Most of us make daily decisions about who we choose to work and collaborate with. So what if we used that to improve professional diversity?
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Maria Sibylla Merian’s meticulous observations laid the groundwork for the fields of entomology, animal behaviour and ecology. But the legacy of this scientific superhero has been sidelined by sexism.
Women scientists are under-represented in science awards with large monetary value, but over-represented in service awards.
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Jodie Whittaker finally takes over as the first woman to play the Doctor in the long-running TV series. But that’s not all that’s new as the show make a welcome return to our screens.
Only 3 percent of these prizes have gone to women since 1901.
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Progress has been made toward gender parity in science fields. But explicit and implicit barriers still hold women back from advancing in the same numbers as men to the upper reaches of STEM academia.
Noble Prize winner Donna Strickland, right, is followed by media to her lab in Waterloo, Ont., on Oct. 2, 2018. Strickland is among three physicists who were awarded the prize for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics.
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What Strickland achieved is impressive. But it isn’t a sign that the patriarchy is being smashed.
Recognition: The University of Waterloo’s associate physics professor Donna Strickland after being awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physics.
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Donna Strickland is the first woman in 55 years to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. Let’s hope the next such award to a woman won’t take so long.
Boys and girls perform about the same in STEM at school so why the gender gap later in life?
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Gender biases are revealed in enrolment inequalities and policies that favour male students.
Among women who are familiar with Scully’s character in ‘The X-Files,’ half say Scully increased their interest in STEM fields, according to a report.
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When ‘The X-Files’ launched 25 years ago, many women were inspired by Dr. Dana Scully to pursue science – a phenomenon known as the ‘Scully Effect.’ Entomologist Jessica Ware shares her story.
Coastal geoscience and engineering is a broad discipline focused on physical processes at the interface of land and sea.
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For twenty years people had been telling me how lucky I was to be in our field of research because “things” were changing for young women. Twenty years later “things” had not changed.
The Conversation publishes analysis and stories written by academics with a current university affiliation.
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If you already write for The Conversation, thank you! But less than 30% of story pitches to our Science and Technology section come from women.
There are lots of hands-on learning opportunities popping up in schools and institutes all over the country, generally called “maker spaces”.
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The A in STEAM stands for arts, and it has important influences in science, technology, engineering and maths.
Science societies are a vital part of research life, creating vital networking, grant and leadership opportunities for researchers.
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The young membership, frequency of elections and relaxed networks in science societies may provide vital positive influence for female promotion in STEM.
Crunching the numbers on the gender gap in STEMM.
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While much is being done to increase the number of women working in science, new research shows it could take many, many years to reach parity with men.