Gender Change in Academia: Re-Mapping the Fields of Work, Knowledge, and Politics from a Gender Perspective

ISBN-13: 9783531168326 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 438 str.

Birgit Riegraf; Brigitte Aulenbacher; Edit Kirsch-Auwärter

Opis

Editors' Foreword The fundamental changes currently taking place in the national and international science landscapes can no longer be overlooked. Within those changes, reforms do not go 'as planned' but, as is always the case with processes of rationali- tion, have a series of unintended effects. At the same time it becomes incre- ingly clear who in this process are the winners and who are the losers, although this is still subject to fluctuation and change. This can be illustrated by two - amples from current events: Where the range of taught courses is concerned, as part of the Bologna Process the new structuring of student study paths and their organisation is aimed at unifying the European area of science to ensure a study that is equally permissive and efficient. However, it is to be deplored that the mobility of s- dents has become more restricted because of an increasing specialisation in the available study paths. Also, bachelor degrees do not meet with the anticipated high response from the labour market in all countries, so that the master's degree is becoming more or less a 'must', while at the same time the number of study places on master's courses is limited. Instead of the intended reduction in the duration of study time in comparison to the previous German 'Magister' and 'Diplom', rather a prolongation in the duration of studies has been recorded.

Spis treści

with contributions by Birgit Riegraf, Brigitte Aulenbacher, Edit Kirsch-Auwärter, Ursula Müller, Joan Acker, Louise Morley, Stephanie Zuber, Hildegard Matthies, Elisabeth Berg, Brigitte Liebig, Ilse Lenz, Jutta Weber, Karin Zimmermann, Gabriele Griffin, Karin Gottschall, Gudrun Ehlert, Sabine Hark, Angelika Wetterer, Sue Rosser, Michael Meuser, Elisabeth Maurer, Katrin Hansen, Heike Kahlert et al.

O autorze

Prof. Dr. Birgit Riegraf teaches and is doing research in sociology at the Department of Cultural Sciences at the University of Paderborn .
Prof. Dr. Brigitte Aulenbacher is Head of the Department of Theoretical Sociology and Social Analysis at the Faculty of Sociology at the University of Linz.
Dr. Edit Kirsch-Auwärter is Equal Opportunity Commissioner at the University of Göttingen and Head of the Equal Opportunities Office there.
Prof. Dr. Ursula Müller represents the Gender Studies at the Faculty of Sociology of the Bielefeld University and she is Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Women's and Gender Studies (Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, IFF).

Blurb

Implementing the goals of the Bologna declaration means a completely new organization of study programmes, working conditions and the production of knowledge aiming at the harmonization of the European Scientific Area. The new entrepreneurial university is making efforts to increase economic efficiency, transparency and to offer new forms of services in academic teaching and research. More or less vehement debates deal with the question if and to which extent this process will change the original character of academic education and science. Gender research however, is especially interested in the influence of the restructuring process on gender relations. In which way do rationalization and reorganization of the universities and of the universities of applied sciences de/engender academic teaching and research? Where is gender research positioned now? Researchers from European and non European countries will respond to these problems/questions which seem to be unsolved so far.