OVER the past few decades, while all fields of science have increased the proportion of women at faculty level, physics has remained the most unequal, with women accounting for only around 10 per cent of faculty members. Is this because women are innately incapable of succeeding in the field (and/or innately prefer other careers), or because they are being discriminated against at more junior levels?
I was curious to know, so in 2004, while I was working as a physicist based at , I surveyed researchers there. Conference presentations are key to the career advancement of…
