FSD3691 Women's Careers in Health Technology Research and Innovation 2018-2020
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Study title
Women's Careers in Health Technology Research and Innovation 2018-2020
Dataset ID Number
FSD3691
Persistent identifier
urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3691Data Type
Qualitative
Authors
- Nordic Centre of Excellence on Women in Technology Driven Careers (NORDWIT)
Other Identification/Acknowledgements
- Interview design: Marja Vehviläinen, Oili-Helena Ylijoki, Päivi Korvajärvi, Tiina Suopajärvi and Minna Leinonen. Interviewers: Tiina Suopajärvi and Minna Leinonen.
Abstract
The dataset consists of interviews with women who have doctoral degrees and work in the field of health technology. The data were collected as part of the NORDWIT (Nordic Centre of Excellence on Women in Technology Driven Careers) project by Uppsala University, Tampere University and Norwegian research institute Vestlandsforsking.
The main focus of the interviews were the interviewees' career stories in research and innovation. The interviewees were also asked about their current employment situation and work community, future plans, gender in the research and innovation field, and balancing work and family. The interviewees discussed the start of their careers, major career events, transitions, and career goals, as well as the importance of the location of their workplace and the influence of their family on their career choices. The interviewees were also asked about the things that had helped them in their careers, the encouragement they have received and the networks they have built up. The interviews covered the importance of work in the interviewee's lives and how they balanced work and leisure time. The impact of gender in the interviewees' current jobs and workplaces was assessed, as well as the visibility of an equality plan at the interviewee's job. The activities of the interviewees' own research teams, their formation, internationalisation, and the promotion of gender equality were also discussed. Entrepreneurship was discussed with those interviewees who worked as entrepreneurs, but others also reflected on their own ideas about entrepreneurship. As the interviews were biographical, the experiences discussed had happened at different stages and in different decades of their careers, mostly in the 2000s and 2010s. The interviews lasted between 1.5 and 2 hours.
Background information included, among others, the interviewee's decade of birth, number of children, highest level of education, job title, and type of employer. The data were organised into an easy to use HTML version at FSD.
The dataset is only available in Finnish.
Keywords
career; career development; families; gender equality; labour market; occupational life; technology and innovation; women
Topic Classification
- Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
- Medical and health sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
- Gender and gender roles (CESSDA Topic Classification)
- Social and occupational mobility (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Series
Individual datasetsDistributor
Finnish Social Science Data Archive
Access
The dataset is (C) available only for research including master's theses.
Data Collector
- Nordic Centre of Excellence on Women in Technology Driven Careers (NORDWIT)
Funders
- NordForsk (81520)
Collection Dates
2018-04 – 2020-04
Nation
Finland
Geographical Coverage
Finland
Analysis/Observation Unit Type
Individual
Universe
Women with doctoral degrees working in health technology research and innovation
Time Method
Cross-section
Sampling Procedure
Non-probability: Purposive
Non-probability: Respondent-assisted
First, one Finnish region where key persons in research and innovation had been interviewed was selected. The interviewees have worked in the region for years at some point in their careers. Health technology was selected as an emerging field, where both basic research and commercial innovation are carried out. Given the relatively high number of women working in the field, the researchers aimed to explore the opportunities that research and innovation careers offered women, in addition to gender inequalities. Interviewees were identified through key persons, using snowball sampling, and through websites. Interviewees were contacted by personal email.
Collection Mode
Face-to-face interview
Web-based interview (The last of the interviews was conducted using a computer due to the COVID-19 pandemic.)
Research Instrument
Interview scheme and/or themes
Data Files
29 interview transcripts in ODT file format. Additionally, the data were organised into an easy to use HTML version and a CSV version.
Data File Language
The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.
Qualitative data are available in their original language only and are not translated.
Data Version
1.0
Completeness of Data and Restrictions
The researcher has anonymised the data and removed or categorised the names of universities, locations, workplaces, projects, and research projects. Exact years in relation to, for example, studies, dissertation defences, employment contracts, research projects and birth of children have been categorised. The names of third persons have also been removed. Additionally, the data was reviewed at FSD and two place names, two project names and one rare hobby were removed from the data. Changes made at FSD are marked with [[double square brackets]].
One interviewee did not consent to her interview being archived at FSD.
Citation Requirement
The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.
Bibliographical Citation
Nordic Centre of Excellence on Women in Technology Driven Careers (NORDWIT): Women's Careers in Health Technology Research and Innovation 2018-2020 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2023-06-02). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3691
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Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.
Disclaimer
The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.
Related Publications
Vehviläinen, Marja, Ikonen, Hanna-Mari & Korvajärvi, Päivi (2022) Changes in funding and the intensification of gender inequalities in research and innovation, in Gabriele Griffin (ed.) Gender Inequalities in Tech-Driven Research and Innovation: Living the Contradiction, Bristol: Policy Press, 76-92.
Vehviläinen, Marja, Ikonen, Hanna-Mari & Korvajärvi, Päivi (2023) Gender inequalities, research funding and organizational practices: academic mothers in Finnish universities, in Sandra Acker, Oili-Helena Ylijoki and Michelle K. McGinn (eds.) The Social Production of Research: Perspectives on Funding and Gender, Routledge.
Vehviläinen, M., Korvajärvi , P. & Ylijoki, O-H. (2021) Sitkeät sukupuolten epätasa-arvoisuudet yliopiston tutkimus- ja innovaatiotyössä [Persistent gender inequalities in the academic research and innovation work, in Finnish], Työelämäntutkimus, 19 (4), 492-519.
Ylijoki, Oili-Helena (2022) Navigating career imaginaries in academia: A view from women researchers in biotechnology, in Gabriele Griffin (ed.) Living the Contradiction: Gender Paradoxes in Research and Innovation, Bristol: Policy Press, 39-55.
Ylijoki, Oili-Helena (2023) Not only for money: Research funding and gender in the prestige economy of academia - an example from Finland, in Sandra Acker, Oili-Helena Ylijoki and Michelle K. McGinn (eds.) The Social Production of Research: Perspectives on Funding and Gender, Routledge.
Griffin, G. and Vehviläinen, M. (2021) 'The persistence of gender struggles in Nordic research and innovation', Feminist Encounters 5(2): 28. https://doi.org/10.20897/femenc/11165
Suopajärvi, T. (2021) 'Women's career moves in bio and health technology as wayfaring', Ethnologia Scandinavica: A journal for Nordic Ethnology, 51. 231-248
Suopajärvi, Tiina & Salminen Karlsson, Minna & Ylijoki, Oili-Helena (2021). You Never Travel Alone - Challenging the Masculine Ethos of Individualism in Academic Entrepreneurship. In Eriksson, Päivi & Hytti, Ulla & Komulainen, Katri & Montonen, Tero & Siivonen, Päivi (eds.) New Movements in Academic Entrepreneurship. Edward Elgar.
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