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In recent decades, scientific institutions have undergone significant changes due to new manageri... more In recent decades, scientific institutions have undergone significant changes due to new managerialism and the application of excellence in research. This research model has given rise to tensions related to increasing pressures and working demands in a competitive international environment that accelerate the pace of academic life. In addition, precarious working conditions and job insecurity have affected academics' lives and careers. Academic literature has already addressed these organizational changes and their impact on academics, however, few studies have focused on psychosocial risks related to time constraints, meritocratic pressures and career insecurity from a gender perspective. This analysis is relevant given the gendered distribution of responsibilities and the evidence of gender biases in academia that hinder the advancement of gender equality in scientific institutions, as the persistent lack of women at the top of research careers show. In this paper, we explore the psychosocial effects of the new organizational model of science characterized by accelerated time regimes and precarious working conditions from a gender perspective. We draw attention to gender-based discriminatory practices that may yield an accumulative effect on the well-being of women academics. We analyze 36 interviews from women and men researchers from five areas of knowledge in Spanish universities and research centers, following a 'gendered institutions' approach. The results highlight psychosocial risks for both men and women academics as a result of accelerated work organizations, intensified by uncertainty and hyper-competition due to lack of positions. The hegemonic male work model characterized by total availability confirms academia as a gendered institution, especially damaging women's well-being and careers, as well as those of men committed to care responsibilities – challenging motherhood explanations – which may discourage them from the pursuit of gender equality. Our findings highlight discriminatory practices toward women academics which create psychological harm and feelings of being unwelcome, putting their career progression at risk. Lastly, we suggest a different model of work organization following the implementation of a culture based on an 'ethics of care' feminist approach.
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Política y Sociedad, 2018
This paper aims to develop a comparative exercise between two dynamics in academia, new manageria... more This paper aims to develop a comparative exercise between two dynamics in academia, new managerial practices and austerity measures, at European and Spanish levels. We also analyse the evolution of academic personnel in public universities by employment status and gender from 2004-2005 to 2014-2015, in order to understand their impact.
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RESUMEN
La incorporación paulatina de prácticas neoliberales en las organizaciones científicas ha... more RESUMEN
La incorporación paulatina de prácticas neoliberales en las organizaciones científicas ha dado lugar a profundos cambios en los modelos de carrera científica de hombres y mujeres. Actualmente, sus trayectorias se caracterizan por una intensa movilidad internacional y un modelo de progresión individualizada, puesto que las carreras profesionales no son sostenidas en una sola institución. La excelencia científica es el marco justificativo, ya que sólo aquellas personas que consigan un mayor número de méritos individuales podrán alcanzar las categorías superiores de la carrera profesional. Las políticas de austeridad imponen una constricción adicional, ya que los recursos para financiar nuevas incorporaciones e impulsar los procesos de promoción del personal de investigación se han reducido significativamente. Este trabajo se centra en las estrategias utilizadas por hombres y mujeres procedentes de distintas instituciones científicas donde operan diversos factores contextuales como las culturas científicas, el impacto de la crisis, etc. Los resultados muestran una variedad de situaciones sociales de hombres y mujeres en las instituciones científicas que, sin embargo, tratan de enfrentar las metas y prácticas que definen la excelencia científica.
Palabras clave: Políticas neo-gerencialistas, capitalismo académico, carreras sin fronteras, sesgos de género.
ABSTRACT
The progressive incorporation of neoliberal practices in scientific organizations has provoked deep changes in the models of scientific career of men and women. Currently, their trajectories are characterized by intense international mobility and an individualized model of progression because professional careers are no longer sustained by one unique institution. Scientific excellence is the justificatory framework, since only those who reach a major number of individual merits will achieve the highest positions on the professional ladder. Austerity policies impose one additional constriction since resources for new enrollments and promotions have significantly decreased. This work focuses on the strategies used by men and women from different scientific institutions where various contextual factors operate, such as scientific culture, impact of the crisis, etc. The findings display a variety of social situations of men and women in scientific institutions that, however, try to deal with goals and practices that define scientific excellence.
Keywords: New Managerial Policies, Academic Capitalism, Boundaryless Careers, Gender Biases.
