Here you find suggested reading – reports, statistics and articles – on topics related to gender in physics and STEM in general. If you want to contribute to the list, please email us at mail@kvinderifysik.dk.
European Commission
She Figures is published by the European Commission every three years since 2003 and shows statistics and indicators of gender in research and innovation.
- She Figures 2021
- 2021 overview graphics
- She Figures 2018
- She Figures 2015
- She Figures 2012
- She Figures 2009
- She Figures 2006
- She Figures 2003
European Parliament – FEMM committee
- Website
- Education and employment of women in science, technology and the digital economy, including AI and its influence on gender equality (2020)
UN Women
- UN Women status overview (2020)
The National Girls Collaborative project (US)
- Current state of STEM (2022)
International Science Council
This book reports on a three-year project (2017–2019) funded by the International Science Council and involving eleven scientific partner organizations.
- Gender gap in science (2020)
The National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine
- Sexual harassment of women (2018)
Sexism Edu – a Danish Initiative across Universities
- Sexism in Danish Higher Education and Research (Einersen et al, 2021)
Uddannelses- og Forskningsministeriet
Udgiver Danmarks talentbarometer – mænd og kvinder på de danske universiteter
VILLUM FONDENs program for børn, unge og science
- Rekrutering og fastholdelse af kvinder inden for STEM
- Flere piger med science kapital og STEM-interesse
- Hvorfor mister piger interessen for STEM-fag? Og hvad gør vi ved det?
- Oversigt over rapporter
Engineer the Future:
Gender research articles:
- Andersen et al, 2021, title: Selective referencing and questionable evidence in Strumia’s paper on “Gender issues in fundamental physics.”
- Andrews et al, 2021, title: Engineering students’ attitudinal beliefs by gender and student division: a methodological comparison of changes over time
- Nielsen, 2020, title: Gender in academic recruitment and selection
- Nielsen, 2018, title: Scientific Performance Assessments Through a Gender Lens – a Case Study on Evaluation and Selection Practices in Academia
- Nielsen, 2018, title: Making gender diversity work for scientific discovery and innovation
- Lunnemann et al, 2018, title: Gender Bias In Nobel Prizes
- Hampton et al, 2018, title: Women Scientists Who Made Nuclear Astrophysics
- White, 2018, title: Sex, gender, and physics, and the introductory physics classroom
- Blue et al, 2018, title: Gender matters
- Stoet et al, 2018, title: The Gender-Equality Paradox in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education
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Matthíasdóttir, 2018, title: Gender Differences in Engineering Students’ Choice of Studies
- Neven Caplar, Sandro Tacchella, Simon Birrer, 2016, Quantitative Evaluation of Gender Bias in Astronomical Publications from Citation Counts
- Traxler et al, 2016, title: Enriching gender in physics education research: A binary past and a complex future
- Barthelemy et al, 2016, title: Gender discrimination in physics and astronomy: Graduate student experiences of sexism and gender microaggressions
- Nielsen, 2016, title: Reasons for Leaving the Academy: a Case Study on the ‘Opt Out’ Phenomenon among Younger Female Researchers
- Milkman et al, 2015, title: What happens before? A field experiment exploring how pay and representation differentially shape bias on the pathway into organizations
- Nathan & Lee, 2015, title: Cultural Diversity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship: Firm‐level Evidence from London
- Handley et al, 2015, title: Quality of evidence revealing subtle gender biases in science is in the eye of the beholder
- Freeman & Huang, 2014, title: Collaboration: Strength in diversity
- Reuben et al, 2014, title: How stereotypes impair women’s careers in science
- Nielsen, 2013, title: Scandinavian Approaches to Gender Equality in Academia: A Comparative Study
- Moss-Racusin et al, 2012, title: Science faculty’s subtle gender biases favor male students
- Philips et al, 2008, title: To Disclose or Not to Disclose? Status Distance and Self-Disclosure in Diverse Environments
- Trix et al, 2003, title: Exploring the Color of Glass: Letters of Recommendation for Female and Male Medical Faculty
- Wennerås et al, 1997, title: Nepotism and sexism in peer-review
Recommended books:
- Caroline Criado Perez, 2020 Invisible Women
- Eileen Drew, Siobhán Canavan, 2020 The Gender-Sensitive University
- Judy Robertson, 2018 EqualBITE – Gender Euality in Higher Education
- Angela Saini, 2018 Inferior
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