Hidden social exclusion in Indian academia

Gender, caste and conference participation

Dados 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 correspondente), E Henderson (0000-0002-5723-9560, University of Warwick), Roma Smart Joseph (Isabella Thoburn College, Lucknow, India)
Ano2019
Volume32
Fascículo1
Páginas27-42
Data de publicação2019-11-08
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGender and Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0954-0253 • E-ISSN: 1360-0516
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09540253.2019.1685657
OpenAlexW2988769823
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas16
Referências 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