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Universitas Psychologica, 2015
RESUMEN: El presente es un proyecto de investigación-acción, cuyo objetivo fue pro-mover el inter... more RESUMEN: El presente es un proyecto de investigación-acción, cuyo objetivo fue pro-mover el interés por el uso experto de tecnologías en mujeres jóvenes, con miras a reducir la dominación masculina del sector tecnológico. A partir de la elaboración de relatos de vida de mujeres estudiantes de informática, dis-eñamos y representamos una obra de teatro-foro en institutos de secundaria, cuyo contenido recreaba las vivencias de las chicas con la tecnología. Las situaciones conflictivas se transformaron, con el fin de superar los problemas planteados y de empoderar a las participantes. Utilizando el teatro social, mostramos cómo se pueden ensayar nuevas formas de acción ante situa-ciones de opresión, criticamos las asociaciones establecidas entre género y tecnología y formulamos recomendaciones para favorecer que las mujeres opten por el ámbito tecnológico. PALABRAS CLAVE: brecha digital de género; teatro social; investigación-acción; relatos de vida. ABSTRACT: We present an Action Research program whose aim was to promote the skilful use of technology in young women to reduce the male dominance found in this sector. Arising out of the elaboration of life stories of women studying computer science, we designed and performed a social theatre play in high schools that recreated the experiences of girls with technology. The conflicting situations were transformed in order to overcome the problems presented and to empower participating girls. We show how to test new forms of acting using Social Theatre in front of oppressing situations; we criticise the current associations between gender and technology ; and, we formulate recommendations to encourage women to opt for ta technological career path.
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RESUMEN: El presente es un proyecto de investigación-acción, cuyo objetivo fue pro-mover el inter... more RESUMEN: El presente es un proyecto de investigación-acción, cuyo objetivo fue pro-mover el interés por el uso experto de tecnologías en mujeres jóvenes, con miras a reducir la dominación masculina del sector tecnológico. A partir de la elaboración de relatos de vida de mujeres estudiantes de informática, dis-eñamos y representamos una obra de teatro-foro en institutos de secundaria, cuyo contenido recreaba las vivencias de las chicas con la tecnología. Las situaciones conflictivas se transformaron, con el fin de superar los problemas planteados y de empoderar a las participantes. Utilizando el teatro social, mostramos cómo se pueden ensayar nuevas formas de acción ante situa-ciones de opresión, criticamos las asociaciones establecidas entre género y tecnología y formulamos recomendaciones para favorecer que las mujeres opten por el ámbito tecnológico. Palabras Clave brecha digital de género; teatro social; investigación-acción; relatos de vida
ABSTRACT: We present an Action Research program whose aim was to promote the skilful use of technology in young women to reduce the male dominance found in this sector. From Arising out of the elaboration of life stories of women studying computer science, we designed and performed a social theatre play in high schools that recreated the experiences of girls with technology. The conflicting situations were transformed in order to overcome the problems presented and to empower participating girls. We show how to test new forms of acting using Social Theatre in front of oppressing situations; we criticise the current associations between gender and technology ; and, we formulate recommendations to encourage women to opt for ta technological career path.
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Gender Summit 7 Europe Conference: Quality Research and Innovation through Equality, 6 -7 Novembe... more Gender Summit 7 Europe Conference: Quality Research and Innovation through Equality, 6 -7 November 2015, Berlin (Germany)
Published in the Book of Abstracts, p. 34.
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Gender, Work and Organization, 9th Biennal International Interdisciplinary Conference, 29th June ... more Gender, Work and Organization, 9th Biennal International Interdisciplinary Conference, 29th June - 1st July 2016, Keele (United Kingdom)
Abstract presented the 29 of June, within the stream: Precarious work in knowledge societies: Exploring gendered power relations.
Published in the Book of Abstracts, p.311
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Introduction
In recent years, new managerial practices enacted jointly with cutbacks have affect... more Introduction
In recent years, new managerial practices enacted jointly with cutbacks have affected the environment of collegiality, the well-being of academics, and, their time and capacity to engage with social problems. Thus, it is important to pose the following question: Who is able to respond? Who is able to take on responsibility? The aim of this chapter is to delineate a possible answer to these questions by exploring the effects of the neoliberal academy from a gender perspective, and to delve into the ethics of care as a potential approach to analyse and find applications to address this phenomena.
Firstly, this will require us to discuss new managerial practices and the rise of austerity politics in Western countries, with specific attention to the Spanish context and to the effects of these political practices on the well-being of academics. Secondly, I reflect on the intersection of these practices and their effects with gender, talking then about gendered embodied effects, especially in relation to time and care issues. A parallel with women's health is made, reflecting on one common illnesses among women nowadays, fibromyalgia, helping us to connect the macro and the micro level and to promote politicisation.
Afterwards, I expand on the questions raised about the politics of responsibility (who is able to be responsible) in the academic context, but also in a broader sense. To approach these questions I use Tronto's concept of an ethics of care (regarding attentiveness, responsibility and privileged irresponsibility) to reflect on the delicate ethical position of academics around time, care and availability to respond.
