The Gender-Sensitive University

The Gender-Sensitive University explores the prevailing forces that pose obstacles to driving a gender-sensitive university, which include the emergence of far-right movements that seek to subvert advances towards gender equality and managerialism that promotes creeping corporatism.

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Eileen Drew coordinated the EU-Horizon 2020 Systemic Action for Gender Equality (SAGE) Project. She is a Professor in Trinity College, Dublin, and Director of the Trinity Centre for Gender Equality and Leadership.

Siobhán Canavan is a Visiting Research Associate in the Trinity Centre for Gender Equality and Leadership, Trinity College, Dublin.

Klappentext

The Gender-Sensitive University explores the prevailing forces that pose obstacles to driving a gender-sensitive university, which include the emergence of far-right movements that seek to subvert advances towards gender equality and managerialism that promotes creeping corporatism. This book demonstrates that awareness of gender equality and gender sensitivity are essential for pulling contemporary academia back from the brink. New forms of leadership are fundamental to reforming our institutions. The concept of a gender-sensitive university requires re-envisioning academia to meet these challenges, as does a different engagement of men and a shift towards fluidity in how gender is formulated and performed. Academia can only be truly gender sensitive if, learning from the past, it can avoid repeating the same mistakes and addressing existing and new biases. The book chapters analyse these challenges and advocate the possibilities to 'fix it forward' in all areas. Representing ten EU countries and multiple disciplines, contributors to this volume highlight the evidence of persistent gender inequalities in academia, while advocating a blueprint for addressing them. The book will be of interest to a global readership of students, academics, researchers, practitioners, academic and political leaders and policymakers who share an interest in what it takes to establish gender-sensitive universities. This book is available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.routledge.com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license

Inhalt

1. An Overview of Gender Inequality in EU Universities

2. The Challenge of Neoliberalism and Precarity for Gender-Sensitivity in Academia

3. Gender in Academic Recruitment and Selection

4. In Pursuit of Career Advancement in Academia: Do Gendered Pathways Exist?

5. Work-Life Balance in Academia: Myth or Reality?

6. Sexual Violence on Campus: Objectification, Awareness Raising and Response

7. Gender Pay Gap Reporting: Lessons from Queen's University, Belfast and Trinity College, Dublin

8. Men and Masculinities in Academia: Towards Gender-Sensitive Perspectives, Processes, Policies and Practices

9. Unconscious Bias in Academia: A Threat to Meritocracy and What to Do About It

10. Change Management to Initiate and Accelerate Gender Equality

11. Understanding Leadership in Higher Education as a Tool for Change in Relation to Gender

12. Addressing Gender Inequality in Academia: The Role of Irish Funding Agencies

13. What Does Not Happen: Interrogating a Tool for Building a Gender-Sensitive University

14. Towards a Gender-Sensitive University