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The Meeting of the Ways
There are many reasons why people believe – as I do – that interdisciplinarity has to sit at the heart of any research agenda. It does not require that two disciplines bring cutting edge tools and ideas together to create … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Interdisciplinary Science
Tagged Bennett Institute for Public Policy, Eldar Shafir, policy, stereotype threat, values affirmation
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Are Women Underpaid?
The deadline is past for companies in the UK employing more than 250 employees to report their gender pay gap. The numbers are not pretty and the University sector is no different from other types of employers in manifesting an … Continue reading
What Can I Do? Press for Progress….
What follows is a lightly edited version of the address I gave at the joint Churchill/Murray Edwards Colleges ‘Humanist Happenings’ last Sunday, in advance of International Women’s Day today. Today is International Women’s Day, with its theme of Press for … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Women in Science
Tagged Amplification, Bystander, International Women's Day, Women's Lib
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One Hundred Years
Today we celebrate the Suffragettes’ victory 100 years ago: votes for (some) women. A timely moment to reflect on the state of play in terms of equality. More than seven years ago I wrote the post below about the Equal … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Uncategorized
Tagged Dagenham, equal pay, Mary Beard, Suffragettes
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Changing the Patriarchy (Perhaps)
I’m afraid this is going to be a derivative blog. Derivative because I’m prompted to write it due to two recent articles I’ve read, but I’d like to turn their ideas into the world of academia. The first was in … Continue reading
Posted in Equality
Tagged Hadley Freeman, Kate Manne, misogyny, sexism
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