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Women's Commitee continues

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Contacts and Activities

For further information about the committee or any comments on related issues please contact the Chair email Karen Mumford

Committee Members

The 2011 Committee consists of:

  • Professor Karen Mumford, University of York (Chair) 2009-2012 ex officio 2012-2013
  • Professor W. Arulampalam, University of Warwick 2011-2015
  • Professor S. Smith , University of Bristol 2011-2015
  • Professor M. Goddard, University of York 2011-2014
  • Professor R. Disney, University of Nottingham 2011-2014
  • Dr Helen Carrier, Chief Economist, Government Equalities Office 2011-2015
  • Dr Stephanie Flanders, BBC 2010-2014
  • Laura C. Blanco, PhD Student, University of York 2010-2012

Co-opted/Ex officio members

  • Professor Sarah Brown, CHUDE Exec (Sheffield University) 2010
  • Professor Richard Blundell, President of RES (UCL) 2010
  • Dr Silvana Tenreyro, Chair WinE (London School of Economics) 2010

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Activities to Date

  • Establishment of the aims and objectives of the committee
  • Biennial survey on "The Gender Balance of Academic Economists in the UK".
  • A regular survey of the gender composition of journal editorial boards.
  • Publication of findings and activities including a regular slot in the RES newsletter. Articles have also been published in the THES and a slot in the Society of Business Economists Newsletter.
  • Hosted regular events for Ph.D. students to encourage networking and support for young women economists.
  • Annual receptions at the RES Conference.
  • Monitoring and analysis of the position of women in government and business.
  • Liaison with other academic bodies concerned with issues of gender in research.

    Future activities include promotion of research on the position of women in economics and stronger links with individuals beginning their careers as economists, both in academia and business.

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Aims and Objectives

The objective of the Committee is to increase the number of women economists at all levels in UK academia and business by promoting equal opportunity and supporting entry into the profession and career advancement.

The Committee has the following aims:

1) To identify the current position of women economists in academic departments and in business, to monitor changes in the position of women and to make this data widely available.

The Committee will do this by:

  • Establishing a biennial survey of academic departments to establish time trends in the stocks and flows of female compared to male economists.
  • Examining the gender balance in business economics.
    Analysing this data.
  • Publicising these, and other data, widely within the profession.

2) To support women throughout the economics profession through the establishment of networks and to increase contacts of women in similar situations, circulate information and publicise appointments widely.

The Committee will achieve this by:

  • A regular event at the RES conference and a regular publication in the RES newsletter.
  • Supporting women at the beginning of their careers.
  • Increasing links with similar groups in other academic disciplines.
  • Creating a bulletin style e-mail network.
  • Being responsive to approaches from economists concerned about gender imbalance.

3) To identify the underlying causes of the under-representation of women in economics, and to seek to change or affect them.

The Committee will stimulate research in this area through:

  • Focus group meetings to develop researchable hypotheses.
  • Disseminating the results of research on women in the profession.

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Biennial Report of the Committee

The Committee commissions a report every two years to investigate the gender balance within UK economics. Paper copies of the reports can be obtained from the Chair kam9@york.ac.uk

You will require Adobe Acrobat to view these reports.

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Committee Publications

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Grant Information

General Information

The ESRC

The National Science Foundation

The British Academy

Government Departments
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Marie Curie Training Fellowship (EU)

British Federation of Women Graduates
(branch of the International Federation of University Women)

American Association of University Women
(branch of the International Federation of University Women)
grants also available for non-US nationals

CEPR ‘New Scholars’ Programme

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