Call for papers

Special Issue of the Journal of Technology Management & Innovation on

The Gender Dimension in Technology

Special Issue Theme: The “Gender Dimension in Technology”

The theme proposed for this Special Issue is a novel research area which, with a few

notable exceptions (e.g. Thursby and Thursby, 2005; Link, Siegel and Bozeman, 2007)

has been little explored in the literature. While there is a wealth of studies on the

participation of women in science, especially academic science (Xie and Shauman, 2003

Smith-Doerr, 2004; Sonnert and Holton, 2006), women’s presence, identities, barriers to

entry and advancement in technology-related professions, such as technology transfer

and entrepreneurship, are only little documented.

This Special Issue aims to present to the scientific, business and policy-making

communities a concentrated and multi-faceted body of recent research, that has the

potential to raise awareness on the increasing importance of gender in technology,

broaden the current understanding of the dynamics and implications of the phenomenon,

inspire new research projects in this and related areas, and disseminate good practice.

The authors of the papers included in this Special Issue will have the opportunity to

present them at the International Conference Triple Helix 8 (Madrid, October

2010), which will include a track on Gender and Technology.

Important deadlines:

Submission of full papers: 30 December 2009

Review: 30 January 2010

Decision on accepted papers: 10 February 2010

Online Publication: 15 March 2010

More information can be found at the following web address: www.triplehelix8.org