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Advancing women’s representation in top academic positions – what works?
Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway.
University of Eastern Finland, Finland.
Institute for Social Research, Norway.
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Pedagogy and Learning. (Nordicore)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3336-6063
2023 (English)In: Studies in Higher Education, ISSN 0307-5079, E-ISSN 1470-174X, Vol. 48, no 6, p. 877-891Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Sustainable development
SDG 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Abstract [en]

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 enhancing measures offered for women, training and awareness-raising measures, organizational responsibility measures and preferential treatment measures. We investigated the use and efficacy of the four types of policy measures in 37 universities in Sweden, Norway and Finland, implemented between 1995 and 2018. The policy data was collected through on structured interviews with universities’ HR staff and equality officers. By combining these unique survey data and register data on universities’ teaching and research staff we assess the impact of institutional gender equality policy on the gender composition of academics in grade A positions. We find strong growth in the use of organizational responsibility and awareness-raising measures over time, and weaker use of career enhancing measures and preferential treatment. Overall, the institutional measures have a limited effect on the growth in the share of women in grade A positions. Nonetheless, we find that the implementation of structural measures is associated with the growth of women in grade A positions.

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Taylor & Francis Group, 2023. Vol. 48, no 6, p. 877-891
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Public Administration Studies
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Sociology, Sociology Education; Social Sciences, Political Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-119410DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2023.2172563ISI: 000922508400001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85147351910OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-119410DiVA, id: diva2:1737533
Available from: 2023-02-17 Created: 2023-02-17 Last updated: 2023-06-09Bibliographically approved

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