WOMEN IN ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH
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October 26-27,
2007
Palais du Luxembourg
Room Clemenceau
15 rue de Vaugirard
75006 Paris
France
This
international conference is organized within the framework of the
PROMETEA project, by the French members of the consortium: Ecole
Normale Supérieure de Cachan (ENS Cachan), Institut National
de Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon), the Conference of
the Heads of French Engineering Schools (CDEFI) and the association
ECEPIE. PROMETEA “Empowering Women Engineers in Industrial and
Academic Research” is a research project funded by the European
Commission under FP6 from November 2005 to December 2007.
(The conference leaflet can be downloaded from
here.)
The conference is supported by the European Commission, the Regional Government of Ile de France and promoted by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research.
The objective of the conference is to gather specialists to exchange on gender issues in engineering and technology research careers and bring new perspectives on engineering and technology research in itself.
On October 26 and 27, the conference will be structured around five plenary sessions devoted to specific themes. Papers and posters will be presented in each session.
Scholars who work on the sessions topics are invited to submit abstracts or posters to bring other perspectives and/or create a debate. Research through case studies, comparative methodology, pluridisciplinary approaches, new methodologies is highly appreciated. Young promising scholars are strongly encouraged to submit abstracts or posters1.
Additionally to these five sessions, we will offer a roundtable to bring together men and women working in engineering and technology research, students who plan to become researchers, people responsible for research policies, researchers on gender and research. Two networking session are also planned.
Proceedings will be published after the conference; authors of accepted papers will be invited to send a full paper.
Conference languages are English and French.
Conference committees:
Scientific Committee:
Chair : Prof. Claudine Hermann, (Ecole Polytechnique, France)
Dr. Sylvie Béland (Canadian Space Agency and Canadian Embassy in France, Canada)
Prof. Bernadette Beansaude-Vincent (Université de Paris X, France)
Prof. Margo Brouns (Groningen University, Neederlands)
Prof. Jeff Hearn (Swedish School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland and Linköping University, Sweden)
Prof. Alfredo Hualde (El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana, Mexico)
Prof. Suzanne Lacroix (Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal and Marianne-Mareschal Chair, Canada)
Prof. Jacqueline Laufer (HEC, Paris France)
Prof. Danièle Meulders (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
Prof. Teresa Rees (Cardiff University, UK)
Prof. Isabelle Stengers (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
Dr. Eva Vamos (Hungarian Museum of Science and Technology, Hungary)
Local Committee :
Dr. Anne-Sophie Godfroy-Genin (Ecole Normale Supérieur de Cachan, France)
Dr. André Béraud (ECEPIE, Paris, France)
Dr. Yvonne Pourrat (CDEFI, France)
Dr. Jean Soubrier (INSA de Lyon, France)
List of Sessions:
Session 1: Gender dynamics of male and female careers (coordinated by Christine Waechter, University of Klagenfurt, Austria)
Comparisons between different fields of engineering and their interrelations, recruitment, full-time and part-time, survival curves and tenure, vertical segregation, pay gap, school to work transitions, work-life balance, double careers patterns, supportive and non-supportive factors in career development, etc.
(See detailed presentation of this session here)
Session 2: Differential effects of organisational cultures on male and female careers (coordinated by Felizitas Sagebiel, University of Wuppertal, Germany)
Description and analysis of gendered organisational cultures and networks of engineering and technology research in academic, public and industrial settings. Effects of gendered organisational cultures and networks in developing E&T research careers.
(See detailed presentation of this session here)
Session 3: Recognition of excellence in engineering and technology research (coordinated by Liisa Husu, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Finland)
Impact on female and male careers of the gate-keepers and gate-keeping in research funding committees, women’s and men’s success rates in research funding, analysis of scientific publishing and publicity, patents, experiences of “excellent women” at the top of technological research, prizes and awards in technology and engineering.
(See detailed presentation of this session here)
Session 4: Identification and evaluation of good practice (coordinated by Wendy Faulkner, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom and Carme Alemany, CEDIS, Barcelona, Spain)
Macro and micro-level policies and practices in the promotion and support of women’s careers in engineering and technology research, situation within wider socio-legal contexts in order to develop appropriate policy recommendations.
(See detailed presentation of this session here)
Session 5 : Transversal issues raised by PROMETEA research (coordinated by Anne-Sophie Godfroy-Genin, ENS Cachan, France)
Recent changes in terms of contents of research interest and in terms of research policy affecting the process of inclusion or exclusion of women in E&T research: interdisciplinary developments of research, funding rules, development of international mobility, etc. Theoretical questions: relevance of existing classifications to describe research fields, gendered identities of men, gender theories in relation to technology.
(See detailed presentation of this session here)
Submission of individual papers
Scholars wishing to present a 10-minute contributed paper in sessions 1 to 5 are invited to submit online a 200 to 300 words abstract for consideration by the conference committees. Abstracts should be sent to the Conference office by April 30 2007. All those submitting proposals will be informed of the conference committees decisions by June 30 2007.
The abstract submission deadline has passed.
Submission of posters
Provide a short description of your poster (maximum 100 words), please use the online submission form.
The poster submission deadline has passed.
Deadlines
- Online reception of abstracts and poster proposals: April 30 2007
- Notification of acceptance of contributed paper and posters: June 30 2007
- Deadlines for reception of full papers: September 1 2007
- Deadline for online registration October 1 2007
Registration
There are no conference fees, but online registration is compulsory. Places are limited and will be allocated on a first registered-first served basis.
A confirmation to your mail address will be sent.
1 There is a small amount of funding available to support this kind of participants who need financial support.