24 Apr 2017
Social demands, bias and inequality as possible explanations for the under representation of women
WHEN
11 May 2017
12:00 - 1.00pm
WHERE
Auditorium
Visiting guest speaker Robert Wood from the Centre for Ethical Leadership will speak to Social demands, bias and inequality as possible explanations for the under representation of women at senior levels in the medical sciences.
In many of the medical sciences, men and women are equally represented up to post-doctoral level but the proportions of women drop off in the levels above that role. Many explanations have been offered for this set of outcomes. Some have been researched. In the seminar, three of those explanations (social demands, bias and inequality) and related evidence will be discussed, along with possible solutions to the problems that they pose.
Robert Wood is the Professor of Organisational Psychology at the University of New South Wales, Director of the Centre for Ethical Leadership at Ormond College and Director of Cognicity. His prior appointments include Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Western Australia. He completed his PhD in organisational psychology at the University of Washington (Seattle) and undertook post-doctoral studies at Stanford. His research focuses on the personal, social and contextual determinants of human adaptability.
For all enquiries, please contact Finian Scallan.