Mapping Gender Inequality in STEM Cross-Nationally

拟议的研究将使用比较宏观结构框架、地理绘图方法和国家一级的数据，在全球范围内审查STEM机会中的性别不平等。该提案将请求支持与德国柏林洪堡大学乔治·西梅尔都市研究中心的哥伦比亚地理学家路易斯·贝内斯·佩纳的国际合作。这项拟议的研究的学术价值来自于一位美国社会学家和一位哥伦比亚地理学家之间的跨学科、国际合作。这一合作将使科学、技术和经济管理部门能够将性别不平等的比较宏观结构框架和地理测绘方法结合起来。地理分布的经济和社会政治结构对STEM公平结果的影响没有得到仔细研究，有可能揭示STEM机会系统中的关键性别模式。这项研究的出现在一定程度上是基于社会学和地理学视角的整合，以了解STEM不平等中的性别不平等在空间上的分布并与更大的宏观结构相关。鉴于国际上对性别不平等的日益关注，拟议的研究的更广泛影响是巨大的。作为这一重点的结果，联合国等组织推动衡量各国的性别不平等。衡量通常仅限于一般的健康、教育和劳动力市场问题。STEM中的性别不平等是造成和维持世界范围内性别不平等的一个主要因素。审查具有不同经济和社会政治特征的国家在STEM教育和职业方面的性别公平将有助于深入了解和解决STEM中的不平等问题。

The proposed research will use a comparative macro-structural framework, a geographic mappingapproach, and country level data to examine gender inequity in STEM opportunities in a globalcontext. The proposal will request support for an international collaboration with Luis Berneth Pena, a Columbian geographer at the Georg Simmel Center for Metropolitan Studies at Humboldt Universityin Berlin, Germany. The intellectual merit of the proposed research derives from an interdisciplinary, international collaboration between an American sociologist and a Columbian geographer. The collaborationwill allow the integration of a comparative macro-structural framework of gender inequityin STEM and a geographic mapping approach. The influence of geographically distributed economicand socio-political structures on STEM equity outcomes has not been carefully examined andhas the potential for revealing critical gender patterns in STEM opportunity systems. Themerit of the research is based in part on an integration of sociological and geographic perspectivesin understanding gender inequity in STEM inequity that is spatially distributed and correlateswith larger macro structures.The broader impact of the proposed research is substantial given growing international focuson gender inequality. As a result of this focus, organizations such as the United Nationshave promoted measurement of gender inequalities across countries. Measurement is often limitedto general health, education, and labor market issues. Gender inequity in STEM is a majorcomponent in creating and maintaining gender inequity worldwide. An examination of gender equity in STEM education and occupations across countries with diverse economic and socio-political characteristics will lend insights and solutions for resolving inequities in STEM.