Znanost (brez) mladih. Zgodnje stopnje znanstvene kariere skozi perspektivo spola
Publikacija je nastala kot rezultat mednarodnega raziskovalnega projekta GARCIA – Enakost spolov v akademski in raziskovalni sferi: boj proti karierni nestabilnosti in asimetriji (http://garciaproject.eu/). Cilj projekta je raziskovanje, oblikovanje in izvajanje posebnih ukrepov za ustvarjanje enakih možnosti med spoli v akademskem okolju (visokem šolstvu in raziskovanju). Na podlagi analize na makro-, mezo- in mikroravni publikacija obravnava spolno zaznamovane asimetrije na visokošolskih in raziskovalnih institucijah, s poudarkom na raziskovalkah/raziskovalcih na začetku znanstvenih karier, ki so zaposlene/zaposleni za določen čas. Z osredotočanjem na osebne izkušnje znanstvenic/znantvenikov, ki vstopajo v akademsko okolje, se prispevki poglabljajo v dinamike spolno zaznamovanih vsakdanjih praks v akademskem okolju in razkrivajo slepe pege v obstoječih poskusih uveljavljanja načela enakih možnosti v visokošolskih in raziskovalnih institucijah.
Focusing on the personal experiences of early-career academics makes it possible to detect micro-politics at work, yet also to reveal deeper problems that academic labourers are facing. The core of our examination presented in this book is based on qualitative data, in order to provide insight into multifaceted issues of gender asymmetries in academia in Slovenia. Qualitative analyses in the GARCIA project (http://garciaproject.eu/) were based on interviews (men and women in SSH and STEM research fields, excluding the arts) conducted among three target sub-groups: postdocs, newly tenured academics and what are called movers or leavers. These interviews were compared with those conducted with postdocs and newly tenured and permanent researchers still working in the GARCIA institutions. This comparison yielded an understanding of the career trajectories of those who remained, compared with those who had moved or left, and of the problems faced by researchers working inside and outside academia. In this way, it was also possible to detect differences and similarities between labour conditions in STEM and SSH disciplines and connections between academia and the business sector. Although we primarily focussed on women, we built our analyses on the concept of intersectionality, which recognizes the importance of multifaceted identity performance beyond heteronormative patterns.
