Gender and STEM subjects at the University of Iceland

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# Gender and STEM subjects at the <br /> University of Iceland
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.subtitle[
## IUPAC’s Global Women’s Breakfast <br /> Women in Science – Reykjavík
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.author[
### Anna Helga Jónsdóttir
]
.institute[
### School of Engineering and Natural Sciences - University of Iceland
]
.date[
### 11th of February 2025
]

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# About me

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- BS in meachanical and industrial engineering.

- MS in applied mathematics.

- PhD in statistics.

- Teaching and doing research at DTU and UI.

- Consulting work for various companies and institutions.

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# Registrations at the UI

<table class="table" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">
 <thead>
  <tr>
   <th style="text-align:left;">   </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> 2013 </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> 2014 </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> 2015 </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> 2016 </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> 2017 </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> 2018 </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> 2019 </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> 2020 </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> 2021 </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> 2022 </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> n </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> proportion </th>
  </tr>
 </thead>
<tbody>
  <tr>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> School of Education </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 488 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 410 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 481 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 459 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 518 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 488 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 610 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 709 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 640 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 535 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 5338 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 0.124 </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> School of Engineering and Natural Sciences </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 1147 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 1124 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 1112 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 1120 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 916 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 886 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 916 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 980 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 902 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 838 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 9941 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 0.231 </td>
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   <td style="text-align:left;"> School of Health Sciences </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 847 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 833 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 797 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 853 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 776 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 840 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 1059 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 1303 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 1078 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 921 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 9307 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 0.217 </td>
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   <td style="text-align:left;"> School of Humanities </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 827 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 852 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 823 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 865 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 715 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 698 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 642 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 815 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 701 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 556 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 7494 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 0.174 </td>
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   <td style="text-align:left;"> School of Social Sciences </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 1332 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 1262 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 1304 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 1042 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 996 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 959 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 944 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 1188 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 988 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 888 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 10903 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 0.254 </td>
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# Registrations at the UI

![](global_womens_breakfast_ahj_25_files/figure-html/unnamed-chunk-3-1.png)

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# Gender - the schools
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   <th style="text-align:left;">   </th>
   <th style="text-align:left;"> Female </th>
   <th style="text-align:left;"> Male </th>
   <th style="text-align:left;"> Non-binary </th>
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   <td style="text-align:left;">  </td>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> (N=27036) </td>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> (N=15905) </td>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> (N=42) </td>
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   <td style="text-align:left;"> School </td>
   <td style="text-align:left;">  </td>
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   <td style="text-align:left;"> School of Education </td>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> 4097 (15.2%) </td>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> 1236 (7.8%) </td>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> 5 (11.9%) </td>
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   <td style="text-align:left;"> School of Engineering and Natural Sciences </td>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> 4322 (16.0%) </td>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> 5614 (35.3%) </td>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> 5 (11.9%) </td>
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   <td style="text-align:left;"> School of Health Sciences </td>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> 7259 (26.8%) </td>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> 2047 (12.9%) </td>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> 1 (2.4%) </td>
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   <td style="text-align:left;"> School of Humanities </td>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> 4784 (17.7%) </td>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> 2686 (16.9%) </td>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> 24 (57.1%) </td>
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   <td style="text-align:left;"> School of Social Sciences </td>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> 6574 (24.3%) </td>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> 4322 (27.2%) </td>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> 7 (16.7%) </td>
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# Gender - the schools

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# Gender - SENS

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# Gender - SENS

![](global_womens_breakfast_ahj_25_files/figure-html/unnamed-chunk-7-1.png)

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# Why?

- Gender stereotypes and social norms.

- Lack of role models and mentors.

- Educational environment and pedagogy.

- Self-perception and confidence.

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<font size="10">Thanks!</font>