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SUMMARY:Gender Equality and Scientific Excellence in Switzerland
DTSTART:20160907T121500
DTEND:20160907T133000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Julia Nentwich\, University of St.Gallen\n"Scientific excellen
 ce" and "gender equality" have been on the political agenda for more than 
 a decade now. We have ample evidence of the existence of gender bias in ac
 ademic selection procedures. Furthermore\, what counts as "scientific exce
 llence" has been criticized as inherently problematic. The "ideal research
 er" at work in many disciplines still seems to be white\, male\, without f
 amily responsibilities and ready to sacrifice his entire self to the "gree
 dy occupation" of academia. At the same time\, the emphasis on excellence 
 has encouraged the adoption of formal procedures and transparency and henc
 e may also have contributed to the advancement of gender equality. In her 
 talk Prof. Julia Nentwich will explore the different ways in which "gender
 " and "scientific excellence" meet in 12 qualitative interviews conducted 
 with gender equality experts and/or members of decision-making bodies in S
 wiss higher education institutions. Based on a discourse analysis\, she id
 entifies the different consequences of the discursive interplay between ge
 nder and academic excellence.
LOCATION:UniL\, Geopolis Building\, room 5899 http://planete.unil.ch/plan
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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