A Typology of Gendered Pipelines: Reconfiguring the Approach to Researching Gender (in)Equality in Academic/Research Careers and Organizations

• Main Authors: Dubois-Shaik, Farah, Fusulier, Bernard, SASE 29th annual conference
• Other Authors: UCL - SSH/IACS - Institute of Analysis of Change in Contemporary and Historical Societies
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Gender; Science; Career; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/193880

In this proposal we frame a new Typology of Gendered Pipelines that provides a multi-level, multi-dimensional and comparative analytical framework of leaky pipelines and interrelated phenomena across six European countries and research institutions (Italy, Slovenia, Iceland, Switzerland, Belgium, The Netherlands). Along with previous studies and with a number of contemporary European studies, the FP7 GARCIA project, researching academic and research careers and organizations, establishes that the moving away of women from the scientific or academic path, leading to higher positions does not happen so simply as one could imagine at first glance and that rather than adopting mono-causality, we have to take a more composite view of causes and effects when thinking about the “Leaky Pipeline†and other phenomena (Dubois-Shaik & Fusulier, 2016). Pipelines, in both policy and organizational discourse, are often seen as either career trajectories, or organizational career pathways that point to “leaksâ€, which are undeniably present in all our case-study institutions. However, in this proposal we argue that we cannot simply adopt an approach of “filling the gaps†or of pointing the fingers at gatekeepers. Our various project results have fed the focus on the “leaky pipeline†by providing us with a rich multi-level perspective (gender and welfare regimes, comparative statistical organizational data, organizational culture, structures and governance, experiences of early researchers and academics); a multi-dimensional perspective (regimes, organizational systems, scientific fields, governing units, sex, gender, periods/stages of the career, work/life interference, relationships, power, cultures, contexts etc.); and a comparative perspective (across seven/six European countries, research institutions, SSH/STEM institutes, comparing women/men). This permits us to enlarge the research perspective to “Gendered Pipelines†rather than simply “leaky†pipelines. Through the case-study analyses, we have ...