A large ‘discovery’ experiment: Gender Initiative for Excellence (Genie) at Chalmers University of Technology by Maria Saline, Mary Sheeran, Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede

“…Sweden tops gender equality rankings, but Swedish academia is still lacking women in top positions. …”
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La porta di cristallo: un nuovo indice per rilevare l’impatto di genere della riforma Gelmini sull’accesso alla professione accademica by Ilenia Picardi

“…The paper presents an analysis of the impact of Law 240/2010, known as Gelmini reform, on academic recruitment in the Italian system, in terms of gender equality. In analogy with the Glass Ceiling Index, that gives a measure of difficulties for women in moving into highest positions, The Glass Door Index is defined to quantify gender asymmetry in the access to tenured positions in academia. …”
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Things We Could Design: For More Than Human-Centered Worlds by Ron Wakkary by Pavle Pavlović

“…It represents an exploration of the possibilities for a new understanding of human-technology relations and posthumanism, while also addressing issues of accountability, sustainability, and equality. …”
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Genre et foncier au Sénégal : étude de cas dans la Commune de Ross Béthio. by Serigne Abdou latif Sall

“…Strong, open and transparent partnerships have been established with countries, civil society, the private sector, academia, international organizations and other UN agencies. …”
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Athena in the World of Techne: The Gender Dimension of Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Marina Ranga, Henry Etzkowitz

“…We Discuss causes of the relatively small numbers of women scientists, researchers, innovators or entrepreneurs, the exceedingly slow pace of transition from inequality to equality and the usually lower hierarchical positions than men’s in academia or business, women’s hidden roles in technological change and an exemplary instance of women’s leading role in a major technological innovation with wide social impact, in the context of major changes arising in the transition from the Industrial to the Knowledge Society.…”
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Synnøve des Bouvries karriere ved UiT, 1972–2014: Intervju og bibliografi by Per Pippin Aspaas

“…Moreover, this «rare bird in Ultima Thule» is a staunch advocate for the active use of Latin in teaching and research and a prominent member of the Academia Latinitati Fovendae. In Tromsø too, she has been active in another academy, the cross-disciplinary Academia Borealis, of which she is the serving president. …”
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Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: Impact on Society by Tülay TURAN, Gökhan TURAN, Ecir KÜÇÜKSİLLE

“…In recent years, studies on the ethics of artificial intelligence by academia, industry, government and civil society have begun to provide a basis. …”

Gender Diversity of the Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research Annual Meetings from 2013 to 2022 by Tadatsugu Morimoto, Takaomi Kobayashi, Kazuyo Yamauchi, Satomi Nagamine, Miho Sekiguchi, Koji Otani, Miyuki Fukuda, Masatsugu Tsukamoto, Tomohito Yoshihara, Hirohito Hirata, Yu Toda, Shiori Tanaka, Masaaki Mawatari

“…In addition, there has never been a symposium promoting gender equality at the annual JSSR meeting. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that a strong and active role for institutional leaders and senior members to support the scholarly activities of women spine surgeons is important for adopting gender diversity in the JSSR academia. …”
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Factors responsible for health inequalities in Nigeria by Bemhemba Iba

“…This will be the most likely way to achieve and sustain health equality in Nigeria.     …”
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Men ask more questions than women at a scientific conference. by Hinsley, A, Sutherland, W, Johnston, A

“…Gender inequity in science and academia, especially in senior positions, is a recognised problem. …”

La democracia (global): actualidad y perspectivas by Andrés Rossetti

“…Sirve un evento concreto que fué el golpe de estado sucedido en Bolivia en el año 2019 -no reconocido como tal por una buena parte de la comunidad internacional y la academia- para analizar las posibilidades y perspectivas de implementar a nivel planetario un sistema de gobierno global que realmente pueda ser calificado como "democrático". …”
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Brazilian women in Bioinformatics: Challenges and opportunities by Thayne Woycinck Kowalski, Giovanna Câmara Giudicelli, Maria Clara de Freitas Pinho, Marília Körbes Rockenbach, Miriãn Ferrão Maciel-Fiuza, Mariana Recamonde-Mendoza, Fernanda Sales Luiz Vianna

“…We also present the opportunities and the transformation that we can start, acting in academia, inside the family and school environments, and as a society, hence contributing to gender equality in STEM. …”
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Incivility in Higher Education: Challenges of Inclusion for Neurodiverse Students with Traumatic Brain Injury in Ireland by Teresa Shiels, Neil Kenny, Roy Shiels, Patricia Mannix-McNamara

“…Incivility is common in higher education, and students with disabilities such as TBI are often marginalized within academia, making them more vulnerable to incivility. …”
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Type inference and strong static type checking for Promela by Donaldson, A, Gay, S

“…<p>The Spin model checker and its specification language Promela have been used extensively in industry and academia to check the logical properties of distributed algorithms and protocols. …”

Using the future wheel methodology to assess the impact of open science in the transport sector by Anja Fleten Nielsen, Jakob Michelmann, Attila Akac, Kristel Palts, Anne Zilles, Afroditi Anagnostopoulou, Ove Langeland

“…Using the Future Wheel methodology, we conducted a workshop with transport experts from both industry and academia to answer this question. The main findings of this study point in the direction of previous studies in other fields, in terms of increased innovation, increased efficiency, economic savings, more equality, and increased participation of citizens. …”
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Gender differences in time taken for peer review and publishing output in the physical sciences by Emma C. Leedham Elvidge

“…Background: Despite decades of work to improve gender equality in science (and other science, technology, engineering, and maths fields), gender bias still exists and has been shown to impact the retention of women in academic scientific careers. …”
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Perceptions on construction-related factors that affect concrete quality, costs and production by Jorge Luis Santamaria, Vanessa Valentin

“…Likert aggregation and tests for equality of odds were used to compare and analyze responses of two groups of participants, namely architects and engineers. …”
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Masking Floating-Point Number Multiplication and Addition of Falcon by Keng-Yu Chen, Jiun-Peng Chen

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Women leadership in higher education: Past, present and future trends by Muhammad Ashraf, Fauzi, Tan, Christine Nya-Ling, Puteri Fadzline, Muhamad Tamyez, Nurul Ashykin, Abd Aziz, Wider, Walton

“…The feminist approach to leadership is helpful in many ways, and it could be the type of leadership needed in the challenging world of academia. Women present unique characteristics and traits, particularly their motherly approach to leadership. …”
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Responsible Innovation (RI) in the midst of an innovation crisis [Full Thematic Issue] by Lucien von Schomberg, Vincent Blok

“…They also emphasize the need for open access, gender equality, science education, ethical standard in conducting experiments, and democratic governance. …”
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