Athena's Wisdom

This article examines how parenthood affects the academic careers of women and men. The authors show that career paths are largely similar before the arrival of a first child, but then begin to diverge significantly. Motherhood in particular appears to have a major impact: around one in three women…

Anti-bias interventions do not always have the desired effect and can even backfire. Research on the psychology of morality shows that confronting people with evidence of their own (group's) biases can trigger a threatening (psychophysiological) response. In a study focused on gender bias in…

Female scientists end their academic careers earlier than their male colleagues, even in disciplines where women are well represented. A study by Marek Kwiek and Lukasz Szymula (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań) tracked the publications of over 86,000 scientists across 38 countries in fields…

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