Pavel V. Ovseiko

TL;DR: There are substantial gaps in the scientific literature that could form the focus of future research, including shifting the focus from individuals' career choices to the societal and organisational contexts and cultures within which those choices are made; extending the evidence base to include a wider range of countries and settings; and testing the efficacy of interventions.

TL;DR: Novel findings reveal fissures in the ‘glass ceiling’ effects at top- level management, while the barriers for women shift to middle-level management and remain strong in academic positions, which could help to identify the gender leadership gap and utilise health human resources more effectively.

TL;DR: The findings from this study suggest that Athena SWAN has a positive impact in advancing gender equality, but there may be limits to how much it can improve gender equality without wider institutional and societal changes.

TL;DR: It is argued that gender-sensitive research impact assessment could become a force for good in moving science policy and practice towards gender equity and is offered a set of recommendations to research funders, research institutions and research evaluators who conduct impact assessment.

TL;DR: While the 2010 REF impact pilot exercise has confirmed that the majority of the proposed indicators have some validity, there are significant challenges in operationalising and measuring these indicators reliably, as well as in comparing evidence of research impact across different cases in a standardised manner.