3 research outputs found
Gender Inequality In Academic Careers In Brazil
Studies on gender inequality in academic careers attribute female disadvantages to workplace discrimination and/or social demands imposed upon women. However, few studies take into account the impact of the specific traits of Brazilian public universities in this situation. This article analyzes, from the perspective of gender, the chances of accessing the highest posts in the public academic career based upon a study focused on the State University of Campinas (Unicamp). The results show that (i) the odds of ascending to the highest levels of the career vary according to the college and/or institute; (ii) the pace of ascension to the highest posts is faster for female faculty; (iii) management posts are relatively more open to female faculty; (iv) greater or lesser female presence in colleges and/or institute does not seem to significantly affect these results.58374978
Scientific Production and Gender Inequalities in Two Academic Elites: Brazil and Argentina
Despite their relatively similar national contexts, geographical proximity, and comparable historical and cultural experiences, Brazil and Argentina show relevant differences in terms of R&D systems, research assessment procedures and the morphology of their academic elites. However, they share similar paths of integration to the international academic arena, along with the prevalence of nationally oriented groups under a primarily public funding system. Diverse combinations of intersectional inequalities can be found when analyzing two concrete populations of researchers from the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas (CONICET) and the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientĂfico e TecnolĂłgico (CNPq), given that we are dealing with highly internationalized academic elites. In this paper, we describe the two national fields and the target populations in terms of age, position, and institutional affiliation. Considering the different composition by sex of these two populations we observe meaningful analogies regarding publication and, especially, publication in English. Finally, we discuss author positions, showing how intersectional inequalities affect women, relating this general picture to citation impact in Google Scholar and describing how gender territories are built among the top cited researchers.MalgrĂ© leurs contextes nationaux relativement similaires, leur proximitĂ© gĂ©ographique et leurs expĂ©riences historiques et culturelles comparables, le BrĂ©sil et l'Argentine prĂ©sentent des diffĂ©rences notables en termes de systèmes de Recherche & DĂ©veloppement, de procĂ©dures d'Ă©valuation de la recherche et de morphologie de leurs Ă©lites universitaires. Cependant, ils partagent des voies similaires d'intĂ©gration dans l'arène universitaire internationale, ainsi que la prĂ©dominance de groupes Ă vocation nationale dans le cadre d'un système de financement essentiellement public. L'analyse de deux populations concrètes de chercheurs du Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas (CONICET) et du Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientĂfico e TecnolĂłgico (CNPq) rĂ©vèle des combinaisons d'inĂ©galitĂ©s intersectionnelles distinctes, bien qu'il s'agisse d'Ă©lites universitaires fortement internationalisĂ©es. Dans cet article, nous dĂ©crivons les deux champs nationaux et les populations cibles en termes d'âge, de position et d'affiliation institutionnelle. Compte tenu de la composition diffĂ©rente de ces deux populations en termes de genre, nous observons des analogies significatives en ce qui concerne la publication et, en particulier, la publication en anglais. Enfin, nous discutons des positions des auteurs, en montrant comment les inĂ©galitĂ©s intersectionnelles affectent les femmes, en reliant cette image gĂ©nĂ©rale Ă l'impact des citations dans Google Scholar et en dĂ©crivant comment les territoires de genre sont construits parmi les chercheurs les plus citĂ©s
Les sciences Âhumaines et Âsociales en ÂAmĂ©rique latine, XXe siècle
Ce dossier de la Revue d’histoire des sciences humaines a pour objectif d’explorer la constitution et le développement historiques des sciences sociales et humaines en Amérique latine au xxe siècle. Les six articles rassemblés ici abordent les processus de construction et d’institutionnalisation de ces disciplines à différentes périodes et dans différents espaces, marqués, entre autres, par des traditions académiques nationales et des contextes politiques et idéologiques particuliers. Les analyses accordent une attention particulière aux acteurs, à leurs pratiques et à leurs stratégies, aux structures, aux politiques et aux systèmes nationaux d’organisation universitaire ou para-universitaire, aux réseaux et aux institutions transnationaux, aux échanges et aux connexions entre les espaces latino-américains et les autres régions du monde, aux programmes de coopération et de financement internationaux et à leur influence sur les orientations de la production intellectuelle. Ces études de cas éclairent dès lors les débats théoriques, que ce soit au sein de champs disciplinaires spécifiques ou transversaux à l’ensemble des sciences humaines et sociales, aussi bien à l’échelle locale que continentale. This dossier of the Revue d'histoire des sciences humaines aims to contribute to exploring the historical constitution and development of the social sciences and humanities in Latin America in the 20th century. The six articles gathered here address the processes of construction and institutionalization of these disciplines in different periods and spaces, marked, among other things, by national academic traditions and particular political and ideological contexts. The analyses pay special attention to the actors, their practices and strategies, to national structures, policies, and systems of academic organization, to transnational networks and institutions, to exchanges and connections between Latin American spaces and other regions of the world, to international cooperation and funding programs and their influence on the orientations of intellectual production. In this way, this series of case studies also shed light on local as well as continent-wide theoretical debates and their transformations