In response to the stark gender disparity that plagued blockchain in its early days, a range of 'women blockchain' initiatives emerged, some more effective than others. Blockchain scenes including 'meetups,' conferences, and hackathons, present ideal sites observe these tensions. This study is technofeminist discourse analysis based on participant observations at events interviews with women wh...

The shift from meritocracy to parentocracy in contemporary societies has resulted a situation where children’s educational success increasingly depends on parents’ wealth and wishes rather than ability efforts. Better-off parents can afford extra learning activities increase competitive edge. This phenomenon is fuelled by ‘English fever’ many non-English-speaking contexts, driving subscribe Eng...

Local leaders in academia have been perceived as resisting the role change agents for gender balance. Employing a concept of voices inspired by Bakhtin, we found that department heads has to negotiate ambiguous and blurred from leadership well critical concerned employees which lead them thread carefully when enacting balance policies. Thus, there is considerable space facilitate work with allo...

OBJECTIVE In 2009, in a European survey, around a quarter of Europeans reported witnessing discrimination or harassment at their workplace. The parity committee from the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) designed a questionnaire survey to investigate forms of discrimination with respect to country, gender and ethnicity among medical professionals in hosp...

The rapid increase of economic inequality is prevalent in many societies, yet people seem to underestimate actual dramatically. In this study, we examine whether and how feelings gain affect people’s perceptions China, a society with the rapid development economy after China’s reform opening-up now also facing high level inequality. Using large Chinese sample, we found that individuals hi...

Women are missing from Science, Technology, Education, and Mathematics (STEM) fields, undermining intellectual inclusivity, meritocracy goals, national competitiveness, high-quality advances. Solutions require not only hiring more women, but boosting their sustainable representation (i.e., lasting, substantial presence valued engagement). Evidence-based policies can shift organizational culture...