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@article{Schroeder:2013:10.1111/jeb.12198,
author = {Schroeder, J and Dugdale, HL and Radersma, R and Hinsch, M and Buehler, DM and Saul, J and Porter, L and Liker, A and De, Cauwer I and Johnson, PJ and Santure, AW and Griffin, AS and Bolund, E and Ross, L and Webb, TJ and Feulner, PG and Winney, I and Szulkin, M and Komdeur, J and Versteegh, MA and Hemelrijk, CK and Svensson, EI and Edwards, H and Karlsson, M and West, SA and Barrett, EL and Richardson, DS and van, den Brink V and Wimpenny, JH and Ellwood, SA and Rees, M and Matson, KD and Charmantier, A and Dos, Remedios N and Schneider, NA and Teplitsky, C and Laurance, WF and Butlin, RK and Horrocks, NP},
doi = {10.1111/jeb.12198},
journal = {Journal of Evolutionary Biology},
pages = {2063--2069},
title = {Fewer invited talks by women in evolutionary biology symposia},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12198},
volume = {26},
year = {2013}
}

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AB  - Lower visibility of female scientists, compared to male scientists, is a potential reason for the under-representation of women among senior academic ranks. Visibility in the scientific community stems partly from presenting research as an invited speaker at organized meetings. We analysed the sex ratio of presenters at the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB) Congress 2011, where all abstract submissions were accepted for presentation. Women were under-represented among invited speakers at symposia (15% women) compared to all presenters (46%), regular oral presenters (41%) and plenary speakers (25%). At the ESEB congresses in 2001-2011, 9-23% of invited speakers were women. This under-representation of women is partly attributable to a larger proportion of women, than men, declining invitations: in 2011, 50% of women declined an invitation to speak compared to 26% of men. We expect invited speakers to be scientists from top ranked institutions or authors of recent papers in high-impact journals. Considering all invited speakers (including declined invitations), 23% were women. This was lower than the baseline sex ratios of early-mid career stage scientists, but was similar to senior scientists and authors that have published in high-impact journals. High-quality science by women therefore has low exposure at international meetings, which will constrain Evolutionary Biology from reaching its full potential. We wish to highlight the wider implications of turning down invitations to speak, and encourage conference organizers to implement steps to increase acceptance rates of invited talks.
AU  - Schroeder,J
AU  - Dugdale,HL
AU  - Radersma,R
AU  - Hinsch,M
AU  - Buehler,DM
AU  - Saul,J
AU  - Porter,L
AU  - Liker,A
AU  - De,Cauwer I
AU  - Johnson,PJ
AU  - Santure,AW
AU  - Griffin,AS
AU  - Bolund,E
AU  - Ross,L
AU  - Webb,TJ
AU  - Feulner,PG
AU  - Winney,I
AU  - Szulkin,M
AU  - Komdeur,J
AU  - Versteegh,MA
AU  - Hemelrijk,CK
AU  - Svensson,EI
AU  - Edwards,H
AU  - Karlsson,M
AU  - West,SA
AU  - Barrett,EL
AU  - Richardson,DS
AU  - van,den Brink V
AU  - Wimpenny,JH
AU  - Ellwood,SA
AU  - Rees,M
AU  - Matson,KD
AU  - Charmantier,A
AU  - Dos,Remedios N
AU  - Schneider,NA
AU  - Teplitsky,C
AU  - Laurance,WF
AU  - Butlin,RK
AU  - Horrocks,NP
DO  - 10.1111/jeb.12198
EP  - 2069
PY  - 2013///
SN  - 1420-9101
SP  - 2063
TI  - Fewer invited talks by women in evolutionary biology symposia
T2  - Journal of Evolutionary Biology
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12198
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/41757
VL  - 26
ER  -

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