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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Fewer invited talks by women in evolutionary biology symposia
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Volume 26, No. 9, Year 2013
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Lower visibility of female scientists, compared to male scientists, is a potential reason for the under-representation of women among senior academic ranks. Visibility in the scientific community stems partly from presenting research as an invited speaker at organized meetings. We analysed the sex ratio of presenters at the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB) Congress 2011, where all abstract submissions were accepted for presentation. Women were under-represented among invited speakers at symposia (15% women) compared to all presenters (46%), regular oral presenters (41%) and plenary speakers (25%). At the ESEB congresses in 2001-2011, 9-23% of invited speakers were women. This under-representation of women is partly attributable to a larger proportion of women, than men, declining invitations: in 2011, 50% of women declined an invitation to speak compared to 26% of men. We expect invited speakers to be scientists from top ranked institutions or authors of recent papers in high-impact journals. Considering all invited speakers (including declined invitations), 23% were women. This was lower than the baseline sex ratios of early-mid career stage scientists, but was similar to senior scientists and authors that have published in high-impact journals. High-quality science by women therefore has low exposure at international meetings, which will constrain Evolutionary Biology from reaching its full potential. We wish to highlight the wider implications of turning down invitations to speak, and encourage conference organizers to implement steps to increase acceptance rates of invited talks. © 2013 The Authors. Journal of Evolutionary Biology © 2013 European Society For Evolutionary Biology.
Authors & Co-Authors
Dugdale, Hannah L.
United Kingdom, Sheffield
The University of Sheffield
Netherlands, Groningen
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Johnson, Paul James
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Santure, Anna W.
United Kingdom, Sheffield
The University of Sheffield
Griffin, Ashleigh S.
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Webb, Thomas J.
United Kingdom, Sheffield
The University of Sheffield
Feulner, Philine G.D.
Germany, Plon
Max-planck-institut Für Evolutionsbiologie
Komdeur, Jan
Netherlands, Groningen
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Versteegh, Maaike A.
Netherlands, Groningen
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Hemelrijk, C. K.
Netherlands, Groningen
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Svensson, Erik I.
Sweden, Lund
Lunds Universitet
Edwards, Hannah A.
United Kingdom, Sheffield
The University of Sheffield
Barrett, Emma L.B.
United Kingdom, Norwich
University of East Anglia
Richardson, David S.
United Kingdom, Norwich
University of East Anglia
van den Brink, Valentijn B.
Switzerland, Lausanne
Université de Lausanne Unil
Rees, Mark
United Kingdom, Sheffield
The University of Sheffield
Matson, Kevin D.
Netherlands, Groningen
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Charmantier, Anne
France, Montpellier
Centre D’ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive
dos Remedios, Natalie
United Kingdom, Sheffield
The University of Sheffield
United Kingdom, Bath
University of Bath
Teplitsky, Céline
France, Paris
Sorbonne Université
Laurance, William F.
Australia, Townsville
James Cook University
Butlin, Roger K.
United Kingdom, Sheffield
The University of Sheffield
Horrocks, Nicholas P.C.
Netherlands, Groningen
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
United Kingdom, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
Statistics
Citations: 109
Authors: 22
Affiliations: 18
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/jeb.12198
ISSN:
14209101
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Participants Gender
Male
Female