Gender equality in the workplace and society is receiving heightened media attention at the same time as work-life pressures and job demands are increasing for nearly all demographic groups.

According to the World Economic Forum, it will be over one hundred years before women have the same career prospects as men, and no country in the world has closed its gender pay gap. Women represent about 31% of the faculty in the U.K. 1and U.S., but are far less represented in more masculine disciplines such as in STEM and business.

The gender gap also becomes larger as one goes up academic ranks as women are under-represented in the most prestigious senior roles, and also are more likely to have career breaks. In this talk, Dr Kossek will share highlights of often-siloed research narratives why women are not advancing to the same extent as men gender discrimination, to career interests and values, and to work-family views. Also
relevant is newer research arguing that how virtual work and flexible working may be a double-edged sword for women’s career experiences within and across occupations, as well as cross-national macro-pressures on how the corporatisation of the university has intensified faculty
careerism, overwork and boundary control pressures with DEI backlash.

This event is organised by the Oxford Saïd’s Faculty Women’s Network.