RT Journal Article
T1 Towards women-inclusive ecology: representation, behavior, and perception of women at an international conference
A1 Lupon, Anna
A1 Rodríguez Lozano, Pablo
A1 Bartrons, Mireia
A1 Anadon Rosell, Alba
A1 Batalla, Meritxell
A1 Bernal, Susana
A1 Bravo, Andrea G.
A1 Capdevila, Pol
A1 Cañedo Argüelles, Miguel
A1 Catalán, Núria
A1 Genua Olmedo, Ana
A1 Gutiérrez-Cánovas, Cayetano
A1 Feio, Maria João
A1 Lucati, Federica
A1 Onandia, Gabriela
A1 Poblador, Sílvia
A1 Rotchés Ribalta, Roser
A1 Sala Bubaré, Anna
A1 Sánchez Montoya, María  Mar
A1 Sebastián, Marta
A1 Zufiaurre, Aitziber
A1 Pastor, Ada
AB Conferences are ideal platforms for studying gender gaps in science because they are important cultural events that reflect barriers to women in academia. Here, we explored women’s participation in ecology conferences by analyzing female representation, behavior, and personal experience at the 1st Meeting of the Iberian Society of Ecology (SIBECOL). The conference had 722 attendees, 576 contributions, and 27 scientific sessions. The gender of attendees and presenters was balanced (48/52% women/men), yet only 29% of the contributions had a woman as last author. Moreover, men presented most of the keynote talks (67%) and convened most of the sessions. Our results also showed that only 32% of the questions were asked by women, yet the number of questions raised by women increased when the speaker or the convener was a woman. Finally, the post-conference survey revealed that attendees had a good experience and did not perceive the event as a threatening context for women. Yet, differences in the responses between genders suggest that women tended to have a worse experience than their male counterparts. Although our results showed clear gender biases, most of the participants of the conference failed to detect it. Overall, we highlight the challenge of increasing women’s scientific leadership, visibility and interaction in scientific conferences and we suggest several recommendations for creating inclusive meetings, thereby promoting equal opportunities for all participants.
PB Public Library Science
SN 1932-6203
YR 2021
FD 2021-12-10
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/4896
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/4896
LA eng
NO Unión Europea. Horizonte 2020
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN)/FEDER
NO Gobierno de España.
NO Gobierno de España. Programa Juan de la Cierva
NO German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
NO Generalitat de Cataluña/Fondo Social Europeo (FSE)
NO Gobierno de las Islas Baleares
NO Humbold Research Fellowship
NO Portuguese Foundation of Science and Technology (FCT)
NO Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar (CESAM)/(FCT/MCTES)
NO Research Foundation – Flanders
DS Docta Complutense
RD 9 abr 2025