Who benefits from the lack of advancement of women in STEMM academics?

Cicero famously asked “who benefits?” to expose interests motivating crimes. We can pose the same question regarding the motivations that underlie the lack of women’s advancement in STEMM academics. This is a copy of a post published in the Epistimi blog series at: https://www.epistimi.org/blog/who-benefits-from-the-lack-of-advancement-of-women-in-stemm-academics

Authors

Janet Gordon Hering (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0865-1946)
Patricia A. Maurice

Institutions

University of Notre Dame (US)
ETH Zurich (CH)
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (CH)

Publication Details

Journal: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Published: 2026-03-17
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18892458
Primary Topic: Science Education and Perceptions
Type: article
Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 0.00

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Who benefits from the lack of advancement of women in STEMM academics?

Janet Gordon Hering, Patricia A. Maurice

Mar 17, 2026

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Science Education and Perceptions

article

Who benefits from the lack of advancement of women in STEMM academics?

Janet Gordon Hering, Patricia A. Maurice

March 17, 2026article en

Abstract

Cicero famously asked “who benefits?” to expose interests motivating crimes. We can pose the same question regarding the motivations that underlie the lack of women’s advancement in STEMM academics. This is a copy of a post published in the Epistimi blog series at: https://www.epistimi.org/blog/who-benefits-from-the-lack-of-advancement-of-women-in-stemm-academics

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

University of Notre Dame (US), ETH Zurich (CH), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH), Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (CH)

Gender equality

Openalex Percentile: Top 19%

Science Education and Perceptions

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