Gender Inequalities in Tech-Driven Research and Innovation

<p>ePDF and ePUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.</p><p> The Nordic countries are regarded as frontrunners in promoting equality yet women's experiences on the ground are in many ways at odds with this rhetoric.</p><p> Putting the spotlight on the lived experiences of women working in tech-driven research and innovation areas in the Nordic countries this volume explores why despite numerous programmes women continue to constitute a minority in these sectors.</p><p> Contributors flesh out the differences and similarities across different Nordic countries and explore how the shifts in labour market conditions have impacted on women in research and innovation. </p><p> This is an invaluable contribution to global debates around the mechanisms that maintain gendered structures in research and innovation from academia to biotechnology and IT.</p>