Equal Opportunities and Scientific Careers

The course wishes to provide a multidisciplinary knowledge in the field of equal opportunities and gender equality, with a specific focus on the labour market and scientific careers. The aims of the course is to highlight the contribution provided by the introduction of the notion of gender in the study of organizations and in the STEMM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine) occupations and professions. In this perspective, it will provide the students with the conceptual tools allowing them to identify inequalities and discriminations based on gender and on other social categories, while suggesting the good practices to make organizations more equal.

At the end of the course, the participants will be able to frame the topics of inequalities, discrimination and equal opportunities using an interdisciplinary perspective. The skills acquired will mostly be theoretical and they will allow participants - thanks to both the knowledge of the most recent literature in the field of social sciences and the participation in the class workshops - to develop a critical thinking of the society around us, that is to read apparently neutral dynamics from a gender perspective, thus recognizing inequalities of opportunities and power asymmetries.