Office Hours #7: Stereotypes in academia

Questioning Behaviour

English - September 03, 2020 06:00 - 34 minutes - 25.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
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Previous Episode: Ep. 18. Banking (ft. Nathalie Spencer)

Next Episode: Ep. 19: Behavioural insights (ft. Elspeth Kirkman and Michael Hallsworth)

In this episode of Office Hours Sarah Bowen and Merle van den Akker discuss the importance of role models in their decisions to begin PhDs, the stereotypes associated with being an “academic”, and diversity and inclusion (or the lack thereof) within universities.

Links you should check out after listening:

Angela Saini “Superior: The return of race science” https://www.amazon.co.uk/Superior-Return-Science-Angela-Saini/dp/0008341001

Economics is a disgrace (Macromom blog) – Claudia Sahm http://macromomblog.com/2020/07/29/economics-is-a-disgrace/

Racism in academia and why the little things matter – Kevin N. Laland https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02471-6

Navigating LGBTQ+ discrimination in academia: where do we go from here? – Karim Boustani http://wwwf.imperial.ac.uk/blog/imperial-medicine/2020/06/10/navigating-lgbtq-discrimination-in-academia-where-do-we-go-from-here/

A collection of resources about instances of harassment, bullying and discrimination within the academy https://www.dobetteracademia.co.uk/index.php