Speaker Series Feb. 11: Katharina Nieswandt and Ulf Hlobil “Gender Ratio in Philosophy” 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to present Katharina Nieswandt and Ulf Hlobil next Friday, February 11, 2022, as part of our Speaker Series.

Speakers: Katharina Nieswandt and Ulf Hlobil are Associate Professors of Philosophy at Concordia University.


Time: Friday, February 11th, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Title: Gender Ratio in Philosophy: An Inferential-Statistical Model of Possible Determinants

Location: LB-362 in the Webster Library, J.W. McConnell Building, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W.

Registration: Register here to participate via Zoom.

Abstract: About one-third of academic philosophers, from the level of undergraduate student to associate professor, are women. Our joint team of philosophers (Nieswandt, Hlobil) and psychologists (Maranges, Iannuccilli, Dunfield) conducted a series of surveys (n= 467) to investigate why women are less likely than men to study philosophy. We offer a three-factor model of possible determinants. What sets our study apart from previous investigations is that it provides inferential (rather than merely descriptive) statistics and that it meets current methodological standards of quantitative social research (as regards, e.g., literature review, item validation and sample).

Read more about the study in the blogs of the Canadian Philosophical Association and American Philosophical Association.

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SAVE THE DATES – PHILOSOPHY SPEAKER SERIES – WINTER 2022:

Friday, February 18, 2022 – Allen Habib, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Calgary – Room TBA and via Zoom, 4 to 6 p.m.

Friday, March 11, 2022 – Corey Dyck, Professor of Philosophy, Western University – LB-362 and via Zoom

Friday, April 1, 2022 – Anselm Müller, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Trier, Germany – LB-362 and via Zoom (co-presentation with Groupe de la recherche sur la normativité)



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