Study on the fairness of the researchers' training process from the perspectives of class and gender

• Project/Area Number: 20730334
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: WATANABE Megumi Osaka University, 女性研究者キャリア・デザインラボ, 特任准教授 (60401577)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2009
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2009)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
• Keywords: 教育社会学 / 階層 / ジェンダー / 社会学 / 教育学 / 大学教育

Research Abstract

Among the students, postgraduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and researchers belonging to the several universities that cultivate the next generation of researchers in large numbers, I recruited those who were from a relatively lower socioeconomic group and obtained their life-histories by interviewing them. The findings suggest that a certain segment of society negatively affects the fairness of access to higher education and the researchers' training process in various aspects.