I finally end with a critical approach to the initiatives that aim to challenge the new managerialism in academia and its accelerated pace. The Slow Science movement, “La Désexcellence”, the Accelerated Academy and Feminist Slow Scholarship will be outlined as potential tools to approach the politics of responsibility, taking into account care and time. A summary and conclusions about the appropriation of the concept of care as a political notion are developed at the end of the paper.
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La incorporación paulatina de prácticas neoliberales en las organizaciones científicas ha dado lugar a profundos cambios en los modelos de carrera científica de hombres y mujeres. Actualmente, sus trayectorias se caracterizan por una intensa movilidad internacional y un modelo de progresión individualizada, puesto que las carreras profesionales no son sostenidas en una sola institución. La excelencia científica es el marco justificativo, ya que sólo aquellas personas que consigan un mayor número de méritos individuales podrán alcanzar las categorías superiores de la carrera profesional. Las políticas de austeridad imponen una constricción adicional, ya que los recursos para financiar nuevas incorporaciones e impulsar los procesos de promoción del personal de investigación se han reducido significativamente. Este trabajo se centra en las estrategias utilizadas por hombres y mujeres procedentes de distintas instituciones científicas donde operan diversos factores contextuales como las culturas científicas, el impacto de la crisis, etc. Los resultados muestran una variedad de situaciones sociales de hombres y mujeres en las instituciones científicas que, sin embargo, tratan de enfrentar las metas y prácticas que definen la excelencia científica.
Palabras clave: Políticas neo-gerencialistas, capitalismo académico, carreras sin fronteras, sesgos de género.
ABSTRACT
The progressive incorporation of neoliberal practices in scientific organizations has provoked deep changes in the models of scientific career of men and women. Currently, their trajectories are characterized by intense international mobility and an individualized model of progression because professional careers are no longer sustained by one unique institution. Scientific excellence is the justificatory framework, since only those who reach a major number of individual merits will achieve the highest positions on the professional ladder. Austerity policies impose one additional constriction since resources for new enrollments and promotions have significantly decreased. This work focuses on the strategies used by men and women from different scientific institutions where various contextual factors operate, such as scientific culture, impact of the crisis, etc. The findings display a variety of social situations of men and women in scientific institutions that, however, try to deal with goals and practices that define scientific excellence.
Keywords: New Managerial Policies, Academic Capitalism, Boundaryless Careers, Gender Biases.
ABSTRACT: We present an Action Research program whose aim was to promote the skilful use of technology in young women to reduce the male dominance found in this sector. From Arising out of the elaboration of life stories of women studying computer science, we designed and performed a social theatre play in high schools that recreated the experiences of girls with technology. The conflicting situations were transformed in order to overcome the problems presented and to empower participating girls. We show how to test new forms of acting using Social Theatre in front of oppressing situations; we criticise the current associations between gender and technology ; and, we formulate recommendations to encourage women to opt for ta technological career path.
Conference Presentations by Ester Conesa Carpintero
Published in the Book of Abstracts, p. 34.
Abstract presented the 29 of June, within the stream: Precarious work in knowledge societies: Exploring gendered power relations.
Published in the Book of Abstracts, p.311
Books by Ester Conesa Carpintero
In recent years, new managerial practices enacted jointly with cutbacks have affected the environment of collegiality, the well-being of academics, and, their time and capacity to engage with social problems. Thus, it is important to pose the following question: Who is able to respond? Who is able to take on responsibility? The aim of this chapter is to delineate a possible answer to these questions by exploring the effects of the neoliberal academy from a gender perspective, and to delve into the ethics of care as a potential approach to analyse and find applications to address this phenomena.
Firstly, this will require us to discuss new managerial practices and the rise of austerity politics in Western countries, with specific attention to the Spanish context and to the effects of these political practices on the well-being of academics. Secondly, I reflect on the intersection of these practices and their effects with gender, talking then about gendered embodied effects, especially in relation to time and care issues. A parallel with women's health is made, reflecting on one common illnesses among women nowadays, fibromyalgia, helping us to connect the macro and the micro level and to promote politicisation.
Afterwards, I expand on the questions raised about the politics of responsibility (who is able to be responsible) in the academic context, but also in a broader sense. To approach these questions I use Tronto's concept of an ethics of care (regarding attentiveness, responsibility and privileged irresponsibility) to reflect on the delicate ethical position of academics around time, care and availability to respond.
