Hidden social exclusion in Indian academia

Gender, caste and conference participation

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12232196
AutoresNidhi S Sabharwal (0000-0001-8089-2624, Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi, India, autor de correspondencia), E Henderson (0000-0002-5723-9560, University of Warwick), Roma Smart Joseph (Isabella Thoburn College, Lucknow, India)
Año2019
Volumen32
Número1
Páginas27-42
Fecha de publicación2019-11-08
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGender and Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0954-0253 • E-ISSN: 1360-0516
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09540253.2019.1685657
OpenAlexW2988769823
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas16
Referencias citadas24

Conferences are key sites for the development of academic careers; however multiple studies have shown that conferences are exclusionary on the basis of gender and other axes of social disadvantage. This study focuses on India and as such also incorporates caste as an axis of privilege and disadvantage in relation to access to conferences. Conferences in this paper are framed within a broader professional development agenda, which is the way in which conferences are located in Indian higher education policy discourses, and a social exclusion perspective is taken as the analytical lens. The paper is based on data from a large-scale national study of social inequalities in higher education, which included quantitative analysis of administrative records and qualitative analysis of interviews with academics on their participation in conferences and professional development activities. Key findings include that participation in conferences is proportionally lower for women and scheduled caste academics than for men and upper-caste academics, and that access to conferences is embroiled in relational processes of social exclusion which operate in the academy, despite formal policies being in place. The article recommends further scrutiny of policy implementation and replication of this analysis across different country contexts

Caste · Disadvantage · Disadvantaged · Economic growth · Inequality · Political science · Privilege (computing · Scrutiny · Social exclusion · Sociology · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Studies · Higher Education Research Studies · Innovations in Educational Methods · Law