Previous discussions

Previous discussions:

11:00am, Wednesday, 10th August 2022

Discussion Leader: Jacinta

Topic: "Which role models are effective for which students? A systematic review and four recommendations for maximizing the effectiveness of role models in STEM”, by Jessica R. Gladstone and Andrei Cimpian.

This is an interesting review of role model programs and their effectiveness in diversifying STEM. A pdf of the article can be found here: https://stemeducationjournal.springeropen.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s40594-021-00315-x.pdf.

The lecture slides for DEIJC can be found here.

11:00am, Wednesday, 20th July 2022

No journal club today, enjoy the week off!

11:00am, Wednesday, 29th June 2022

No journal club today, enjoy the week off!

11:00am, Wednesday, 8th June 2022

Discussion Leader: Lucy

Topic: "Demarginalising the intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Anti-discrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics"

This is based on the publications by Kimberle Crenshaw: https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1052&context=uclf and https://www.jstor.org/stable/1229039. Also see: https://www.vic.gov.au/understanding-intersectionality

The lecture slides for DEIJC can be found here [made available after the journal club].

11:00am, Wednesday, 18th May 2022

Discussion Leader: Jacinta

Topic: "Power and Consent"

This is based on which is based on this book: https://publishing.monash.edu/product/power-consent/ by Rachel Doyle.

The lecture slides for DEIJC can be found here.

11:00am, Wednesday, 27th April 2022

Discussion Leader: Katie

Topic: "LGBT+ physicists: Harassment, persistence, and uneven support "

This is based on https://journals.aps.org/prper/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.18.010124. A copy of the pdf can be found here.

The lecture slides for DEIJC can be found here.

11:00am, Wednesday, 6th April 2022

Discussion Leader: Katie

Topic: "The results of the 2021 National Student Safety Survey "

This is based on https://www.nsss.edu.au/results and https://about.unimelb.edu.au/newsroom/news/2022/march/findings-of-the-2021-national-student-safety-survey-released and https://about.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0023/340088/NSSS_Infographic_The-University-of-Melbourne_3036.pdf

The lecture slides for DEIJC can be found here.

1pm, Wednesday, 24th November 2021

Discussion Leader: Rachel

Topic: "Ending staff sexual misconduct in higher education"

This is based on https://1752group.com/

The lecture slides for DEIJC can be found here.

1pm, Wednesday, 3rd November 2021

Discussion Leader: Katie

Topic: "The mentor experience: Mentoring for Indigenous Australian school to university success"

This is based on https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.046651292466851

A copy of the pdf can be found here.

The lecture slides for DEIJC can be found here.

1pm, Wednesday, 13th October 2021

Discussion Leader: Katie

Topic: Professional Scientists Employment and Remuneration Report 2021-2022

This is based on https://scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au/under-severe-strain-a-stark-snapshot-of-scientists/ and https://apesma.informz.net/apesma/pages/2021_22_SCI_remuneration_report

A copy of the pdf can be found here.

The lecture slides for DEIJC can be found here.

1pm, Wednesday, 22nd September 2021

Discussion Leader: Jacinta

Topic: Neurodiversity in the workplace

This is based on https://theconversation.com/neurodiversity-can-be-a-workplace-strength-if-we-make-room-for-it-164859 and https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/ER-09-2020-0446/full/html.

A copy of the pdf can be found here.

The lecture slides for DEIJC can be found here.

Additional resources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jmTlQld2Z8

1pm, Wednesday, 1st September 2021

Discussion Leader: Rachel

Topic: Gender norms and domestic abuse: Evidence from Australia

This is based on https://theconversation.com/a-shocking-finding-that-will-change-the-way-you-think-about-gender-pay-158052 which discusses the paper: https://taxpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au/publication/ttpi-working-papers/18650/gender-norms-and-domestic-abuse-evidence-australia.

A copy of the pdf can be found here.

The lecture slides for DEIJC can be found here.

Additional resources: https://www.abc.net.au/7.30/why-women-are-angry,-part-one:-income-inequality/13520416, https://www.abc.net.au/7.30/why-women-are-angry,-part-one:-income-inequality/13520416, https://www.abc.net.au/7.30/division-of-domestic-labour-continues-to-land/13521886,

1pm, Wednesday, 11th August 2021

Discussion Leader: Katie

Topic: Systematic inequalities for LGBTQ professional in STEM

This is based on https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/3/eabe0933.full. A copy of the pdf can be found here.

The lecture slides for DEIJC can be found here.

