Global scholarship has documented gender discrepancies in power in higher education
institutions (HEIs) for several decades. That research is now supported by wider gender …

This study examines whether and how gender quotas achieve their primary objective to
increase female representation in university faculty positions. Using a longitudinal dataset …

This paper explores the experiences and perceptions of parent academics and their
colleagues, and argues that in the absence of institutional support and guidance, self and …

Applying a critical gendered lens, this article examines academic leadership ideals. It draws
on a content analysis of job advertisements for Vice-Chancellors at Swedish higher …

This article explores a national women-only leadership development program in Swedish
higher education, the so-called IDAS program (an acronym for Identity, Development …

This chapter reports on a case study of a Swedish University, appointed the most gender
equal university in Sweden. With the highest percentage of women professors in Swedish …

Despite the feminisation of universities in terms of their student intake [1, 2], formal positions
of academic leadership in higher education remain concentrated in male hands. Thus, for …

Purpose The purpose of this chapter is to combine research findings around gender bias
and the challenges women face in academia, and to present a unified conceptual …

Fika is the Swedish practice of assembling for a coffee break at work or home. This paper
investigates the material, social and temporal investments in fika in accelerated and …

Background Bioethics can play an important role in addressing diversity both in and outside
of academia, setting precedents for meaningful contributions to public discourse, research …