Ulrika Haake

Abstract: Contradictory values in the Swedish doctoral education system are analysed through an interview and survey study of different academic disciplines: female-dominated, mixed and male-dominated. The focus is directed towards how the selected disciplines conduct application and selection processes in doctoral education and special attention is given to values regarding doctoral ideals, what a successful thesis should be like, how gender balance or imbalance is explained, and how activities aiming at gender equality are carried out. In the findings of this study, some specific patterns that show gendered discipline cultures in relation to doctoral education are apparent. The analysis shows an unclear or ambivalent view on gender and gender equality work in doctoral educations. In many of the issues investigated, essentialist views on gender emerge and a focus on gender differences is evident. The implicit assumption is that men and women are different and contribute to the discipline in disparate ways. The effectiveness of gender-specific doctoral strategies and to what extent gender equality work is viewed as a support strategy for women only, is discussed.

Key words: higher education; doctoral education; values; gender equality; academic discipline

总结：1、本文对瑞典不同学科的博士生通过访谈调查法对其价值观进行了一个调查与研究，研究发现，男性和女性存在矛盾的价值观。

2、性别平等观念影响工作以及多大程度上会影响被认为只是女性的一种策略而已。

来源：High Educ (2011) 62:113–127

DOI 10.1007/s10734-010-9369-8.