I finally end with a critical approach to the initiatives that aim to challenge the new managerialism in academia and its accelerated pace. The Slow Science movement, “La Désexcellence”, the Accelerated Academy and Feminist Slow Scholarship will be outlined as potential tools to approach the politics of responsibility, taking into account care and time. A summary and conclusions about the appropriation of the concept of care as a political notion are developed at the end of the paper.
La incorporación paulatina de prácticas neoliberales en las organizaciones científicas ha dado lugar a profundos cambios en los modelos de carrera científica de hombres y mujeres. Actualmente, sus trayectorias se caracterizan por una intensa movilidad internacional y un modelo de progresión individualizada, puesto que las carreras profesionales no son sostenidas en una sola institución. La excelencia científica es el marco justificativo, ya que sólo aquellas personas que consigan un mayor número de méritos individuales podrán alcanzar las categorías superiores de la carrera profesional. Las políticas de austeridad imponen una constricción adicional, ya que los recursos para financiar nuevas incorporaciones e impulsar los procesos de promoción del personal de investigación se han reducido significativamente. Este trabajo se centra en las estrategias utilizadas por hombres y mujeres procedentes de distintas instituciones científicas donde operan diversos factores contextuales como las culturas científicas, el impacto de la crisis, etc. Los resultados muestran una variedad de situaciones sociales de hombres y mujeres en las instituciones científicas que, sin embargo, tratan de enfrentar las metas y prácticas que definen la excelencia científica.
Palabras clave: Políticas neo-gerencialistas, capitalismo académico, carreras sin fronteras, sesgos de género.
ABSTRACT
The progressive incorporation of neoliberal practices in scientific organizations has provoked deep changes in the models of scientific career of men and women. Currently, their trajectories are characterized by intense international mobility and an individualized model of progression because professional careers are no longer sustained by one unique institution. Scientific excellence is the justificatory framework, since only those who reach a major number of individual merits will achieve the highest positions on the professional ladder. Austerity policies impose one additional constriction since resources for new enrollments and promotions have significantly decreased. This work focuses on the strategies used by men and women from different scientific institutions where various contextual factors operate, such as scientific culture, impact of the crisis, etc. The findings display a variety of social situations of men and women in scientific institutions that, however, try to deal with goals and practices that define scientific excellence.
Keywords: New Managerial Policies, Academic Capitalism, Boundaryless Careers, Gender Biases.
ABSTRACT: We present an Action Research program whose aim was to promote the skilful use of technology in young women to reduce the male dominance found in this sector. From Arising out of the elaboration of life stories of women studying computer science, we designed and performed a social theatre play in high schools that recreated the experiences of girls with technology. The conflicting situations were transformed in order to overcome the problems presented and to empower participating girls. We show how to test new forms of acting using Social Theatre in front of oppressing situations; we criticise the current associations between gender and technology ; and, we formulate recommendations to encourage women to opt for ta technological career path.
Published in the Book of Abstracts, p. 34.
Abstract presented the 29 of June, within the stream: Precarious work in knowledge societies: Exploring gendered power relations.
Published in the Book of Abstracts, p.311
In recent years, new managerial practices enacted jointly with cutbacks have affected the environment of collegiality, the well-being of academics, and, their time and capacity to engage with social problems. Thus, it is important to pose the following question: Who is able to respond? Who is able to take on responsibility? The aim of this chapter is to delineate a possible answer to these questions by exploring the effects of the neoliberal academy from a gender perspective, and to delve into the ethics of care as a potential approach to analyse and find applications to address this phenomena.
Firstly, this will require us to discuss new managerial practices and the rise of austerity politics in Western countries, with specific attention to the Spanish context and to the effects of these political practices on the well-being of academics. Secondly, I reflect on the intersection of these practices and their effects with gender, talking then about gendered embodied effects, especially in relation to time and care issues. A parallel with women's health is made, reflecting on one common illnesses among women nowadays, fibromyalgia, helping us to connect the macro and the micro level and to promote politicisation.
Afterwards, I expand on the questions raised about the politics of responsibility (who is able to be responsible) in the academic context, but also in a broader sense. To approach these questions I use Tronto's concept of an ethics of care (regarding attentiveness, responsibility and privileged irresponsibility) to reflect on the delicate ethical position of academics around time, care and availability to respond.
I finally end with a critical approach to the initiatives that aim to challenge the new managerialism in academia and its accelerated pace. The Slow Science movement, “La Désexcellence”, the Accelerated Academy and Feminist Slow Scholarship will be outlined as potential tools to approach the politics of responsibility, taking into account care and time. A summary and conclusions about the appropriation of the concept of care as a political notion are developed at the end of the paper.