Mentorship in Engineering: Women, Inclusivity and Diversity – A challenge for our times

Breda Walsh Shanahan; Mary Doyle-Kent

doi:10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.107

Mentorship in Engineering: Women, Inclusivity and Diversity – A challenge for our times

Breda Walsh Shanahan, Mary Doyle-Kent

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Abstract

More than ever before the fate of humanity and the survival of human kind is an existential crisis. Diverse highly talented teams of professionals are needed to work together in order to survive and thrive into the future. There is a recognised crisis in attracting and retaining women and other minority groups into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professions. This paper looks at the statistical representation of women and minorities in STEM professions such as engineering and information technology (IT). Mentorship programmes have been recognised as beneficial and this research outlines the significance played by mentoring and role models in promoting STEM. It analyses how the current initiatives are performing in their efforts to transform and increase participation in STEM.

Original language	English (Ireland)
Title of host publication	22nd IFAC World Congress, Yokohama, Japan, July 9-14, 2023
Publisher	IFAC Papers-Online ScienceDirect
Pages	8970-8975
Number of pages	6
Volume	56
Edition	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.107
Publication status	Published - 14 Jul 2023
Event	IFAC World Congress 2023 Japan - Yokohama, Japan Duration: 09 Jul 2023 → 14 Jul 2023 https://www.ifac2023.org/

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Name	IFAC-PapersOnLine
Publisher	IFAC Secretariat
ISSN (Print)	1474-6670

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Conference	IFAC World Congress 2023 Japan
Period	09/07/2023 → 14/07/2023
Internet address	https://www.ifac2023.org/

Keywords

Industry 5.0 engineering education mentoring role models diversity and inclusion

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Mentorship in Engineering: Women, Inclusivity and Diversity – A challenge for our times. / Walsh Shanahan, Breda ; Doyle-Kent, Mary.
22nd IFAC World Congress, Yokohama, Japan, July 9-14, 2023. Vol. 56 2. ed. IFAC Papers-Online ScienceDirect, 2023. p. 8970-8975 (IFAC-PapersOnLine).

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