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While they are over-represented as PhD students in some science disciplines, there are few senior women scientists. In 2014 women accounted for 63 per cent of applications for the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC’s) early-career fellowships, but just 11 per cent of its most senior and experienced fellowships.  \nSo what are the reasons for the absent women leaders in science? Research has identified how women experience both direct and indirect discrimination in science laboratories. Moreover, those who wish to combine children with careers face the ‘rush hour’when career and family collide once they reach their early 30s. A further factor is that women can have difficulty being mobile and the perception is that mobility can accelerate research careers. As well, to become an independent researcher and move into science leadership requires strong networks and mentoring, and there can be gender differences. There is a belief that to become a leader requires ambitious scientists to publish 40 papers in high impact journals by the time they are 40 to be awarded a senior fellowship. If women have interrupted careers this is hard to achieve and begs the question of whether or not science research organisations in Australia are serious about keeping women in science.  \nTo understand better the factors that impact on women’s careers in science, I undertook a case study in collaboration with the Equality in Science Committee at  \n84 Are we serious about keeping women in science? Kate White  \nthe Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health in Melbourne, analysing the workforce profile over a fiveyear period and interviewing 40 research scientists at all levels. The four main findings of this research, Keeping Women in Science, were: a passion for ‘doing science’; entrenched male leadership and its impact on women research scientists; generational change and gender; and new inclusive models that are emerging.  \nResearch scientists are passionate and single-minded about what they do; this all-consuming focus on their work was almost akin to a religious vocation.Their job satisfaction came from the excitement of being at new frontiers of science, rather than financial reward. One researcher explained:‘This will be remembered as the golden era of neuroscience and genetics and a number of other areas of medical research. It is an incredibly exciting time’; while another described how:‘I wake up in the morning thinking how I can get my kids to school so I can get to work. But looking forward to going to work, very much so’. What emerged from their accounts of‘doing’science was a view of the ‘ideal scientist’ as a ‘monastic male’ with no other responsibility than their career; that is, the normative male model of a scientist (Moir, 2006) . So where are women positioned in science given this ideal model? My book suggests that this has an impact on women scientists, who are generally perceived as outsiders.  \nA second finding was that the organisational culture was difficult for women.The leadership was overwhelmingly male, and the culture was entrenched and controlling.  \nvol. 57, no. 2, 2015  \nA U S T R A L I A N U N I V E R S I T I E S ’ R E V I E W  \nSome even went as far as to describe it as nasty. Recent evidence that sexism persists in science organisational cultures includes a reviewer who rejected a paper by two young scientists, advising them ‘to find one or two male biologists to work with’(Baitz, 2015) and the reported comments of the Nobel laureate Emeritus Professor Tim Hunt:‘Let me tell you about my trouble with girls ... Three things happen when they are in the lab.You fall in love with them, they fall in love with you, and when you criticise them they cr","cbCaidzdPLXMRqiN","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidzdPLXMRqiN","pdf",102610,"English","# Are we serious about keeping women in science?\n## Underrepresentation in science leadership\n## Barriers across career stages\n## Case study design and research approach\n## Four main findings","[{\"question\":\"Why are women underrepresented in science leadership despite early-career representation?\",\"answer\":\"Women face direct and indirect discrimination, “rush hour” career-family collisions in their early 30s, mobility-related challenges, and structural requirements for leadership such as strong networks and mentoring. Career interruptions can make meeting publication expectations difficult.\"},{\"question\":\"What research approach was used to understand the factors affecting women’s careers?\",\"answer\":\"A case study was conducted with the Equality in Science Committee, analyzing workforce profiles over five years and interviewing 40 research scientists across all career levels.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the four main findings reported in the study?\",\"answer\":\"The findings are: a passion for “doing science”; entrenched male leadership and its impact; generational change and gender differences; and new inclusive models emerging in research organizations.\"}]","Are we serious about keeping women in science? - Research findings and barriers | PDF"]