Affiliation:
1. Institute of Communication, University of Hohenheim , Stuttgart, Germany
2. Department of Communication, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
Abstract
Abstract
Gender diversity and the lack of women in leadership in academia have been issues of academic interest for decades. However, little is known about gender diversity at academic conferences as an essential aspect of academia. We investigated 86,719 contributions to International Communication Association (ICA) conferences over the past 18 years with regard to female and male authorship and how it changed following the introduction of childcare, during the global pandemic, and under female division leadership. Lastly, we analyzed divisions/interest groups, authors’ gender, and national affiliation. We found that the proportion of female authors is high in all conference years and is representative of ICA membership. We found differences in how women and men are represented across divisions, countries of author affiliation, based on the availability of childcare, and during the global pandemic. We discuss implications at societal, organizational, and individual levels.
Funder
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Sabine Trepte
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics,Communication