Gendered Inequalities in Competitive Grant Funding: An Overlooked Dimension of Gendered Power Relations in Academia

Autor/inn/en	Steinþórsdóttir, Finnborg S.; Einarsdóttir, Þorgerður; Pétursdóttir, Gyða M.; Himmelweit, Susan
Titel	Gendered Inequalities in Competitive Grant Funding: An Overlooked Dimension of Gendered Power Relations in Academia
Quelle	In: Higher Education Research and Development, 39 (2020) 2, S.362-375 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Steinþórsdóttir, Finnborg S.) ORCID (Einarsdóttir, Þorgerður) ORCID (Pétursdóttir, Gyða M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0729-4360
DOI	10.1080/07294360.2019.1666257
Schlagwörter	Power Structure; Grants; Gender Differences; College Faculty; Budgeting; Research Universities; Foreign Countries; Sex Fairness; Intellectual Disciplines; Males; Gender Bias; Academic Rank (Professional); Masculinity; Iceland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Grant; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Geschlechterkonflikt; Fakultät; Forschungseinrichtung; Ausland; Sexualaufklärung; Geisteswissenschaften; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Geschlechterstereotyp; Männlichkeit; Island
Abstract	Research grant funding influences the organisation of academic work and academic careers. We problematise general approaches to gender bias in research grant funding and argue that it fails to include the wider structures of inequality and the unequal gendered power relations in academia. Approaching the subject with gender budgeting we challenge assumed gender-neutral practices. The objective is to illuminate how the gendered funding system and (the previous and subsequent) gendered structures of academia are maintained. The whole grants scheme is assessed, drawing on statistical data collected on the whole population of a medium-size, comprehensive research and educational institution in Iceland, and two types of competitive grants. The data is measured against the pool of applicants and comparisons within and between fields and ranks are made. By including the structures of inequality and the gendered power relations, the results show how the funding system is biased not only in favour of men, but towards the male-dominated and culturally masculine positions and fields. This approach illustrates the need to address the whole academic system in order to challenge the norms that maintain and reproduce gender inequalities. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01