Research

GIWL is a multi-disciplinary research institute that brings together world-leading expertise across academic disciplines and fields in the areas of workplace gender equality and women's leadership. Our research is driven by three key priorities:

1.Identifying the things that facilitate systemic change in workplace gender equality and women’s representation in leadership

2.Understanding the intersectional nature of workplace gender discrimination

3.Developing and testing evidence based solutions to increase women’s representation in leadership roles

 

A complete list of GIWL ANU publications can be found in the list below, or you can explore some of our recent projects by theme:

GIWL ANU has also established a network of Research Affiliates. Our affiliates make up a global network of accomplished research partners working towards the common goal of improving workplace gender equality and women’s leadership. You can find out more about the network and the cutting edge research being undertaken in women’s leadership and workplace gender equality here.

If you are interested in partnering with GIWL at ANU on research or other ways to accelerate change, we would love to hear from you. Please contact us.

Publications

A fair go for all: Why Australia needs intergenerational policymaking

Author/editor: Susan H. Rimmer, Elise S and Taylor H

Year published: 2024

The desire – and need – for intergenerational policymaking has never been greater. This research sought to understand the extent to which Australian voters care about longterm policymaking, whether politicians and government are matching their expectations regarding long-term policymaking, and what...

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Addressing barriers and forging pathways to women’s participation in politics

Author/editor: Gosia M, Jack H, Michelle R, Elise S, Becca S

Year published: 2024

“I'd be more keen to pursue political life if I didn't feel like I'd be eaten for lunch on the first day” – Anonymous survey participant The 2022 federal election demonstrated a shifting landscape of women’s candidacy in politics, with record numbers of women both running for and succeeding in...

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Addressing work-related gendered violence against Victorian healthcare workers

Author/editor: Gosia Mikołajczak, Isobel Barry, Emma Summerhayes, Michelle Ryan, Marian Baird, Natalie Barr and Becca Shepard

Year published: 2024

Work-related gendered violence is pervasive in the Victorian healthcare sector and harms employees’ physical and mental wellbeing, financial and work outcomes, the quality of care provided, and the healthcare sector as a whole. The Victorian healthcare sector is the state’s largest workforce,...

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Bolstering the boys club: security vetting, diversity and diplomatic gatekeeping

Author/editor: Elise S, and Susan H. Rimmer

Year published: 2024

Much of the research on gender and diplomacy to date has focused on those already let into the ‘club’ of international elites and details the impact of the exclusion of women in senior positions and the impact on diplomatic agendas. We wanted to go back a step and consider the “threshold” to...

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Climate Change Reporting in the Australian Media

Author/editor: Campbell M, Sai G, Mondo K, Brad C, Elise S, Akvan G, Kristen M, Alexandra W, and Wendy S

Year published: 2024

Climate change is one of the most important challenges we face, and we knew we could present a new angle on Australia’s climate change discourse. In conversation with RMIT’s Circular Economy Hub, we identified an opportunity to analyse Australia’s media reporting on climate change over the past...

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Insiders and Outsiders: Feminists in the Academy Influencing Gender‐Sensitive Parliamentary Change

Author/editor: Natalie B, Maria M, and Sonia P

Year published: 2024

While the idea of a gender-sensitive parliament is over 20 years old, institutional reforms in the name of gender equality have been slow to materialise around the world. Where change has occurred, it appears to have been catalysed by a limited range of (sometimes confluent) factors including the...

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One small step: Women, Peace and Security in space

Author/editor: Cassandra Steer, Elise Stephenson and Sarah Furman

Year published: 2024

In this paper , Dr Cassandra Steer, Dr Elise Stephenson and Sarah Furman discuss the gendered implications of increasing attacks on space systems and why Australia’s global reputation for gender-responsive approaches in arms control and other diplomatic efforts makes it best positioned to play a...

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Recognising subtle forms of workplace discrimination

Author/editor: Jamie L. Gloor, Tyler G. Okimoto, and Michelle K. Ryan

Year published: 2024

Blatant acts of sexism are no longer tolerated in most workplaces, but that doesn’t mean that sexism has disappeared. Although most employees have experienced or witnessed workplace incivility, those experiences are more frequent among women and racial minorities. ' Selective incivility ' (i.e.,...

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Sex wars and TERF wars: the divisiveness of who is included in feminism

Author/editor: Thekla Morgenroth, Teri A. Kirby, Miriam K. Zehnter & Michelle K. Ryan

Year published: 2024

An increasing number of people identify as feminists, but there is disagreement about whom and what feminism should be fighting for. Using a multi-method approach, across three studies we examine … Disagreements in today’s feminist movement and how these disagreements come together to form...

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The precarity of progress: The shifting gendered division of labour during Covid-19 and what this means for relationships, wellbeing, and country-level gender equality

Author/editor: Alexandra N. Fisher, Michelle K. Ryan, Yuan-Hsi Liao, Gosia Mikołajczak, et al

Year published: 2024

During the Covid-19 pandemic, households around the world experienced a shift toward a more traditional division of household labour – one where women took greater responsibility for household tasks and caring responsibilities than men. In our longitudinal study involving over 10,000 participants...

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