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Gendered inequalities in competitive grant funding: an overlooked dimension of gendered power relations in academia

Finnborg S. SteinþórsdóttirFaculty of Political Science, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, IcelandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Þorgerður EinarsdóttirFaculty of Political Science, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, IcelandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8906-0760View further author information
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Gyða M. PétursdóttirFaculty of Political Science, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, IcelandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7678-2008View further author information
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Pages 362-375 | Received 07 Nov 2018, Accepted 07 May 2019, Published online: 06 Dec 2019

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