Gender Research Network

Presented by Dr. Katie Wilson. The scholarly literature continues to document gender biases, disparities, disadvantages and deficits in research productivity, gaining tenure and promotion within academia. Institutional pressure emphasises so-called ‘excellent’ research practices: to publish in ‘high impact’, prestigious, subscription-based journals.

A small body of evidence shows an emerging positive effect of open access/open science scholarly publishing on the gender imbalance. We’ll explore some examples, and the Curtin Open Knowledge Initiative (COKI) analysis of academic workforce gender demographics and correlations with research performance in Australian universities.

Drawing from Dr. Sally Lamping’s and Dr. Saul Karnovsky’s previous research on border identities, resourceful communities, and enabling contexts, this seminar examines how learning to teach shapes pre-service teacher self-formation.

It also aims to disrupt existing paradigms by exploring how a focus on resourceful school ecologies can enable emerging teachers to assertively claim the emotionality of teaching.

Prof. Helen Hodgson reports on the findings of her 2019 Provost Fellowship project, and presents suggestions as to how staff taking career breaks can be better supported. She also draws comparisons with the findings of a similar project conducted by Dorothea Bowyer at Western Sydney University.

Professor Iain McCalman and Professor Andrea Gaynor in Conversation with Dr Samantha Owen discussing “our need as humans to understand the grave implications and responsibilities entailed in sharing our multispecies planet” (p. 6, McCalman 2022).

The conversation follows the release of Delia Akeley and the Monkey: A Human-Animal Story of Captivity, Patriarchy and Nature. Published by Upswell, in Delia Akeley Iain McCalman tells the story of a baby female monkey captured during an East-African hunting expedition in 1909.

The Curtin University Gender Research Network (GRN) invites you to a seminar (online and in person) presented by Professor Jaya Dantas and Dr Siddier Chambers in conversation to discuss Navigating the academic journey as a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities (CALD) woman.

Date: 31 August 2021, 2:30pm-4pm AWST
RSVP: elizabeth.baca@curtin.edu.au

What do we mean by “gender” and how is it different to “sex”? Are there really only two genders? How did these concepts become so important? In this seminar, we will explore these and many other questions about the role of gender in today’s society. We will touch on the issues faced by people of diverse genders and explore practical ways to become more inclusive of gender diversity in research.

The Curtin University Gender Research Network (GRN) invites you to a seminar (online and in person) presented by Mx Misty Farquhar OAM to discuss Understanding Gender Diversity.

Date: 13 September 2021, 2:00pm-4:30pm AWST
RSVP: elizabeth.baca@curtin.edu.au

Date: 23 September 2021, 2:00pm-3:00pm AWST
RSVP: elizabeth.baca@curtin.edu.au

RSVP: elizabeth.baca@curtin.edu.au

The Curtin University Gender Research Network (GRN) Gender Reading Group seeks to encourage a culture of reading and critique, to help develop connection and community amongst fourth year undergraduate research and post-graduate research students across Curtin campuses. The group meets monthly online to engage in friendly discussion on seminal and more contemporary works on gender from a range of disciplines.

To register your interest please email elizabeth.baca@curtin.edu.au.

As our understanding of gender evolves, so does our understanding that some people’s sex and gender do not align, and that gender exists outside of the gender binary. So how do we support gender equity for women while also acknowledging and supporting trans and gender diverse people who may have varying connections or disconnections to, and intersecting identities with womanhood? In this presentation, ECU’s Professor Braden Hill, Dr Fiona Navin and Mx Stevie Lane will discuss the inclusion of trans and gender diverse experiences in conversations about gender equality, the importance of intersectionality, and the role universities play in educating for social justice and leading societal change.

When: 2 June 2022, 2-3pm AWST

To register your interest please email elizabeth.baca@curtin.edu.au.