Women in Academia and Equality Law

Although European policy initiatives to advance the position of women in Academia have proliferated, both at national and EU levels, serious inequities of many kinds remain. This situation is exposed and investigated in this book, which presents reports and discussions from a conference held at the Law Faculty of Lund University in December 2004. The participants law professors and social scientists present detailed reports on domestic experiences and regulations in eight European countries Among the many issues raised are the following: positive action in theory and practice; the progress of the EU Commission s strategy to integrate equal opportunity into all Community policies and activities; the motives for promoting women in Academia; the extensive group of part-timers and fixed-term employees at the margin of the traditional academic career; the importance of creating a situation in Academia where woman excellence shows; and the development of marketable research disciplines embodied in private research institutes.