Keeping Women in Science

Keeping Women in Science examines the careers of women and men at a large Australian research institute and the challenges that women with or without children experience, often resulting from direct and indirect discrimination and being positioned as outsiders.
The research found a huge generational change between the Baby Boomers—the current science leaders—and Gen X and Gen Ys. Younger women and men reject the traditional model of a successful scientist—a single male for whom science is like a religious vocation. Instead, they seek new models for doing science that support dual careers, work flexibility and work-life balance.

Dr Kate White is an internationally recognised researcher on gender in higher education. She is Adjunct Associate Professor at Federation University Australia and Co-Director of the nine-country research consortium, the Women in Higher Education Management Network. Her research focuses on women in higher education, women's academic careers and women in science.