Moderate feminism within or against the neoliberal university? The example of Athena SWAN

C Tzanakou, R Pearce - Gender, Work & Organization, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This article argues that gender equality programmes in universities and colleges may
operate as a form of 'moderate feminism', producing contradictions through simultaneously …

Navigating open science as early career feminist researchers

M Pownall, CV Talbot, A Henschel… - … of Women Quarterly, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Open science aims to improve the rigor, robustness, and reproducibility of psychological
research. Despite resistance from some academics, the open science movement has been …

Athena SWAN:“Institutional peacocking” in the neoliberal university

E Yarrow, K Johnston - Gender, Work & Organization, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This paper contributes to understandings of how Athena SWAN (AS) is shaping
contemporary equality work in the context of the neoliberal university, and whether it is …

Feminist collaborations in higher education: Stretched across career stages

M Breeze, Y Taylor - Gender and Education, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Categorical career stages offer an institutional framework through which mobilities can be
claimed and contested by feminists in academia. Inhabiting career stages uncritically can …

Where and what are the barriers to progression for female students and academics in UK Higher Education?

O Cooper - Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Gender equality is a high priority for UK universities with research showing that female
academics do not progress at the same rate as their male counterparts. Research has been …

An exploration of perceptions of gender equity among SAGE Athena SWAN self-assessment team members in a regional Australian university

M Nash, R Grant, LM Lee… - Higher Education …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Gender inequality in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and
Medicine (STEMM) is well documented internationally. The Athena SWAN (AS) Charter was …

Navigating unChartered waters: anchoring athena SWAN into Irish HEIs

E Drew - Journal of Gender Studies, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The UK Athena SWAN (AS) Charter was extended to Irish Higher Education
Institutions (HEIs) in 2015 to provide a catalyst for change towards gender equality and to …

Developing a theoretical framework for exploring the institutional responses to the Athena SWAN Charter in higher education institutions—A feminist institutionalist …

M O'Mullane - Irish Journal of Sociology, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Why does the institutional response of higher education institutions to a 'potentially
institutionally transformative'gender equality programme such as the Athena SWAN (AS) …

Certifying gender equality in research: lessons learnt from Athena Swan and total e-quality award schemes

C Tzanakou, K Clayton-Hathway, AL Humbert - Frontiers in Sociology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In the past 2 decades, many Certification and Award schemes (CAS) related to gender
equality, diversity and inclusion have emerged in the higher education, research and …

An examination of the Athena SWAN initiatives in the UK: Critical reflections

M Tsouroufli - Strategies for resisting sexism in the academy: Higher …, 2019 - Springer
Athena SWAN is an equality charter for universities and research institutions, managed by
the Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) in the UK. This chapter discusses the evolution and …