bias – Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching

Currently reading Shan & Illingworth (2025) on “Fostering Empathy Through Play: The Impact of Far From Home on University Staff’s Understanding of International Students”

mglessmer — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 16:29:08 +0000

International students are not only far from home, but they are often also in a new culture — both regarding how teaching and learning and relationships at university work, but also just coping with everyday life outside of university, they might struggle with language, visas or bank accounts (ask me how I know…), or constantly […]

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Currently reading Sund (2015) on “Just an illusion of equality? The gender diversity paradox in Norway”

mglessmer — Mon, 12 May 2025 08:22:37 +0000

Having lived in Norway for 3 years during my postdoc, and now in Sweden for the last 3.5 years, I am often frustrated how many people misunderstand the consistently high rankings in international comparisons of gender equality as actual gender equality. Yeah, maybe it is worse in most other places, but based on my personal […]

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Currently reading Månefjord et al. (2025) on “Mind the Gender Gap: Implicit bias in STEM education”

mglessmer — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 11:03:32 +0000

Beautiful day to read about the gender gap at LTH! Or at least about the implicit biases found in the environment I work in every day, and where I try to work for equitable learning opportunities. In a nutshell, it is as bad here as it is everywhere else… The study by Månefjord et al. […]

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