Closing the gender gap at academic conferences: A tool for monitoring and assessing academic events.

ABSTRACT: The importance of participation in academic conferences is well known for members of the scientific community. It is not only for the feedback and the improvement of the work, it is also about career development, building networks and increasing visibility. Nevertheless, women continue to be under-represented in these academic events and even more so in the most visible positions such as speaking roles. This paper presents the development of a tool based on performance indicators, which will allow monitoring and evaluating gender roles and inequalities in academic conferences in order to tackle the underrepresentation of women. The study identifies relevant perspectives (participation, organizational structure and attitudes) and designs specific lists of performance indicators for each of

SUBMITTER: Corona-Sobrino C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7721142 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature