Scholars say their field is coming under increasing pressures from forces outside the academy who want to delegitimize it.

A spate of bullying allegations have rocked several high-profile science institutions. Here's how researchers, universities, funders and others are dealing with the issue.

Male post-docs and PhD candidates work more than their female colleagues, but female professors work the most hours of all, according to the latest time use survey.

Evidence overwhelmingly shows structural barriers to women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, and suggests that the onus cannot be on women alone to confront the gender bias in our community. Here, I share my experience as a scientist and a woman who has collected data during more than ten years of scientific training about how best to navigate the academic maze of biases and barriers.

The main aim of CHANGE is it to support research performing organisations (RPOs) to design and implement gender equality plans. This will be achieved by involving key actors, called Transfer Agents (TAs), within each organisation who will together with the core consortium partners transmit co-produced gender equality knowledge inside their institutions.

The major machine-learning meeting, now known as NeurIPS, has faced increasing criticism over its name.

Men are overrepresented in senior academic positions in Economics. What factors can explain this phenomenon, and how can we make the academic environment more inclusive?

The social scientist Marita Haas explored the interdependence of female career paths and institutional norms by melding gender, profession and biography. Leaving behind traditional role models requires an encouraging environment and structural measures, concludes the expert. 

The European Commission launched today the sixth edition of the EU Prize for Women Innovators. The Prize sheds light on the outstanding work of female entrepreneurs who have brought their ideas to market, and aims to inspire the next generation of innovators.

Featuring a woman in science on the highest denomination banknote would celebrate her achievements and offer an inspiring role model.

Without peers of the same gender, female Ph.D. students are less likely to graduate, according to a new study.

Six researchers offer tips for navigating through and beyond gender barriers.

We're working to get copies of Angela Saini's Inferior into all of New York City's middle and high schools.

An algebra pioneer who faced discrimination deserves wider recognition on the centenary of her namesake theorem.