Creating a more supportive and inclusive university culture: a mixed-methods interdisciplinary comparative analysis of medical and social sciences at the University of Oxford

Interdisciplinary Science Reviews

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 166-191

  Ovseiko, Pavel V ^a   Pololi, Linda H ^b   Edmunds, Laurel D ^a   Civian, Jan T ^b   Daly, Mary ^c   Buchan, Alastair M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Athena SWAN; culture change; diversity and inclusion; equity; gender; University culture

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS;

ATHENA SWAN; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; CULTURE CHANGE; EQUITY; GENDER; INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE; INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT; UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 85066503710     PISSN: 03080188     EISSN: 17432790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03080188.2019.1603880     Document Type: Article

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