08 Oct 2014

BBC program on the underrepresentation of women in science

BBC Inside Science Radio program

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04jm36k

The first half analyses how small (statistically insignificant) biases at each stage lead to a huge underrepresentation of women in top science positions; the occasion of the program is that out of the 43 Royal Society Fellowship in 2014 only 2 went to women.

 

Photo by BBC Radio 4