Female employees in intermediary organisations: tasks, careers and networks

Abstract

Unit for Science, Technology and Innovation Studies Working Papers

The report by TaSTI researchers Pia Vuolanto and Oili-Helena Ylijoki and researcher Marja Vehviläinen from Department of Social Research at the University of Tampere analyses the professionalisation of intermediary activities in Finland and especially the practical working environments and actual possibilities of women from within the intermediary organisations. This report pays particular attention to the institutional practices in emerging occupations that are promoting the success of research results and business development, namely the various occupations in intermediary organisations.

Research was conducted as part of an EU-funded research project titled Women in Innovation, Science and Technology (WIST), the focus of which was to analyse women's participation and career advancement in the transfer, incubation and entrepreneurship professions. The project was led by Professor Henry Etzkowitz, and the other partners came from Germany (Institute for Employment Research), Romania (National Centre for Programme Management) and the UK (Institute for Policy and Practice).