Senior management has its perks but it also comes with a host of new practical, philosophical, psychological and even physical challenges.

Jess Wade’s work to add women in science to Wikipedia demonstrates the importance of Stem role models for young people.

Researcher Jess Wade says efforts to attract girls into science are not evidence-based – and are not working.

Once female scientists nab a US National Institutes of Health grant, their careers tend to last nearly as long as those of men.

Computer scientists must identify sources of bias, de-bias training data and develop artificial-intelligence algorithms that are robust to skews in the data.

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.”

Anonymous survey of young scientists reveals fresh accusations of bullying and harassment at astrophysics institute.

Special issue from International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology (GST) Vol 10, No 1.

Scottish universities are close to achieving a historic 50:50 balance between men and women on their governing bodies for the first time ever.

Groundbreaking report details persistent hostility female scientists face and notes that many surveys fail to rigorously evaluate sexual harassment.

Existing policies to address the issue are ineffective, concludes a long-awaited report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Six researchers share their ideas for improving representation.

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.

Data from THE’s World University Rankings underscore that many more women are studying some science subjects in the Mena region.

A petition with 1,000 signatures is calling for the National Academy of Sciences to oust members for sexual misconduct.

By developing gender-inclusive guidelines and criteria for schools, museums, science centres and industry, an EU-funded project aims to attract more young people, especially girls.