S Cardoso, T Carvalho, MJ Rosa, D Soares - Tertiary Education and …, 2022 - Springer

Gender (im) balance in the pool of graduate talent: the portuguese case.

ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions AND Program Evaluation

Cardoso, Carvalho, Rosa

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Excerpt

Doctoral education has grown substantially, resulting in a larger and diverse pool of graduates for research. Simultaneously, gender balance in research has become a growing concern, particularly in Europe. Based on the Portuguese case, this paper discusses whether the increase in the pool of graduate talent, considered to be comprised of doctoral graduates, has resulted in a gender balance across different disciplines. The analysis of the evolution of doctoral theses completed by men and women from 1970 to 2016 suggests that …