FESTA Gender sensitive PhD supervision Liv Baisner University of Southern Denmark Clare O’Hagan University of Limerick
Presentation outline Context Methodology Findings FESTA - GARCIA JOINT FINAL CONFERENCE Presentation outline Context Methodology Findings FESTA webtool on Gender Sensitive PhD Supervision Demonstration
FESTA - GARCIA JOINT FINAL CONFERENCE Context 6 partners engaged in the task: Sweden, Germany, Bulgaria, Ireland, Italy and Denmark. WP Leader Denmark/SDU Growing body of international evidence which demonstrates that women have more negative experiences of PhD supervision process. Concerned with the way gender affects supervisory relationships and to minimize the negative effect of gendered interactional patterns.
Methodology Mapped the PhD Supervision process in each FESTA partner FESTA - GARCIA JOINT FINAL CONFERENCE Methodology Mapped the PhD Supervision process in each FESTA partner Collected empirical data in study circles, focus groups, interviews and workshops These participative methods facilitated challenging bias Respondents included 63 PhD supervisors and 54 PhD students in the 6 partner institutions
Findings Gender issues can arise at all stages of a PhD. FESTA - GARCIA JOINT FINAL CONFERENCE Findings Gender issues can arise at all stages of a PhD. Gendered expectations of male and female students (and supervisors) Female PhD students experience more stress and pressure during their studies than men do Supervision approaches must be adapted to the individual student’s needs.
FESTA - GARCIA JOINT FINAL CONFERENCE Toolkit Developed a webtool which aims to enhance high quality supervision by offering approaches and tools which will create gender awareness, enhance learning and support students to navigate the PhD journey It is a how-to, hands-on guide for gender sensitive PhD supervision http://eige.europa.eu/gender-mainstreaming/tools-methods/GEAR/examples/gender-phd-supervisor-toolkit
Webtool: http://www.festatool.eu FESTA - GARCIA JOINT FINAL CONFERENCE Webtool: http://www.festatool.eu
FESTA - GARCIA JOINT FINAL CONFERENCE
FESTA - GARCIA JOINT FINAL CONFERENCE
FESTA - GARCIA JOINT FINAL CONFERENCE
FESTA - GARCIA JOINT FINAL CONFERENCE
FESTA - GARCIA JOINT FINAL CONFERENCE
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