Gender in academia in Finland: Tensions between policies and gendering processes in physics departments

Science Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-46

  Rolin, Kristina ^a   Vainio, Jenny ^b  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Equality policy; Gender in academia; Physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861614984     PISSN: 07863012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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