Anette Borchorst, FREIA, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 2, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark Pipelines and Problematizations: The Restricted Number of Women in Danish Academia Anette Borchorst

Anette Borchorst, FREIA, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 2, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark  The pipe line perspective on Danish Academia  Leaking pipelines at Aalborg University  Policy recommendations and (lacking) problematizations Outline

Anette Borchorst, FREIA, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 2, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark  Focus on recruitment and barriers to women in the academic career system  Questions the time lag explanation of incremental emerging gender balance  Challenges a focus on individual behaviour, more attention to structural explanations The pipe line perspective

Anette Borchorst, FREIA, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 2, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark

Anette Borchorst, FREIA, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 2, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark The leaking pipeline perspective at AAU

Anette Borchorst, FREIA, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 2, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark  enrolled students (46. pct. ♀)  1274 faculty (2007): 313 PhD students (30 pct. ♀) 168 Assistant professors (26. pct. ♀) 411 Associate professors (20 pct. ♀) 127 Professors (9 pct. ♀)  Around 70 percent of all scientific positions in enginering and science Aalborg University (1974)

Anette Borchorst, FREIA, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 2, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark  2006, Gender Equality Committee  Development contract : 7→14 female professors  Development contract : 9→14 female professors  University board December 2007: high priority to gender equality  Resources for a quantitative and a qualitative investigation Gender quality initiatives at AAU

Anette Borchorst, FREIA, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 2, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark Proportions of positions with one applicant

Anette Borchorst, FREIA, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 2, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark Proportions of positions with female applicants

Anette Borchorst, FREIA, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 2, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark  There is only direct competiton between the genders in about 10 percent of the positions  In over half of the positions, there was only one male qualified applicant  When there is competition about the positions, the female applicants are not assessed qualified to the same extent as the male Hiring processes

Anette Borchorst, FREIA, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 2, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark Positive aspects The options for reflection and concentration You can decide for yourself on the topics, you want to concentrate on Flexivility Problems: Working environment is highly competive Uncertain career perspectives Work-life balance Experiences with a scientific career

Anette Borchorst, FREIA, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 2, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark  It has been possible to recruit women for many years at AAU  The gender imbalance is not due to time lag problems  There is a clear gender hierarchy at all the faculties  There is a leaking pipelin, the system leaks women thoruout the whole pipe line  Women have to compete for positions much more than men  Parents of small children experience problems in some work cultures Conclusions

Anette Borchorst, FREIA, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 2, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark Denmark: A forerunner in gender equality?? indexhttp://

Anette Borchorst, FREIA, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 2, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark Women in academia The life of women and men in Europe: A statistical portrait, eurostat 2008

Anette Borchorst, FREIA, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 2, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark

Anette Borchorst, FREIA, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 2, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark Gender equality paradoxes

Anette Borchorst, FREIA, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 2, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark Gender equality paradoxes

Anette Borchorst, FREIA, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 2, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark Number of qualified applicants for professorships, associate professorships and assistant professorships, Qualified applicants in pct. Positions in total 1 applicant applicants applicants More than 3 applicants I alt

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Anette Borchorst, FREIA, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 2, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark

Anette Borchorst, FREIA, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 2, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark Proportion of female candidates, AAU Figur 1. Kvindeandel blandt kandidater fra AAU’s fakulteter*

Anette Borchorst, FREIA, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 2, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark Proportion of female PhD students

Anette Borchorst, FREIA, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 2, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark Proportion of women in assistant, associate and full professorships, Faculty of Humanities, AAU

Anette Borchorst, FREIA, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 2, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark Proportion of women in assistant, associate and full professorships, Faculty of Social Sciences, AAU

Anette Borchorst, FREIA, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 2, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark Proportion of women in assistant, associate and full professorships, Faculty of Science and engineering, AAU