Equal Opportunities International: Volume 26 Issue 2

New technology and gendered divisions of labour: Problems and prospects for equality in the public and private spheres

Jacqueline Scott, Jane Nolan

This editorial aims to explore some of the reasons why women and men do not experience the revolutionary forces of new technologies in the same way.

New technologies and the transformations of women's labour at home and work

Miriam Glucksmann, Jane Nolan

This paper aims to explore the linked series of changes connecting unpaid and paid labour in the household economy and the market sector, which may be associated with the…

Time pressure, technology and gender: the conditioning of temporal experiences in the UK

Dale Southerton

This article seeks to address differential experiences of the “time squeeze”. It problematises current accounts which explain time pressure as resulting from substantive increases…

Science related careers: aspirations and outcomes in two British cohort studies

Ingrid Schoon, Andy Ross, Peter Martin

Understanding the factors and processes facilitating entry into science related occupations is a first step in developing effective interventions aiming to increase a skilled…

Networks of exclusion: job segmentation and social networks in the knowledge economy

Mia Gray, Tomoko Kurihara, Leif Hommen, Jonathan Feldman

This paper aims to highlight the need to understand the mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion in the workplace which are often embedded in micro‐level work practices. It explores…

Shaping women or changing the system: accounts of gender inequality in science

Daiga Kamerāsde

The paper aims to critically review four recently published books, each of which aims to explain the disproportionate representation of men and women in science careers, and to…