1pm, Wednesday, 21st July 2021

Discussion Leader: Katie

Topic: Gender equality and paid parental leave in Australia: A decade of giant leaps or baby steps?

This is based on https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00221856211008219. A copy of the pdf can be found here

The lecture slides for DEIJC can be found here.

Additional resources:

1pm, Wednesday, 30th June 2021

No journal club this week! Enjoy the week off!

1pm, Wednesday, 9th June 2021

Discussion Leader: Katie

Topic: LGBT+ Inclusivity in Physics and Astronomy: A Best Practices Guide

This is based on https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.08406

The lecture slides for DEIJC can be found here.

Other resources: http://lgbtphysicists.org/, https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/a-strong-force-for-inclusion , https://www.ostem.org/, https://www.aps.org/programs/lgbt/upload/LGBTClimateinPhysicsReport.pdf

1pm, Wednesday, 19th May 2021

Discussion Leader: Katie

Topic: Sexism, racism, prejudice, and bias in student evaluations of teaching/demonstrating/courses.

This is based on https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02602938.2021.1888075?journalCode=caeh20. The pdf can be accessed here.

The lecture slides for DEIJC can be found here.

Additional resources:

https://www.aare.edu.au/blog/?p=8694

1pm, Wednesday, 28th April 2021

Discussion Leader: Katie

Topic: Gari Yala (Speak the Truth): Centreing the experiences of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Australians at work

This is based on https://www.dca.org.au/sites/default/files/dca_synopsisreport_web_0.pdf.

The lecture slides for DEIJC can be found here.

Additional resources:

1pm, Wednesday, 7th April 2021

No journal club due to mid-semester break! Enjoy the week off!

1pm, Wednesday, 17th March 2021

Discussion Leader: Jacinta

Topic: (Trans)gender stereotypes and the self: Content and consequences of gender identity stereotypes

This is based on https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15298868.2019.1617191?journalCode=psai20 and related to current events at the unimelb which lead to https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sDbh6iO9bYvStZyeiI4We5Z9EgxEfk1UhvjtO1zJyMI/edit.

If you cannot access the pdf from the above link, you can download it here.

Slides from the discussion can be found here.

1pm, Wednesday, 24th February 2021

Discussion Leader: Michael Baker

Topic: Talent vs Luck: the role of randomness in success and failure

This is based on https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.07068 and https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.05206

Additional resource to look into: https://arxiv.org/pdf/0905.1518.pdf [at least Fig 6] and https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-26/frijters-foster-battlers-and-plutocrats/6725118

1pm, Wednesday, 3rd February 2021

Discussion Leader: Duane Hamacher

Topic: ASTROMOVES: Astrophysics, Diversity, Mobility

This is based on https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.10826 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqL95YA1dLo&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=IAUS367

Additional resources to look into (slight off topic, but relevant - about why anthropology matters and what happens if you do not take it into account):

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-anthropology-matters/

1pm, Wednesday, 13th January 2021

Discussion Leader: Katie

Topic: Machine learning algorithms and discrimination based on classes like race and gender

This is based on http://proceedings.mlr.press/v81/buolamwini18a/buolamwini18a.pdf,. Other references to consider: https://openaccess.thecvf.com/content/WACV2021/papers/Karkkainen_FairFace_Face_Attribute_Dataset_for_Balanced_Race_Gender_and_Age_WACV_2021_paper.pdf and https://dam-prod.media.mit.edu/x/2019/01/24/AIES-19_paper_223.pdf

Link to slides for presentation: HERE (additional reference on last slide)

Additional resources to consider:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41104077-invisible-women
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OR ARTIFICIAL STUPIDITY? DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND AI IN OUR POST-COVID FUTURE by Dr Muneera Bano is a Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering at Deakin University - https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=2453230008155879&ref=watch_permalink

2020

1pm, Wednesday, 2nd December

Discussion Leader: Benjamin Metha

Topic: The gender gap in Chess

This is based on: https://en.chessbase.com/post/what-gender-gap-in-chess and references therein (https://cognition.aau.at/download/Publikationen/Bilalic/Bilalic_etal_2009.pdf and https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01828.x).

Ben's slides can be found here

Interesting documentary about whether the way we treat boys and girls is the real reason we haven't achieved equality between men and women? https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09202jz
Discussion about family influence on grandmasters: https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/articles/200507/the-grandmaster-experiment

1pm, Wednesday, 11th November

Discussion Leader: Katie

Topic: It’s Not “Talent,” it’s “Privilege”

This is based on: https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/202010/backpage.cfm and references therein

Link to slides for presentation: HERE.

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