Previous Event
Gender Equality: Opportunities and Challenges for the OR Community
Date: 12 June 2024, 12:00 – 14:00 (via Zoom)
Guest Speakers: Paula Carroll and Annunziata Esposito Amideo
Following the discussion paper titled ‘Gender Equality: Opportunities
and Challenges for the OR Community’ being published in JORS, the
authors of the paper held an interactive webinar to further
discuss the paper and allowed participants to ask questions.
The discussion paper identifies a gap in understanding gender
equality issues in the discipline of OR and the role of gender in
participation and career progression in the field. To address this gap, a
gender lens was applied to OR literature, examining its history,
community, theory, methods and practice to uncover hidden gender
dimensions and bring gender issues into focus. The analysis revealed
that women are largely invisible from recorded OR history. Through a
survey of the current OR community, insights into career paths by gender
were gained. Using a decision tree approach, it was found that women
perceive barriers to participation and career progression, which are
less apparent to their male peers.
This study offers new insights by reflecting on OR history through a
gender lens, discussing the impact of gender on OR careers, and
critically examining the findings. The aim of the paper is to stimulate
conversation and encourage further exploration of innovative and
cross-disciplinary research at the intersection of gender and OR.
Read Paper