Dissemination

Publications

  • 2025. Forthcoming (accepted). Gaiaschi, C. & Grimaldi, S. “Overcoming glass ceilings, glass doors and bottlenecks: female recruiting and progression in Italian Political Science”. Italian Political Science.
  • 2025. Forthcoming (accepted). Gaiaschi, C., Lavizzari, A., & Perego, A. “Early-career gender inequalities in Italian Political Science in the context of neoliberal academia”. Italian Political Science.
  • 2025. Gaiaschi, C. “Breaking the glass door in academia? The role of contextual factors in moderating the gender gap in recruitment. Evidence from Italy”. Higher Education. Online first.
  • 2025. Gaiaschi, C. “The advance of women in highly-skilled professions and science in Italy: A gender paradox?”, in Pulcher, S., Basaglia, S., Cuomo, S., Simonella Z. (Eds.) Diversity and Inclusion in Italy: Societal and Organizational Perspectives. Cham: Springer, pp. 397-419.
  • 2023. Gaiaschi, C. “Gender, class and the meritocratic ideal. The case of the life sciences in Italian Academia”, in Conley, H. and Koskinen Sandberg, P. (eds.) Handbook on Gender and Public Sector Employment. Edward Elgar.
  • 2022. Gaiaschi, C. Doppio standard. Donne e carriere scientifiche nell’Italia contemporanea. Carocci Editore.
  • 2021. Gaiaschi, C., Musumeci, R. « Why so slow?» Un’analisi del reclutamento accademico in Italia dal 2000 al 2020, tra processi di femminilizzazione e (ri-)maschilizzazione. AIS – Journal of Sociology, 18, 97-122.

