INVESTIGADORES
LECOMTE Karina Leticia
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Current situation in the positions and hierarchical spaces in an Earth Sciences Research Center (CICTERRA, Argentina): A gender perspective approach.
Autor/es:
HALAC S; LECOMTE K.L.; STERREN A; AVILA P; BORDA L; COPPA VIGLIOCCO A; COPPO R; ECHEGOYEN CV; LEONE F; NOBILE J; PANNUNCIO MINER E; PISANI N; SERRA F; SFERCO E; RUEDA, ELIANA SOTO
Reunión:
Congreso; IAL IPA - Lakes, Memories of the Landscape; 2022
Resumen:
The Argentinian Earth Sciences Research Center (CICTERRA) is a CONICET and UNCinstitute (since 2007) focused on geosciences research. In 2020 it already had more thanone hundred members including researchers, technicians of the upport Personnel Career,university professors, doctoral and postdoctoral students and administrative staff. Womenrepresent 54% of the total population. However, when the members are broken down intothe different scientific positions (5 categories), a clear imbalance can be seen between thelowest research categories (mostly dominated by women) and the highest ones (dominatedby men). Regarding hierarchical positions, the direction has always been represented bymen, whereas only 1 woman was co-director. Analyzing the evolution from 2017 to 2020,women changed from the first and second categories to the third one. However, in the fourthcategory the number of women remained constant, while the men doubled. The highestcategory never had female representatives. Regarding doctoral students, the proportionremained constant (55% of female members). In relation to the technical staff, more than60% is represented by women. During the last decades, the participation of women inscience in Argentina has increased, equaling that of men. However, hierarchical positionsare still dominated by men and it is clear that the invisible barriers as the “glass ceiling” stillinfluence significantly in the academic evolution of women. Furthermore, the phenomenon“frozen middle” describes the slowed down women’s progress, if not halting, in the ranksof middle categories. This affects female professionals, as well as women in a variety offields including science. The gender inequality in the scientific system in Argentina is stillpronounced. More research about this subject deepening about the lower proportion ofwomen in hierarchical positions in the scientific system, would make it possible to betterdistinguish the obstacles to occupy those spaces.