Who asks questions at astronomy meetings?

Abstract

Over the last decade, significant attention has been drawn to the gender ratio of speakers at conferences, and many meetings are evolving to better reflect the gender balance of the field as a whole. We find that women are significantly under-represented, however, among the astronomers asking questions after talks.

arXiv commentNature Astronomy Comment from June 2017. Final version available at Nature Astronomy (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-017-0153 web) or (http://rdcu.be/tb3q pdf)

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