Measuring and Governing Gender Inequalities In Science: Indicators, Policies, and Knowledge Transfer

This open session examines how gender inequalities in science are produced, measured, governed, and transformed through institutional practices, evaluation systems, and knowledge-transfer processes. It starts from the premise that gender inequalities are not only social phenomena but also objects of measurement, governance, and policy intervention within contemporary research systems. Wwe invite contributions that explore how universities, research organizations, funding agencies, evaluation bodies, and public administrations shape gendered opportunities and constraints.

We welcome empirical, comparative, methodological, and theoretical contributions on gender inequalities in research careers and knowledge transfer; gender-sensitive indicators and evaluation; gender-equality policies; expert knowledge and evidence-based policymaking; and the implications of digitalization, AI-assisted assessment, and new models of academic work.

Particular attention will be given to studies that connect individual academic trajectories with organizational practices and policy frameworks. We also encourage analyses of how gender-equality policies, indicators, and governance instruments circulate across institutions and countries, and how they are implemented, contested, or transformed in different contexts. Contributions examining how evaluation systems and policy instruments make inequalities visible and actionable are especially welcome.

The session aims to foster dialogue between scholars in the sociology of science, gender studies, science and technology studies, and public policy. By bringing together conceptual, methodological, and policy-oriented perspectives, it seeks to advance a more integrated understanding of gender inequalities in science and to contribute to the development of robust evidence for institutional and policy change.