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The Gender-Sensitive University: A Contradiction in Terms? book cover

1st Edition

The Gender-Sensitive University A Contradiction in Terms?

Edited By Eileen Drew, Siobhán Canavan Copyright 2021
208 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

1. An Overview of Gender Inequality in EU Universities

Rodrigo Rosa, Eileen Drew and Siobhán Canavan

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

Rodrigo Rosa and Sara Clavero

3. Gender in Academic Recruitment and Selection

Mathias Wullum Nielsen

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

Mary Kinahan, Julie Dunne and Jean Cahill

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

Eileen Drew and Claire Marshall

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

Marion Paoletti, Suzanne Quintin, Jane Gray-Sadran and Laure Squarcioni

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

Yvonne Galligan, Tony McMahon and Tom Millar

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

Jeff Hearn

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

Jadranka Gvozdanović and Jemimah Bailey

10. Change Management to Initiate and Accelerate Gender Equality

Jemimah Bailey and Eileen Drew

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

Andrew Power

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

Annie Doona

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

Liisa Husu

14. Towards a Gender-Sensitive University

Rita Bencivenga and Eileen Drew

Biography

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.

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