When a Field's Reputation Precedes It
Study finds that a given discipline's perceived gender bias plays the biggest role in whether women choose to major in it.
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Why Women’s Voices Are Scarce in Economics
For decades, the number of women studying economics seemed to be increasing, easing the persistent scarcity of professional female economists in the United States. But that progress has stalled.
Who Is Elizabeth Blackwell?
Why Google is celebrating the pioneer of medical and feminist history.
A Gender Discrimination Case at the Legendary Salk Institute
Three women scientists at the storied Salk Institute reveal decades of gender discrimination.
How Diversity Makes Us Smarter
Being around people who are different from us makes us more creative, more diligent and harder-working
New Scientist Appoints First Female Editor
New Scientist, the world’s leading science and technology weekly magazine, is pleased to announce the appointment of Emily Wilson as Editor.
Better Maternity Leave Could Help Universities Retain Women
Researchers say universities with generous policies employ twice the number of women professors.
Gender Bias Goes Away when Grant Reviewers Focus on the Science
But female scientists suffer when their research proposals are judged primarily on the strength of their CVs.
Women Edged out of Last-Named Authorships in Top Journals
Women are significantly under-represented as last authors on high-quality research papers, according to a recent analysis.
Gender Pay Gap Persists
US male PhD holders earn more than female counterparts across nearly every scientific field.
Grant Reviewers ‘Biased’ Against Female Scientists
Poorer performance found to be based on less positive evaluation of female principal investigators, not differences in the quality of science
These Myths Are Holding Women Back in the Workplace
Women make up half the population and earn more advanced degrees than men in 100 countries. So why are they a distinct minority in the uppermost echelons?
Technology Will Widen Pay Gap and Hit Women Hardest
Research into jobs finds men’s dominance in IT and biotech is reversing trend towards equality.
Experimenter Gender and Replicability in Science
There is a replication crisis spreading through the annals of scientific inquiry.
Racism Is Creeping Back into Mainstream Science
‘Scientific’ eugenics is on the rise, and grabbing a foothold in respected journals. The claim that these theories are a credible part of a general discussion should worry us all.
The Impact of Implicit Bias for Women in Academia
LERU published its newest advice paper that focuses on implicit gender bias, although there are many other types of bias at play in our daily lives and in academia.
A Nobel Prize Winner Is Freeing Women Scientists from Household Chores
Science is a brutally competitive field. Long days in the lab are a given. Every hour of available time is an advantage, especially in the crucial early years of a postdoctoral career.
Why Does America Still Have so few Female Doctors?
As a culture and a profession, medicine continues to systematically disadvantage women physicians at every stage of their careers.
Darwin Was Sexist, and So Are Many Modern Scientists
For far too long, Darwinian theory has justified sexist attitudes and behavior.
Women in Science, Technology and Innovation: Old Stereotypes and New Realities
The OECD's 2017 Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard brings fresh evidence on where women stand in the pursuit of better representation in the world of science and technology.
ETH Gender Strategy 2017 - 2020
Strategy for gender balance and equal opportunities for women and men at the ETH Domain.
Female Grant Applicants Are Equally Successful When Peer Reviewers Assess the Science, but Not When They Assess the Scientist
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