European Proposals to Work in the Gender Gap in STEM: A Systematic Analysis

There is a critical gender gap in the STEM areas at all levels of education and the labour market. In this context, the European Union has included an increase in female participation in STEM as one of its priorities. It has funded a considerable amount of research projects, so a substantial number...

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Published in:IEEE-RITA 2020-08, Vol.15 (3), p.215-224
Main Authors: Garcia-Holgado, Alicia, Verdugo-Castro, Sonia, Gonzalez, Carina, Sanchez-Gomez, M. Cruz, Garcia-Penalvo, Francisco J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Education
Europe
European projects
European research
Gender
Gender aspects
gender gap
Gender issues
Organizations
Proposals
Research projects
STEM
systematic literature mapping
Systematics
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Summary:There is a critical gender gap in the STEM areas at all levels of education and the labour market. In this context, the European Union has included an increase in female participation in STEM as one of its priorities. It has funded a considerable amount of research projects, so a substantial number of institutions and organizations across Europe has worked on the same objective, but there are not an analysis of the proposals and achievements in all those research projects. This work aims to present an overview of the outputs from European research projects developed during the last five years related to the gender gap in STEM.
ISSN:1932-8540
1932-8540
2374-0132
DOI:10.1109/RITA.2020.3008138