On Thursday, 18 February, Prof. Louise Morley, Centre for Higher Education and Equity Research (CHEER), University of Sussex, UK, will talk about “Gender, Neo-liberalism and Research in the Global Knowledge”. The keynote-speech within the Women’s Career Day 2016 starts at 6 p.m. in the CFEL building, seminar rooms II+III. Snacks and refreshments will be served at the adjacent get-together.
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(All workshops within the Women’s Career Days 2016 are booked up. However, registration is possible for keynote speech & get-together.)
Abstract:
“Gender, Neo-liberalism and Research in the Global Knowledge Economy”
Neoliberalism underpins the global academy, where research is economised and financialised, and knowledge is valued for its commercial, market, and financial benefits. As neoliberalism casts people as human capital who must constantly tend to their own present and future value, Prof. Louise Morley asks if this neoliberalisation of research has different consequences for women and men. Does it reinforce gendered binaries of winners and losers in the global knowledge economy?”