About Us

The Women in Mathematics (WIM) group has been an active special interest group of the Australian Mathematical Society since early 2013.

The group aims to:

• support women to achieve their potential in all areas of mathematics;
• facilitate the recruitment and retention of women in mathematical careers;
• encourage women to have active careers in the mathematical sciences.

The formal Rules of Procedure for the group are here (PDF, 33 KB).

Executive Committee

• Chair: Asha Rao, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
• Secretary: Joanne Hall, Queensland University of Technology
• Treasurer: Giang Nguyen, The University of Adelaide
• Ordinary Members:
  • Amy Glen (webmaster), Murdoch University, Perth
  • Lesley Ward, University of South Australia

Join Us

If you wish to join the AustMS Women in Maths special interest group, please contact the Secretary or any of the other members of the Executive Committee (listed above).

Membership is open to both women and men with interests in the mathematical sciences and is free for all current members of the AustMS.

Upcoming Events

• Tuesday 16 July, 5:00-6:30pm: A Women-in-Maths gathering as part of the Australian Mathematical Sciences Student Conference (ANU) at the Street Theatre, Canberra.

Useful Links & Resources

• WIM's submission for the Decadal Plan for the Mathematical Sciences - April 2013

• Relevant Groups and Organisations:
  • WISENeT: http://www.wisenet-australia.org/
  • Association for Women in Mathematics: https://sites.google.com/site/awmmath/
  • European Women in Mathematics: http://www.europeanwomeninmaths.org/
  • Other similar groups (Korean, Canadian, French, other): http://pages.uoregon.edu/wmnmath/Associations/

• Interesting Reading:
  • Useful book: Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women, by Virgina Valian: http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/why-so-slow
  • Useful and amusing book: Ms Mentor's Impeccable Guide for Women in Academia, by Emily Toth: http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/14536.html
  • LMS Women in Maths Committee's Good Practice Scheme: http://www.lms.ac.uk/women/good-practice-scheme
  • Grandma Got STEM: http://ggstem.wordpress.com/

• Articles on Gender Equity in the Sciences:
  • Women’s contribution to science goes unheard, The Conversation - June 2013
  • AAS: New guidelines for gender equity in science - March 2013
  • Maths & Science Combinations NSW HSC 2001–2011
    J. Mack, B. Walsh, February 2013
  • Not Lack of Ability but More Choice Individual and Gender Differences in Choice of Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics - M.-T. Wang, J. S. Eccles,
    S. Kenny, Psychological Science 24 (2013), 770-775
  • WiSEsummit info (PDF, 485 KB) - April 2011
  • Outcomes of the WiSEsummit (PDF, 3.0 MB) - 2011
  • Gender Equity Strategy 2010-2015 at Monash University
  • AAUW Report: Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics - February 2010
  • FASTS report on Women in Science in Australia (PDF, 3.4 MB) October 2009
  • Double-blind peer review and gender publication bias
    L. Engqvist and J. Frommen, Animal Behaviour 76 (2008), e1-e2
  • Mathematics & Statistics: Critical Skills for Australia's Future December 2006
  • Gender bias in the refereeing process? - T. Tregenza, Trends in Ecology & Evolution 17 (2002), 349-350