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    Ungendered writing: Writing styles are unlikely to account for gender differences in funding rates in the natural and technical sciences Open PDF 
    (2022)
    Horbach, S.P.J.M.
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    Schneider, J.W.
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    Sainte-Marie, M.
    Academia has traditionally faced a substantial gender gap in staff positions and career path progression. Women do not advance up the academic career ladder in the same rate as men, with evidence of gender bias in hiring, earnings, funding, and recognition by means of prestigious awards. In this study we focus on gender differences in funding applications. Multiple factors have been proposed as potentially underlying mechanisms creating differences in funding rates between men and women, including bias in peer review processes and differences in language use. In this study we use a set of 1560 full-text applications in the natural and technical sciences that were subjected to a double-blind review process at a Danish private funder to analyse gendered writing as a potential factor causing differences in funding rates. Reproducing analyses from previous studies that found significant differences in writing styles, we analyse patterns in the use of positive words, levels of readability, concreteness and sentiment. Unlike previous studies, we only find minimal differences in writing style between the sexes. We conclude that writing styles are unlikely to account for skewed funding patterns and suggest ways in which funding programmes can be designed to provide fair opportunities to all applicants. © 2022 American Institute of Physics Inc.. All rights reserved.
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    A global approach to the gender gap in mathematical, computing and natural sciences: How to measure it, how to reduce it? Open PDF 
    (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2019)
    Gledhill, I.M.A.
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    Roy, M.-F.
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    Chiu, M.-H.
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    Ivie, R.
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    Ponce-Dawson, S.
    The participation of women in many fields of science remains a subject of concern worldwide. In this Commentary, we describe one of three collaborative projects – the Gender Gap project – funded by the International Science Council (ISC) and the 11 partners of the project. This project is the only one of the three that addresses an issue of such relevance for society. The objectives of the project are to provide evidence on which interventions can be based, and to make available material on best practice that has been proven by test. The project includes a joint global survey and a bibliometric analysis, both of which have an emphasis on comparing and contrasting results from less developed countries and from more developed countries.