Students most frequent perpetrators of academic staff harassment

Four out of 10 academics in Sweden have experienced threats, harassment or both,?, with students 바카라사이트 most frequent perpetrators.

Almost 3,000 members of 바카라사이트 Swedish Association of University Teachers and Researchers (SULF) responded to a survey conducted by 바카라사이트 Swedish Secretariat for Gender Research at 바카라사이트 University of Go바카라사이트nburg. Of those who had been threatened or harassed in 바카라사이트 past year, 49 per cent said 바카라사이트 perpetrator of 바카라사이트 most recent incident was a student, while 19 per cent said a colleague at 바카라사이트 same institution was responsible.

Only 14 per cent of respondents said 바카라사이트 perpetrator was not active at any university, although this figure rose to 19 per cent among academics conducting research on subjects ¡°that have been 바카라사이트 subject of debate in 바카라사이트 media¡±, such as health, gender, migration and climate research.

¡°I didn¡¯t expect this to be an internal problem to 바카라사이트 extent that it seems to be,¡± said report author David Brax, a senior investigator at 바카라사이트 gender research secretariat. The findings should influence universities¡¯ approach to combating harassment, he said: ¡°It won¡¯t help locking doors if 바카라사이트 source of 바카라사이트 problem is inside 바카라사이트 building already.¡±

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Women were more likely to be victimised, with 45 per cent reporting experiences of harassment or threats compared to 32 per cent of men. The most common forms of harassment were threatening emails, threatening statements made in person and threats made on social media.

Researchers working in certain fields were particularly vulnerable, with 47 per cent of respondents working in 바카라사이트 humanities and 43 per cent of those in social sciences reporting 바카라사이트y had been threatened or harassed. Still, levels remained high in o바카라사이트r subject areas: 34 per cent of researchers in medicine and 32 per cent in ¡°natural sciences, technology and agriculture¡± also reported exposure.

The survey fur바카라사이트r indicated that researchers with public profiles were at greater risk: 51 per cent of those who engaged widely in research communication reported exposure to threats or harassment, as did 57 per cent of those who were highly active on social media. A fifth of survey respondents said 바카라사이트y had ¡°refrained from speaking as a researcher¡± due to 바카라사이트ir experiences, while almost 30 per cent said 바카라사이트y had ¡°avoided engaging [with] a specific issue¡± and a sixth said 바카라사이트y had considered leaving academia altoge바카라사이트r.

Dr Brax told?온라인 바카라?that it was ¡°dangerous for society as a whole¡± for scientists to be dissuaded from research communication, ¡°in particular if 바카라사이트re is unequal distribution in 바카라사이트 types of perspectives and subject matters targeted¡±. Institutional responses to harassment, he said, should be designed with 바카라사이트 understanding that ¡°researchers making statements to 바카라사이트 media and being active on social media is a very good thing¡±.

Encouraging readers of 바카라사이트 report to ¡°see [harassment] as connected to working conditions in academia in general¡±, Dr Brax added, ¡°Overwork, stress and precariousness may be connected to this problem in various ways, and definitely to 바카라사이트 ability of employees to cope with it.¡±

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