Whatever Happened to Gender Equality in Australian and New Zealand Universities?

Bönisch-Brednich, Brigitte; White, Kate

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-69687-0_5

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“…Between 2008 to 2017 universities were hiring on average 1.4 women academics for every man, which has led to an overall increase in the proportion of women academics over the ten-year period, from 42.3% to 45.5% (Larkins, 2018). Despite these efforts to re-gender the academic workforce, the gap between men and women academics still remains large at more senior levels (Bönisch-Brednich & White, 2021; Larkins, 2018). In contrast to this general higher education pattern, for many decades Australian sociology has had a higher proportion of women PhDs, as well as women academics, in its workforce.…”

Section: Gender and Publishingmentioning

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Publishing during a sociology PhD in Australia: Differences by elite and non-elite universities and gender

Rajčan,

Burns

2024

Journal of Sociology

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We examined the latest decade of Australian sociology PhD completions for differences in the number and quality of research outputs students published during doctoral enrolment. There was no evidence of a statistically significant difference between Go8 PhD students and their non-Go8 PhD counterparts in terms of either the quantity of research publications achieved, or the quality of these publications as measured by high-impact journals. There was also insufficient evidence statistically to conclude that Go8 men and Go8 women differed from one another, or that non-Go8 men and non-Go8 women differed from one another in overall quantity of outputs and publishing in high-impact journals. However, publishing success of men and women, when combined, regardless of whether they were at elite Go8 or non-Go8 institutions, showed gender had a marginally significant effect on publication productivity, men outperforming women, in both publication counts and in publishing in high-impact journals.

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Section: Gender and Publishingmentioning

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Publishing during a sociology PhD in Australia: Differences by elite and non-elite universities and gender

Rajčan,

Burns

2024

Journal of Sociology

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“…factors beyond individuals' direct agency) has examined the effects of institutional policies and practices on women's careers and explored the broader effects of academic and disciplinary cultures (Fagan and Teasdale, 2020;Berheide and Walzer, 2014;Howe-Walsh and Turnbull, 2016). These findings showed that academia is a conservative environment where women struggle to find legitimacy, even when gender equality is supported (O'Connor, 2020;Bönisch-Brednich and White, 2021;Moratti, 2021;Cohen et al, 2021). Often, neither an increase in the proportion of women (Helitzer et al, 2017) nor the presence of gender equality initiatives (Tzanakou and Pearce, 2019;Roos et al, 2020) is enough to change these deeply-ingrained power dynamics.…”

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The balance between status quo and change when minorities try to access top ranks: a tale about women achieving professorship

Meschitti

Marini

2022

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Purpose This paper aims to study vertical gender segregation, which persists even in the fields where women are represented at junior levels. Academia is an example. Individual performance and lack of a critical mass do not fully explain the problem. Thus, this paper adopted an intergroup perspective (i.e. social identity and competition theories) to study how a majority (i.e. men) can influence the advancement of a minority (i.e. women). Design/methodology/approach The paper investigated promotions from associate to full professor in Italy. The original data set included all promotions from 2013 to 2016. To study intergroup dynamics, individual-level variables were analysed together with structural factors, such as gender representation and availability of resources. Findings The effect of gender representation was significant in that promotions were more likely when full professor ranks within academic institutions were men-dominated and associate professor ranks were women-dominated. Concurrently, the analysis of individual-level variables supported the existence of discrimination against women. The paper argues that the majority grants more promotions under the pressure of change; however, this does not contrast with discrimination at the individual level. Research limitations/implications The paper focused only on one country. However, the framework can be applied in other contexts and used to study segregation based on factors other than gender. Originality/value This study explored gender segregation from a new perspective, highlighting the importance of the interplay between individual and structural factors. This interplay might be one of the causes of the slow progress of gender equality.

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Academic Women Co-designing Education Futures in a Postdigital World

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This paper draws on the collective knowledge-building of nine women from diverse disciplines, roles, cultures, and institutions in Australasian women in leadership programme. Brought together during Covid-19 through a shared interest and purpose concerning current and future developments in digital education, we offer knowledge and insight from our perspective as women leaders in academia, on co-designing futures in a postdigital world. Drawing on a duoethnographic research design, we reflected on our experiences as academic leaders and practitioners to systematically explore people, situations, and contexts through co-construction and dialogue. Our joint exploration uncovered themes of visibility, gravitas, and relationships. We provide evidence of the role co-design plays in our own practices, in our classrooms, and how our research design was strengthened through co-design. Finally, we offer an evolving model of co-design for leadership in higher education with communities of practice at its core.

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Whatever Happened to Gender Equality in Australian and New Zealand Universities?

Cited by 7 publications

References 23 publications

Publishing during a sociology PhD in Australia: Differences by elite and non-elite universities and gender

Publishing during a sociology PhD in Australia: Differences by elite and non-elite universities and gender

The balance between status quo and change when minorities try to access top ranks: a tale about women achieving professorship

Academic Women Co-designing Education Futures in a Postdigital World

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