International Research Collaboration:"
NSF Workshop Panel"
Mary Frank Fox"
Georgia Institute of Technology"
3 June 2010
WIRES Team:
Mary Lynn Realff (PI) Mary Frank Fox and Carol Colatrella (Research Directors, Co-PIs)
Gretchen Kalonji (Co-PI)
Student Team: Kyle Hiddleson, Lisa Linhardt, Monica Meng, Irina Nikiforova, Caitlin Smith, Phillip Tang
WIRES SPONSORED
BY Connecting Women and Completing the Circuit of International Research Collaboration
I. The Network of WIRES
A. Geographic location
The map is based on the Robinson’s projection of the world. University of Alabama, http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/contemporarymaps/world/world/index.html
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I. The Network of WIRES
B. WIRES Research Areas
50
Percent
40
30
20
10
0
Professionals (N=191)
Graduate Students (N=69)
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I. The Network of WIRES
C. Prior International Collaboration: Professionals and Students
60
50
Percent
40
30
20
10
Overall (N=258)
Professionals (N=190)
Graduate Students (N=68)
0
None
One or Two
Three or Four
Five or More
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D. Prior International Collaboration: by Region
70
Percent of Respondents
60
50
40
30
20
Europe (N=35)
10
United States (N=199)
Others (N=24)
None
One or Two
Three or Four
Five or More
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I. The Network of WIRES
E. Prior International Collaboration: by Rank
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Full Professor
Associate Professor
Rank
Assistant Professor
None
Lecturer
One or Two
Research Associate
Three or Four
Post Doc
Graduate Student
Five or More
Percentages Reporting Levels of Collaboration
Note: N=256
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II. What are the reported barriers to Int’l collaboration?
A. European countries
Not at All
Important
1
Very
Important
Somewhat
Important
Slightly
Important
2
3
4
Obtaining Funding
Finding
Collaborators
Work Commitment
*
Time
*
Family
***
Communication
Professionals (25) Self
Professionals (25) Other
Graduate Students (10) Self
Graduate Students (10) Other
* p≤ .10
** p≤ .05
*** p≤ .01
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II. What are the reported barriers to Int’l collaboration?
B. United States
Not at All
Important
1
Very
Important
Somewhat
Important
Slightly
Important
2
3
4
**
Obtaining Funding
*
***
Finding
Collaborators
**
Work Commitment
***
***
Time
***
***
Family
***
***
Communication
Professionals (144) Self
Professionals (144) Other
Graduate Students (57) Self
Graduate Students (57) Other
* p≤ .10
** p≤ .05
*** p≤ .01
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II. What are the reported barriers to Int’l collaboration?
C. Countries Outside of Europe (excluding United States)
Not at All
Important
Slightly
Important
1
2
Very
Important
Somewhat
Important
3
4
Obtaining Funding
Finding
Collaborators
Work Commitment
Time
***
Family
***
Communication
Professionals (22) Self
Professionals (22) Other
Graduate Students (2) Self
Graduate Students (2) Other
* p≤ .10
** p≤ .05
*** p≤ .01
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III. Conclusions
1.
2.
3.
4.
Among these respondents, women engineers in US
have less international research collaboration than
women engineers in Europe and in countries outside
Europe.
Top Reported Barriers:
• Obtaining funding
• Finding collaborators
For gender comparisons, continuing steps are a male
sample of engineers.
Why have women, compared to men, had lower
international research collaboration?
Based on study of women in academic
computer science (Fox and Xiao, 2009), hypothesis of
gender and “risk.”
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