Presentations

Invited talks

  • 23/09/2025. Gaiaschi, C. Le disuguaglianze di genere nella scienza e nella ricerca: numeri, ragioni e meccanismi (Gender inequalities in science and research: numbers, reasons, and mechanisms). National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) – Brera Astronomical Observatory, Merate (LC).
  • 11/02/2025. Gaiaschi, C. Genere e scienza: a che punto siamo? Numeri e ragioni delle disuguaglianze (Gender and science: where do we stand? Numbers and reasons behind inequalities). Department of Mathematics and Management, University of Bari.
  • 18/09/2024. Gaiaschi, C. Le trasformazioni neoliberali dell’Università italiana: implicazioni di genere tra precarietà e conciliazione vita-lavoro (The neoliberal transformations of Italian academia: gender implications between precariousness and work-life balance). Talk given within the seminar “Precarietà accademica e maternità: non solo una questione di genere” (Academic precarity and motherhood: not just a gender issue). University of Salento. Event organized by Anief and ADI.
  • 03/07/2024. Participation as speaker in the local plenary titled “Digital revolutions and feminist economics responses”. 32nd IAFFE (International Association for Feminist Economics) Annual Conference – Sapienza University of Rome.
  • 11/06/2024. Gaiaschi, C. It’s just a matter of time? Gender inequalities in science and research: evidences from Italy. University of Milan, Department of Biosciences. Seminar cycle “Gender Equality”.
  • 31/05/2024. Gaiaschi, C. Doppio standard: donne e carriere scientifiche nell’Italia contemporanea (Double standard: women and scientific careers in contemporary Italy). Presentation given at the conference in honor of Giovanna Declich “Donne e scienza: valutare i cambiamenti e progettare il futuro” (Women and science: evaluating changes and designing the future). Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Statistical Sciences.
  • 09/05/2024. Gaiaschi, C. Condemned to excellence? Double standards and gender inequalities in science and research. Department of Mathematics “F. Brioschi”, Polytechnic University of Milan.
  • 13/12/2023. Gaiaschi, C. Condannate all’eccellenza? Doppio standard, genere e disuguaglianze nella scienza e nella ricerca (Condemned to excellence? Double standards, gender and inequalities in science and research). Presentation given during the “Giornata della Ricerca” (Research Day) of the Department of Human and Social Sciences, University of Salento
  • 16/11/2023. Gaiaschi, C. Donne e lavoro scientifico. Presentation of the book Doppio Standard. Donne e Carriere Scientifiche nell’Italia Contemporanea (Carocci, 2022). University of Florence, Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Firenze.
  • 12/09/2023. Gaiaschi, C. Gender inequalities in academia: looking through the glass door. Evidence from Italy, Université de Lausanne, LIVES – Swiss centre of expertise in life course research, CH.
  • 12/06/2023. Presentation of the book Doppio Standard. Donne e Carriere Scientifiche nell’Italia Contemporanea (Carocci, 2022). University of Salento, Dipartimento di Scienze Umane e Sociali, Lecce.
  • 25/05/2023. Presentation of the book Doppio Standard. Donne e Carriere Scientifiche nell’Italia Contemporanea (Carocci, 2022). University of Turin, Dipartimento di Culture, Politica e Società, Turin.
  • 19/05/2023. Gaiaschi, C. Condannate all’eccellenza? Doppio standard e disuguaglianze di genere nella scienza e nella ricerca (Condemned to excellence? Double standards and gender inequalities in science and research). Keynote speach at the I Convegno SISEC Giovani 2023 (1st SISEC Young Scholars Conference 2023), University of Catania, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Catania.
  • 11/05/2023. Presentation of the book Doppio Standard. Donne e Carriere Scientifiche nell’Italia Contemporanea (Carocci, 2022). University of Trento, Dipartimento di Sociologia e Ricerca Sociale, Centro di Studi Interdisciplinari di Genere, online seminar.
  • 23/03/2023. Presentation of the book Doppio Standard. Donne e Carriere Scientifiche nell’Italia Contemporanea (Carocci, 2022). La Sapienza University of Rome, Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, MinervaLab – Laboratory on Diversity and Gender Inequality, online seminar.
  • 14/12/2022. Presentation of the book Doppio Standard. Donne e Carriere Scientifiche nell’Italia Contemporanea (Carocci, 2022). University of Milan, Dipartimenti DEFENS & DISAA, online seminar
  • 16/11/2022. Gaiaschi. C. L’università italiana tra riforme strutturali e cambiamenti culturali: quali implicazioni di genere? Conference “Donne, scienze e potere. Una presenza negata”. Università di Salerno, Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Italy.
  • 16/06/2022. Gaiaschi, C. The neoliberal academia: more meritocratic for whom? The ambivalent implications for women. Round-table “De-gendering Academic Careers” (chairs: Barabara Poggio; Manuela Naldini), 11th European Feminist Research Conference, Universtiy of Milano-Bicocca (15-18 June 2022), Milano, Italy.
  • 01/03/2022. Gaiaschi, C. Gender, class and the neoliberal academia: more meritocratic for whom? International Webinar on Gender, Good Governance and Sustainable Development. Centre for European Studies, School of Social Sciences and International Studies, Pondicherry University, India. Online talk.

Presentations in peer-review conferences

  • 01/02/2025. Gaiaschi, C. Feminizing processes and gender equality in opportunities. Testing the critical mass theory in the Italian academia. IX SISEC Conference (Italian Society of Economic Sociology), 29/01–01/02 2025, University of Pavia.
  • 15/09/2023. Gaiaschi, C. Is co-optation for boys and merit for girls? Looking at the conflict between the “old” and the “new” academia with a gendered perspective. SAGS (Swiss Association for Gender Studies). Conference 2023, Université de Lausanne, 14-15 September 2023.
  • 10/02/2023. Gaiaschi, C. & Steinmetz, S. Breaking the glass door in academia: the contribution of organizational and institutional factors. SISEC (Società Italiana di Sociologia Economica) Conference, Brescia, Italy, 8-11 February 2023.
  • 26/11/2023. Gaiaschi, C. Is co-optation for boys and merit for girls? Looking at the conflict between the “old” and the “new” academia with a gendered perspective. National Conference “Gender Revolutions”, organized by the Center of Interdisciplinary Gender Studies, University of Trento, Italy,  25-26 November.
  • 10/11/2022. Gaiaschi, C. Condemned to be excellent? Female access to individual research grants in neoliberal times. International Symposium “Is Academic Mobility Gendered?”, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, 10-11 Novembre. Organized by: Institut des sciences sociales (ISS) ; Plateforme en études genre (PlaGe) ; Laboratoire Capitalisme Culture et Sociétés (LACCUS) ; Observatoire Science Politique et Société (OSPS).