Women in IS - Panel Discussion

Celebrating International Women's Month, host Casandra Grundstrom sets out to explore the impact of gender in the greater IS community. Through the research and lived experience of three gender scholars—Associate Professor Silvia Masiero, Assistant Professor Safa'a AbuJarour, & PhD Student Franziska Schmitt—this episode of the IS DIGEST sets out to illuminate the realities of womanhood in academia. While we were sadly unable to procure representation from the entire spectrum of women, know that this podcast agrees with the overwhelming scientific consensus that gender represents a social construct rather than a biological dichotomy.

During the episode, we reflect on gender and connected biases, women-related facts in research, the work carried out by the AIS Women's Network College, the importance of representation and mentorship, and round out our discussion with ways forward for change. Will this episode accrue only 77% of the project total episode listens?
Read our amazing guest's biographies here.
More information:

• AIS Women’s Network Site: https://www.aiswn.org
• Twitter @AISWN_AIS

Shout out to those I know working towards gender equality at NTNU:

• Professor Letizia Jaccheri - IDUN and gender balancing COST action
• Professor Monica Divitini - research on girls and IT

Check out these great women-oriented research podcasts!

• https://www.cathymazak.com/podcast/
• https://theresearchher.com/

References:
AbuJarour, S. (2020). Social Inclusion of Refugees Through Digital Learning: Means, Needs, and Goals. PACIS 2020 Proceedings. 17.

Ajjan, H., AbuJarour, S., Fedorowicz, J., & Owens, D. (2020). Working from home during the COVID-19 crisis: A closer look at gender differences. AISWN International Research Workshop on Women, IS and Grand Challenges 2020.

Gupta, B., Loiacono, E. T., Dutchak, I. G., & Thatcher, J. B. (2019). A field-based view on gender in the information systems discipline: preliminary evidence and an agenda for change. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 20(12), 2.
Loiacono, E., Iyer, L. S., Armstrong, D. J., Beekhuyzen, J., & Craig, A. (2016). AIS Women’s Network: Advancing Women in IS Academia. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 38, pp-pp.

Masiero, S., and Aaltonen, A. (2020). Gender Bias in Information Systems Research: A Literature Review". AISWN International Research Workshop on Women, IS and Grand Challenges. 2.

Schmitt, F., Sundermeier, J., Bohn, N., & Morassi Sasso, A. (2020). Spotlight on women in tech: Fostering an inclusive workforce when exploring and exploiting digital innovation potentials. ICIS.

Serenko, A., and Turel, O. (2021). “Why are Women Underrepresented in IT? The Role of Implicit and Explicit Gender Identity.” JAIS, 22(1), 41-66.

Vainionpää, F; Iivari, N; Kinnula, M; and Zeng, X, (2020). "IT is not for me - Women's Discourses on IT and IT Careers" (2020). ECIS.