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Drange, Ida; Pietilä, Maria; Reisel, Liza; Silander, Charlotte – Studies in Higher Education, 2023
Which gender equality measures do Nordic universities use, and to what extent are the measures effective in increasing the share of women in top academic positions? Based on theories that distinguish between actor and structure-oriented measures, and between strategies of inclusion and transformation, we identified four types of measures: career…
Descriptors: Women Faculty, Females, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), College Faculty
Silander, Charlotte; Haake, Ulrika; Lindberg, Leif; Riis, Ulla – European Journal of Higher Education, 2022
We provide an integrative review of research on gender and academic careers conducted in the Nordic countries from 2003-2018. We investigate the nature and content of contemporary Nordic research and critically examine the methodological and theoretical approaches authors have used. We read, categorised, and analysed 74 articles retrieved from Web…
Descriptors: Classification, Gender Differences, College Faculty, Foreign Countries
Tiainen, Tarja; Berki, Eleni – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
Women's under-representation in the fields of science and technology is strong; both in software houses and academic posts. We focus on the academic field by gender sensitive analysis of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) academics. The general picture given by statistics' meta-analyses illustrates male dominance even in Finland, which…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Science Education, Technology Education, Information Technology
Mayer, Audrey L.; Tikka, Paivi M. – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2008
Several recent reports on the status of women in US academic institutions have recommended more generous family policies to encourage and retain more women among academic staffs. Many of the policies suggested are modelled on those that have been in effect in Nordic countries for decades. The status of women among Finnish and Swedish academic…
Descriptors: Sex Stereotypes, Females, Foreign Countries, Gender Bias
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Sutherland, Margaret B. – Comparative Education, 1985
Interviews were conducted with 244 women teaching in universities in Finland, France, East Germany, West Germany, and Great Britain to discover causes for the minority position of women who teach in universities. Women's position appeared to depend not on characteristics of individual educational systems but on common factors--social attitudes,…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Employment Patterns, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)