FedOAPress - Gender, Science & Society

Publisher: FedOA - Federico II University Press

Series: Gender, Science &Society

Scientific Committee: Agodi Maria Carmela (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II), Archibong Uduak (University of Bradford, UK), Avveduto Sveva (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – Roma), Bustelo Ruesta María Dolores (Universidad Computense de Madrid), Cerroni Andrea (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca), Liccardo Antonella (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II), Meuser Michael(Dortmund Technische Universität), Mongili Alessandro (Università degli Studi di Padova), Pellegrino Giuseppina (Università della Calabria), Picardi Ilenia (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II), Pisanti Ofelia (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II), Rossi Paolo (Università di Pisa), Viteritti Assunta (Università di Roma La Sapienza).

Editorial Board: Agodi Maria Carmela (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II), Gargano Angela (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Lauria Adele (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II), Liccardo Antonella (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II), Masullo Maria Rosaria (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Picardi Ilenia(Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II), Pisanti Ofelia(Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II).

Topic and Contents of the Book Series:This book series aims to construct bridges among different perspectives on issues related to women’s participation in science and in academic professions and organizations to articulate a comprehensive treatment of similarities, differences and interactions through and within disciplines and research domains, while linking specific institutional mechanisms and dynamics to broader societal ones.

Three perspectives at least seem to be relevant to this aim: research on gendered societal relations; research on the social organization of science and academy; research on the globalization of the productive relationships and resources of science and techno-science.

The book series will host:

1. Research and theoretical works integrating the gender dimension in the study of systems of scientific knowledge production, transmission, transfer and communication, bridging women’s and gender studies with science, society and technology studies.
2. Studies about research evaluation systems and their differential impact on gender equity; exploring criteria and procedures giving value to different dimensions of research quality and excellence; accounting for the contribution of diversity to scientific knowledge production and development.
3. Quantitative analyses about women’s participation in science and academy; horizontal and vertical gendered segregation across and within disciplines; differential career paths and opportunities; proposals of gender-sensitive statistical tools and indicators systems; scientific and academic organizations’ gender budgets.
4. Qualitative inquiries into attitudes and behaviours of scientists and researchers related to gender climate and gendered practices in the labs and in research teams; to the perception of the gender issue in science; to the perceived relevance of the gender dimension in the production of scientific knowledge, in teaching practices, in knowledge dissemination, communication and use.
5. Research studies about career paths and their gendered structure and about practices aimed at changing structural mechanisms and implicit stereotypes playing against the underrepresented gender.

 Peer review process: All books are double blind peer reviewed 

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