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Enwise Valorisation Conference Enlarging Europe
with/for Women Scientists Tallinn 910 September
2004
Gender Governance in Science
Nicole Dewandre Head of Unit - Scientific Advice
and Governance Science and Society
Directorate Research Directorate-General European
Commission
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Structure of the presentation

• Introductionwhy is it difficult to articulate
  gender, science and governance?
• Typology of womens attitudes, on the basis of an
  example.
• Analysis links between gender dimension and
  womens attitudes.
• Perspective a narrow path for a revisited
  gendered dimension.

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• Gender
• Women/Men

Science Truth
Governance Socio-political dynamic
Tension between what is perceived as given, on
the one hand, and room of manoeuver for policies,
on the other hand.
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• Typology of womens attitudes
• (based on the case of the atomic bomb, from
  Schiebingers book)
• Lise Meitner
• The me too posture (Jean Wood Fuller)
• The wives

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Links between gender dimension and womens
attitude.

•  Me too 
• confusion between equal rights and sameness.
• Denial mode
•  The Wives 
• Classical gender roles
• Reinforcement mode

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The narrow path of a revisited gender dimension

• Beyond  me too  and  wives 
• Challenge the normative power of men
• Claim for the reversal (or at least better share)
  of the privilege of meaningfulness
• Improve the democratic accountability of science