relied more on a meritocratic approach to their careers,
seemingly less aware of the institutional gendered power relations
neither group showed signs
of collective working or networking
in the interests of themselves or women in general
Source: S. Ledwith and S. Manfredi, Balancing Gender in Higher Education A
Study of the Experience of Senior Women in a `New' UK University,
The European Journal of Women's Studies , vol. 7, 7-33, 2000
7. design for women vs. women mentoring
Nebraska University 1999-2003, Project Muse
Empowering Women for Life-Long Success
through Computer Expertise
initially, with the aim to empower women undergraduates by
teaching them technology in single-sex environments
findings:
empowerment came from
peer-tutoring and informal workshops
impact came from a computer-lab,
where students would become experts and teach peers
the lab became a place for socializing
Source: L. Fuller, E.R. Meiners, Project Muse: Today’s Research, Tomorrow’s Inspiration,
Frontiers, A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 26(1), 168-180, 2005
8. men’s patriarchal support system
UK University qualitative research + literature evidence
men interviewed revealed,
(but not necessarily openly acknowledged) that
the help, support and encouragement of significant men were crucial
elements of their own career progress
in contrast, within this research group
no woman experienced such opportunity
(but some reverse cases were reported)
Source: B. Bagilhole ,J. Goode, The Contradiction of the Myth of Individual Merit, and the
Reality of a Patriarchal Support System in Academic Careers : A Feminist
Investigation. European Journal of Women's Studies , vol. 8, 161, 2001
9. men’s patriarchal support system
findings:
1. “the skills needed for a successful academic career can be exposed as
part of a socialization process that some men and virtually no women
are allowed to participate in”
2. women presume that someone is going to speak on their behalf, their
good work will be recognized and rewarded
(they believe in true merit, not self- advertisement)
Source: B. Bagilhole ,J. Goode, The Contradiction of the Myth of Individual Merit, and the
Reality of a Patriarchal Support System in Academic Careers: A Feminist
Investigation. European Journal of Women's Studies , vol. 8, 161, 2001
10. men’s patriarchal support system
findings:
3. the academic profession does not supply adequate
support and guidance for women
4. if and when women receive useful advice and mentoring, usually
receive them from other women
risk of the small minority of senior women
becoming overburdened
Source: B. Bagilhole ,J. Goode, The Contradiction of the Myth of Individual Merit, and the
Reality of a Patriarchal Support System in Academic Careers : A Feminist
Investigation. European Journal of Women's Studies , vol. 8, 161, 2001
11. women/men in science & engineering academia
source: She Figures 2009, EU Commission, p. 74
EU-27, 2002/2006
~1:10 in Grade A
~2:10 in Grade B
12. so, can women in academia still hope for
a transition from surviving to thriving ?
13. quantitative study published in 2011
quantitative study (n=1714) in USA
contrary to almost published literature, and
taking into account factors as
tenure, discipline, family status and doctoral cohort,
women actually have somewhat more collaborators
on average than do men
Source: B. Bozeman, M. Gaughan, How do men and women differ in research
collaborations? An analysis of the collaborative motives and strategies of
academic researchers, Research Policy, July 2011
14. social media and networking explosion!
online services for building and reflecting social networks
FaceBook (750M users)
MySpace, Tagged, Twitter, LinkedIn, …
Academia.edu (600K), ResearchGate (400K), ScienceStage, Scispace,
BioMedExperts, Epernicus, …
somewhat more women that men use social networking
average age in USA (~48) as compared to UK (~38)
Sources: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/global/led-by-facebook-twitter-global-time-spent-on-social-
media-sites-up-82-year-over-year/
A. Hoffman, The Social Media Gender Gap , Bloomberg Businessweek, May 19, 2008
15. organized around common
social objects:
research/teaching interests
research collaborations
published works
…
publications, projects,
teaching, research
collaborations, …
B
current academic networks
16. what about…
organize the network around
women’s needs for
mentoring in order to
survive and thrive in
academia
publications, projects,
teaching, research
collaborations, …
women mentoring network?
17. women mentoring network ?
towards effective and meaningful
networking & mentoring to empower women in academia
use on-line social networking services
focus on women
involve men
why not keep up with the progress of the 1:10 ratio?
only, the other way around …
focus on women mentoring
use semantic technologies to
suggest/enrich/enhance meaningful mentoring relationships
18. just “add women and stir” ?
should ensure that
women’s interests,
women’s ways of thinking and acting
are an integral part
of the scientific & technological enterprise and
of the academic environment
Source: Byanyima, W.,The Role of Women Engineers in Developing Countries, Daphne
Jackson Memorial Lecture’, RSA Journal CXLII (5454):, 57–66., 1994