Documents and Papers Relevant to Women in Physics

Reports

• 2009 FASTS report - "Women in Science in Australia: Maximising Productivity, Diversity and Innovation" by Sharon Bell
• "Women in Science & Technology: Creating Sustainable Careers" (a 2009 report of the European Commission)
• "Best Practice in Career-Break Management" (Guide produced by the UK Institute of Physics, Jan 2006)
• "Gender and Excellence in the Making" (European Commission report, investigating the issue of gender bias in scienfic excellence, 2003)
• "Girls in the physics classroom" (Review of participation of girls in physics, UK IOP 2006)
• "Juno Code of Practice" (Practical ideas for university departments to address the under-representation of women in physics. UK IOP June 2007)

Articles

• A paper from 2005 giving an overview at the time of the AIP Women in Physics group
• "Mysterious Disappearance of Female Investigators" (a 2005 letter to Nature providing quantitative evidence of bias against hiring women in science)
• "Despite Elizabeth Blackburn's Nobel win, women face battles" (article in "The Australan") about the 2009 FASTS report

Women in Physics Lecture Tour

• "Black holes, spaghetti and explosions – the AIP Women in Physics lecture tour 2010" (Report for Australian Physics by the Women in Physics Lecturer for 2010: Prof. Elizabeth Winstanley)
• "Physics Down Under" (Report for Australian Physics by the Women in Physics Lecturer for 2009: A/Prof. Christine Charles)
• "The joy of physics - a tour of Australia through the eyes of a female physicist" (Reflections of the Women in Physics Lecturer for 2007-8: Prof. Tanya Monro)
• "AIP Women in Physics Lecture Tour 2006" (Reflections of the Women in Physics Lecturer for 2006: Prof. Deb Kane)

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