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An exploration of perceptions of gender equity among SAGE Athena SWAN self-assessment team members in a regional Australian university
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Nash, M and Grant, R and Lee, L and Martinez-Marrades, A and Winzenberg, T, An exploration of perceptions of gender equity among SAGE Athena SWAN self-assessment team members in a regional Australian university, Higher Education Research and Development, 40, (2) pp. 356-369. ISSN 0729-4360 (2020) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1080/07294360.2020.1737657
Abstract
Gender inequality in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics,
and Medicine (STEMM) is well documented internationally. The
Athena SWAN (AS) Charter was launched in the UK in 2005 to
provide an impetus for positive cultural and structural changes to
advance gender equality in UK universities. The Australian pilot of
the AS Charter began in 2015 and is overseen by the Australian
Academy of Sciences. Despite extensive engagement with AS over
the last 15 years in the UK and more recently in Australia,
qualitative research on the awards application process and its
impact on AS Self-Assessment Team (SAT) members is limited. To
fill this knowledge gap, we undertook a qualitative interview study
examining how gender and gender equity are operationalised and
understood by SAT members in the first year of an AS pilot at a
regional Australian university. Findings indicate key gender
differences in SAT members’ motivations for AS participation
which, we argue, potentially translates into unequal gendered
workload distributions on the SAT. Although AS is positioned as a
key mechanism for addressing inequality in STEMM broadly, this
study suggests that the initiative’s impacts in Australia risk being
undermined by its unintentional reproduction of gender inequality
in the academic workforce.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Athena SWAN, feminism, gender equality, women in STEMM |
| Research Division: | Human Society |
| Research Group: | Sociology |
| Research Field: | Sociology of gender |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in human society |
| UTAS Author: | Nash, M (Associate Professor Meredith Nash) |
| UTAS Author: | Grant, R (Dr Ruby Grant) |
| UTAS Author: | Lee, L (Miss Li-Min Lee) |
| UTAS Author: | Martinez-Marrades, A (Ms Ariadna Martinez-Marrades) |
| UTAS Author: | Winzenberg, T (Professor Tania Winzenberg) |
| ID Code: | 138071 |
| Year Published: | 2020 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 6 |
| Deposited By: | Office of the School of Social Sciences |
| Deposited On: | 2020-03-24 |
| Last Modified: | 2021-10-26 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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