Report by IOP Publishing finds that men are disproportionately invited to peer review research papers in its journals compared with women
Read article: Publishers look to improve diversity in peer review
New programme aims to boost the number of women and underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities in science
Read article: US societies join forces in $10m drive to tackle diversity
An evaluation of the association’s 18 research centres has found that only 19% of full professorships are held by women
Read article: Call made for Germany’s Helmholtz Association to boost diversity
A workshop held in London explored issues facing academic researchers with mental-health challenges
Read article: Recognizing mental health in the research environment
Study predicts it could be more than two centuries until there are equal numbers of senior male and female researchers in physics
Read article: Gender gap in physics among highest in science
Bringing together people from different cultures could have more of a payoff than just an ethical one
Read article: Ethnic diversity boosts scientific impact
Why Physics World has chosen to examine the challenges facing researchers with mental-health problems
Read article: Looking at mental-health issues in academia
Highlighting some of our favourite articles by or about female physicists
Read article: Celebrating International Women’s Day
Mental-health awareness is improving, but the story of a theoretical physicist with bipolar disorder highlights that the academic community may not be keeping up
Read article: My invisible battle
Physics World’s choice for the 2017 Book of the Year is Inferior by Angela Saini – a bold book that attempts to scientifically analyse the supposed differences between the sexes
Read article: Inferior by Angela Saini wins Physics World’s 2017 Book of the Year
