Equal Opportunities International: Volume 28 Issue 1

Exploring women's academic careers in cross‐national perspective: Lessons for equal opportunity policies

In recent years, several countries and/or higher education institutions have adopted equal opportunity policies to promote women's access to the upper levels of the academic…

Disciplinary cultures in mechanical engineering and materials science: Gendered/gendering practices?

The paper raises the question of a persisting masculine dominance in engineering disciplines and the reasons behind it. Rather than addressing gender‐specific socialisation as a…

Women withdrawers in engineering studies: Identity formation and learning culture as gendered barriers for persistence?

Scholarship on women in engineering education mainly focuses on the question of how to attract more women to this subject. The topic concerning women in engineering education is…

Gender, discipline, and scientific productivity: the case of Israeli doctoral students

The purpose of this paper is to study gender differentials in scientific productivity while looking at academic discipline and advisor practices. The natural sciences and the…

Gender and attitudes to enterprise: Survey of UK doctorate students in science, engineering and technology

There are few female‐led enterprises in the male‐dominated occupations of science, engineering and technology (SET) and very little research is devoted to this area. The purpose…

Women's academic careers in technology: a comparative European perspective

The purpose of this paper is to present some outcomes of the PROMETEA research project funded by the European Union under FP6 from 2005 to 2007 (see www.prometea.info). PROMETEA…

A changing world: new opportunities for women engineers and scientists: Conference report: 14th International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists, Lille, 15‐18 July 2008

This conference review aims to address major issues regarding the position of women in science and technology as well as key technical topics in the debate of globalisation with a…

MINT: the German national initiative for more women in SET: Interview with Barbara Schwarze, Coordinator of MINT, Competence Center Technology‐Diversity‐Equal Chances, Inc., Bielefeld, Germany

The purpose of this paper is to present an interview with Barbara Schwarze, Coordinator of MINT.

Women, Universities, and Change: Gender Equality in the European Union and the United States

Mapping the Maze: Getting More Women to the Top in Research

Special Issue on Diversity management in the Middle East

Guest editorial