The Unsexy Truth About the Avital Ronell Scandal
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The erotic aspects obscure the fundamental issue: power.
What is it like to take a leadership role at a university?
Times Higher Education
Senior management has its perks but it also comes with a host of new practical, philosophical, psychological and even physical challenges.
Five amazing female scientists you’ve never heard of
The Guardian
Jess Wade’s work to add women in science to Wikipedia demonstrates the importance of Stem role models for young people.
Academic writes 270 Wikipedia pages in a year to get female scientists noticed
The Guardian
Researcher Jess Wade says efforts to attract girls into science are not evidence-based – and are not working.
AI can be sexist and racist — it’s time to make it fair
Nature
Computer scientists must identify sources of bias, de-bias training data and develop artificial-intelligence algorithms that are robust to skews in the data.
Leaky pipeline for women scientists dries up after they win first big grant
Nature
Once female scientists nab a US National Institutes of Health grant, their careers tend to last nearly as long as those of men.
Women Making Science Videos on YouTube Face Hostile Comments
The New York Times
After studying 23,005 comments left on videos about science and related topics, a researcher says, “I could see why people would not want to be on YouTube.”
Germany’s prestigious Max Planck Society investigates new allegations of abuse
Nature
Anonymous survey of young scientists reveals fresh accusations of bullying and harassment at astrophysics institute.
Special Issue: Gender and Masculinities in Careers and Leadership in Higher Education
GST
Special issue from International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology (GST) Vol 10, No 1.
The Scottish universities finally achieving gender equality
The Herald
Scottish universities are close to achieving a historic 50:50 balance between men and women on their governing bodies for the first time ever.
Sexual harassment is rife in the sciences, finds landmark US study
Nature
Existing policies to address the issue are ineffective, concludes a long-awaited report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Sexual harassment isn’t just about sex
Science
Groundbreaking report details persistent hostility female scientists face and notes that many surveys fail to rigorously evaluate sexual harassment.
What does it take to make an institution more diverse?
Nature
Six researchers share their ideas for improving representation.
Applicant’s race or gender don’t appear to influence NIH peer reviewers
Science
An unusual experiment to test whether an applicant’s apparent race or gender influence how their grant proposal is scored has found no evidence of bias.
Why do Gulf states outperform West on female STEM participation?
Times Higher Education
Data from THE’s World University Rankings underscore that many more women are studying some science subjects in the Mena region.
The National Academy Of Sciences Hasn’t Ousted Sexual Harassers
BuzzFeed
A petition with 1,000 signatures is calling for the National Academy of Sciences to oust members for sexual misconduct.