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The limits of gender and regional diversity in the European Association of Social Psychology

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15/11/2021
Author
Nyúl, Boglárka
Lantos, Nóra Anna
Reicher, Stephen D.
Kende, Anna
Keywords
Academic Organisation
Diversity
Gender equality
Divided Europe
EASP
BF Psychology
3rd-DAS
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Abstract
Academic associations define the scientific standards and affect individual academic careers within a discipline. The European Association of Social Psychology (EASP) was founded in 1966 to become an association for all social psychologists in Europe. However, this was unattainable during the Cold War, and more subtle obstacles, such as women's underrepresentation in academia prevented EASP from due representation of all social psychologists. Social psychological theory offers insights into why social hierarchies are maintained and how they can be dismantled. We used the case of EASP to analyse challenges to creating a diverse and inclusive association by analysing membership data, participation, distinction and influence throughout the organisation's history (1966-2020) and conducting a more in-depth analysis for the 2011-2017 period. We found a glass-ceiling effect for women and a persistent underrepresentation of non-Western European scholars on all levels. We conclude that increasing diversity requires more fundamental changes to overcome structural inequalities.
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Nyúl , B , Lantos , N A , Reicher , S D & Kende , A 2021 , ' The limits of gender and regional diversity in the European Association of Social Psychology ' , European Journal of Social Psychology , vol. Early View . https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2774
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European Journal of Social Psychology
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2774
ISSN
0046-2772
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2021 The Authors. European Journal of Social Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/24369

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