The unacknowledged value of female academic labour power for male research careers

• Academic work in Sweden's higher education system is changing character. Distinctly different career pathways are emerging, as facilities for developing research careers and capital has become more restricted and more dependent on external funding.These developments are in focus in the present article. Based on ethnographic research and a series of semi-structured interviews with new academics and senior mentors in education faculties, the research suggests that several factors intercede in how careers are developed and experienced. The unacknowledged exploitation of female academic labour is perhaps amongst the more significant of these.

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Academic labour power

ethnographic research

exploitation

gender

research career development

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