Gender Stereotypes in Ecological Research Themes: An Analysis of the Last 20 Years of the Argentinian Ecology Conferences
Publisher: Austral Ecology
Author(s): Florencia Spirito, Paula Meli, M. Fernanda Reyes, Gabriel Núñez-Vivanco, Zoe Beloff, and Josefina L. De Paepe
Date: 2023
Topics: Gender, Renewable Resources
Countries: Argentina
Although Argentina harbours a notable increase in the academic community, achieving the highest number of researchers per capita in Latin America, the gender gap is still evident. The objective was to identify and evaluate the evolution of the main research themes in Argentinian ecology during the last 20 years to address whether social gender stereotypes were reproduced in research theme selection.