Clem Herman

User profile

Dr

Clem

Herman

United Kingdom

Area of expertise, interest, main activities...: 

gender equality in STEM, women in STEM

About you (please use English): 

I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computing and Communications and Director of eSTEeM, the Centre for STEM Pedagogy at the Open University, UK. I have developed and led a range of projects to support the participation and progression of women in STEM, and my research on the impact of career breaks and women returners has been widely published. I am the Open University’s Athena SWAN Champion and chair of the STEM Gender Equality Group that oversees all Athena SWAN work across the university. I am also the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Gender Science and Technology. My latest research, with Parvati Raghuram, is a comparative study of Gender IT and Migration in India and the UK.

Scientific discipline: 

Natural sciences, Computer and information sciences, Sociology, Interdisciplinary

Stakeholder group: 

Science stakeholders, Teachers, educators, learners, Gender equality stakeholders, Gender networks (women’s, men's, sexuality,...), Women scientists’ organizations

Contact details

City: 

Milton Keynes

Street: 

Walton Hall

ZIP: 

MK7 6AA

Phone: 

01908659826

Personal web or blog: 

http://www.open.ac.uk/people/ch2264

Social networks: 

@clemherman

GenPORT Gender Expert2Expert Directory

Would you like to form part of the GenPORT Gender Expert database?: 

Yes

Area of Gender Expertise: 

Gender in computer sciences

Women and gender studies

Country coverage: 

UK, India, Europe

Skills and track record: 

I have led numerous research projects and training initiatives for women in STEM, with specialist knowledge of women returners and career breaks.