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Increasing women's participation in research decision-making is part of the triple objective set by the European Commission to integrate gender in research. Swedish Higher Education has more women in senior academic leadership position than any other European country. This article investigates the impact of equal representation policies have had on women's career advancement in Swedish academia - and problematizes the policies by highlighting an apparent paradox: that women's academic careers can be hampered by such policies.
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This article adds to the ongoing debate on how women in academia experience an increase in academic workload. Although this is an ongoing debate not much research has so far been performed on this topic. The findings also contribute to the discussion about the so called "queen bees" - women who do not support other women's career advancement. The article shows that women's support to other women can appear paradoxical when women in senior management positions refuse to appoint more junior women to leading positions, but that they do so in order to "protect" women from being "over-used" for administrative work.
Dr Helen Peterson
Goteborgs Universitet
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This page is a summary of: “Unfair to women”? Equal representation policies in Swedish academia, Equality Diversity and Inclusion An International Journal, February 2015, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/edi-09-2013-0070.
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