Current projects
Gender in subdisciplines of physics. In some sub-disciplines of physics or the respective associations lower female proportions are observed than in others. The question is, therefore, what connections exist between the specialized culture and the gender distribution of a sub-discipline of physics. To approach this question, we examine the formal and informal networks of physicists on the one hand, and the influence of women's participation on specialized culture. In doing so, physicists working in an academic context are interviewed by means of an online survey about their professional activity in a specific physical field, but above all their professional and personal networks. Project start: February2018.
"The female physicists: between patrons and gazers." Women in men's professions and the bystander experience of their colleagues (working title).
Dissertation research project by Valerie Dahl. Using the example of physicists, this project examines how the working conditions of employees in male-dominated occupations are shaped. The research is based on the model "The Established and the Outsiders" of sociologist Norbert Elias, which explains social segregation with unequal power relations. Center of the work is the so-called "bystander experience", which deals with the effects on third parties who perceive or fear harassment of (relatives of) marginalized groups. Project start: October 2016.