Journal
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2022 IEEE GLOBAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION CONFERENCE (EDUCON 2022)
Volume -, Issue -, Pages 1948-1955Publisher
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/EDUCON52537.2022.9766822
Keywords
gender bias; gender gap; optics; photonics; Ph.D.; women in science
Funding
- Alcon
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This work provides an exhaustive data analysis of Ph.D. theses in the field of optics and photonics in Spain, revealing the influence of gender bias on unconscious perceptions and decisions. The results demonstrate a severe underrepresentation of women in the Ph.D. stage, particularly in technological and theoretical domains within the optics community. This asymmetry is linked to traditional stereotypes about health and social care and calls for further studies and measures to eliminate implicit gender-based associations in scientific disciplines.
Unconscious perceptions and decisions are influenced by gender bias. In this work, we provide an exhaustive data analysis of the Ph.D. theses defended in the field of optics and photonics in Spain by filtering key descriptors and gender. Our results show a severe underrepresentation of women in the Ph.D. stage in the optics community, which becomes even more prominent in technological and theoretical domains. The gender gap is reduced in biomedical and visual optics. This asymmetry is a symptom of gender bias in science associated with traditional stereotypes about health and social care. Further studies and measures are required in specific areas of science to eradicate implicit gender-based associations in scientific disciplines.
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