Resources

A workshop based on collective intelligence lays the foundations of mentor–mentee interactions by providing tools to build a valuable relationship. Conducted by the Center for Integrative Biology PhD program at the University of Toulouse and the Femmes & Sciences mentoring program.

Higher education and research institutions are critical to the well-being and success of societies, meaning their financial support is strongly in the public interest. At the same time, value-for-money principles demand that such investment delivers. Unfortunately, these principles are currently violated by one of the biggest sources of public funding inefficiency: sexism.

Indian science academia has a dearth of women researchers at all levels. Not only are they under-represented, but they are also under-highlighted, under-mentored and overlooked for awards, grants and other career-advancing steps. To effectively address this problem and devise a solution for the inequity, we need data on the proportion of women faculty across multiple STEM institutions.

The discrimination and harassment faced by women scientists in the West have been increasingly discussed and debated in recent years; however, the challenges faced by women researchers in non-Western contexts remain underexplored. This Science podcast episode examines how gender intersects with other identities and with social expectations in India’s scientific community.

Results from this study quantify the systemic nature of gendered faculty retention; contextualize its relationship with career age, institutional prestige, and field; and highlight the importance of understanding the gendered reasons for attrition rather than focusing on rates alone.