The GeoWeb presents an opportunity to expand the array of potential contributors
describing the earth through digital geographic information. However, the adoption of user …

This paper presents the results of an exploratory quantitative analysis of gendered
contributions to the online mapping project OpenStreetMap (OSM), in which previous …

Despite over 20 years of intervention programmes, the gender balance in the computing
profession is not improving. It has been suggested that the problem with much of the …

This chapter examines parallels in the evolution of two occupational identities–commercial
airline flying and ICT work–and the implications for current diversification interventions. We …

Hvorfor er det så få kvinner som velger en utdanning i IKT og IKT-sikkerhet? Rapporten
dokumenterer at mange unge kvinner i Norge ikke oppfatter IKT som et aktuelt …

From the late 1970s to the mid 1980s, many countries experienced a “home computer
boom”. The “home computer”(or “micro” as it was colloquially referred to) had become a …

This dissertation is an ethnographic study, accomplished through semi-structured interviews
and participant observation, of the cultural world of third party Apple software developers …

Where are the women in computing? This dissertation explores the underrepresentation of
women in computing as a cultural issue. After considering the role of women in the history of …

Over the last decades, gender issues in Computer Science (CS) as well as in Science,
Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) disciplines have captured the attention of many …

The aim of this paper is to defend a view of the philosophy of science as a practice that
should reflect not only about the disciplinary classical topics: science methodology, the …