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Ivory towers and glass ceilings: The gender pay gap in NZ research – Expert Reaction

Ivory towers and glass ceilings: The gender pay gap in NZ research – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 23 January 202023 January 2020

Over her lifetime, an average woman scientist at a New Zealand university earns about NZ$400,000 less than her male counterparts, reports […]

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Poll highlights NZer’s misconceptions – In the News

In the News  |  Published: 08 December 201511 December 2015

New Zealanders are pretty unaware of the state of their country, according to a new poll that has ranked New […]

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Call off the Hunt – Fiona Fox on Tim Hunt

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 15 June 201515 June 2015

Fiona Fox, Director of the UK Science Media Centre, writes on her blog about the recent scandal around Nobel laureate […]

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Nobel laureate’s comments creates sexism storm

In the News  |  Published: 12 June 201512 June 2015

Nobel prize winner and UK Royal Society Fellow Tim Hunt has caused controversy by saying laboratories should be segregated along gender […]

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NZ falling behind in human rights issues

In the News  |  Published: 02 April 201528 March 2016

A new report authored by researchers at AUT and the University of Waikato has revealed that New Zealand’s appearances are deceiving when […]

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NZ girls not too pretty for math …

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 16 December 201116 December 2011

American researchers who say gender equity and other sociocultural factors — not national income, school type, or religion —  determine […]

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Women in Science: A 2011 Snapshot

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 15 August 201116 August 2011

The Association for Women in the Sciences, in association with Dr Belinda Bray of The University of Auckland, have produced […]

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‘Sex-biases’ in the brain

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 07 April 200907 April 2009

New Zealand researchers studying the complex interplay of sex hormones, behaviour and the brain have found new evidence for the […]

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