These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 7th International Conference on Gender Research (ICGR 2024), hosted by The Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain on 25-26 April 2024. The Conference Chair was Professor Carmen-Pilar Martí Ballester, from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain. ICGR is a well-established event on the academic research calendar and now in its 7th year the key aim of this diverse conference is to provide an opportunity for participants from different backgrounds and cultures to share ideas and meet the people who hold them. The scope of papers ensured an interesting two days. The subjects covered in these proceedings illustrate the wide range of topics that fall into this important and ever-growing area of research.

The status of women in the creative and cultural industries remains precarious. This comparative analysis provides insights from seven key economies to help understand progress towards gender equality in culture and the arts and the broader cultural economy. With empirical and policy analysis spanning Europe and the US, the authors investigate the extent to which gender equality has entered the mainstream along dimensions of leadership, access and awards, pay and pension gaps, work-life balance, and the monitoring of gender equality. While many of the structural barriers have been erased, countries differ significantly in how much gender equality has been achieved in the creative economy and how much female talent is lost and unrecognized. This book is essential reading for scholars, policymakers, and practitioners across the human and social sciences, especially those involved with arts management and the creative or cultural economy more broadly.

While communication theory has not recognized the implications of the social intuitionist model, psychologists have gathered an impressive body of evidence to support the theory. In social cognition research, there was the idea that human inferential processes are conscious, rational, logical, and accurate, and this belief continues somewhat in the behavioral sciences although there is evidence that it is incorrect. A fresh examination is needed on just how these inferences by the receiver and the implications by the sender, carried out at high speed, impact our understanding of the communication process. Simply put, until now the default case in communication theory is the belief that we consciously reason and then we act. However, that may not be entirely true. Rationalist Bias in Communication Theory applies social intuition theory to human communication. This book explores how research has missed accounting for a critical fact about human communication in the theories of communication, namely that we as humans can respond to one another and to all kinds of stimuli faster than we can deliberate. By applying intuitive cognition to communication, a new light can be shed on the communication process, which is what the chapters prove and discuss. This book is valuable for social scientists, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students interested in new theories in communication theory.

These proceedings represent the work of researchers participating in the International Conference on Gender Research (ICGR 2018) which is being hosted this year by the ISCAP in Porto, Portugal on 12-13 April 2018. ICGR is a new event on the international research conferences calendar and provides a valuable platform for individuals to present their research findings, display their work in progress and discuss conceptual and empirical advances in the areas surrounding Gender Research. It provides an important opportunity for researchers across a diverse range of fields all looking at aspects relating to Gender to come together with peers to share their varied and valuable experiences. The first day will be opened with a keynote presentation by Bruce I Newman from DePaul University in Chicago, USA who will address the topic Gender and Democracy. In the afternoon, there will be an additional keynote address on Empowering women in the IT/IS research: the importance of role models given by Isabel Ramos from, University of Minho, Portugal. The second day of the conference will be opened by Paola Paoloni from "NiccolÒ Cusano" University, Rome, Italy. Paola will be talking about A Relational Capital Dimension in Universities. In this event, participants will have the opportunity to have access to the latest research and developments concerning Gender Research and after an initial submission of 180 Abstracts, there will be 62 Research Papers, 8 PhD Research Papers, 2 Masters Papers, 1 Non-Academic and 4 Work in Progress Paper published in these Conference Proceedings. These papers represent truly global research in the field, with contributions from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, The Netherlands, Turkey, UAE, UK and USA.

This book provides fresh insights into concepts, methods and new research findings on the causes of excessive food price volatility. It also discusses the implications for food security and policy responses to mitigate excessive volatility. The approaches applied by the contributors range from on-the-ground surveys, to panel econometrics and innovative high-frequency time series analysis as well as computational economics methods. It offers policy analysts and decision-makers guidance on dealing with extreme volatility.

These proceedings represent the work of contributors to 2nd International Conference on Gender Research (ICGR 2019), hosted by Ipazia, the Scientific Observatory on Gender Issues and Roma Tre University, Rome on 11 - 12 April 2019. The Conference Chair is Professor Paola Paoloni, La Sapienza University, and the Programme Chairs are Professor Mauro Paoloni and Professor Simona Arduini, from Roma Tre University. Ipazia, the Scientific Observatory on Gender Issues, aims to build a comprehensive and continuously updated framework of research, services, projects, and initiatives related to women that define the feminine condition at local, national and international levels. The observatory is working towards these objectives by facilitating workshops, seminars, conferences, studies, scientific laboratories on gender studies. ICGR is now in its 2nd year and the key aim remains, the opportunity for participants to share ideas and meet the people who hold them. The scope of papers will ensure an interesting two days with researchers coming from a diverse range of backgrounds. The subjects covered illustrate the wide range of topics that fall into this important and ever-growing area of research. The opening keynote presentation is given by Karmen Jelčic, CEO, Intellectual Capital Center in Croatia - Empowering Women Through IC: A Croatian case study. The second day of the conference will open with an address by Dragana Djermanovic, CEO Pepper Consulting Group, Novi Sad, Serbia - Female Entrepreneurship in the Digital era. With an initial submission of 235 abstracts, after the double blind, peer review process there are 83 Academic research papers, 12 PhD research papers, 3 Masters Research papers and 1 work-in-progress paper published in these Conference Proceedings. These papers represent research from Austria, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kuwait, Latvia, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Vietnam and Zambia.

These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 3rd International Conference on Gender Research (ICGR 2020), hosted by the University of Reading, UK. The Conference Chair is Dr Karen Jones and the Programme Co-Chairs are Professor Claire Collins, Professor Madeleine Davies, Professor Marina Della Giust and Professor Grace James, all from University of Reading. The conference was due to run at University of Reading in April 2020 but due to the global COVID-19 pandemic the conference was postponed. We plan to run the conference virtually or physically later in the year and hope that the invited keynote speakers will be able join us then. ICGR is a well-established event on the academic research calendar and in its 3rd year the key aim remains the opportunity for participants to share ideas and research. The subjects covered illustrate the wide range of topics that fall into this important and ever-growing area of research. The opening keynote presentation is given by Heather Joshi, from the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL Institute of Education on the topic of Parenthood and Paid Work: conflict, compromise and compatibility. The second day of the conference will open with an address by Julie Bindel, journalist, writer, broadcaster and researcher who will talk about What do we do about male violence? These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 3rd International Conference on Gender Research (ICGR 2020), hosted by the University of Reading, UK. The Conference Chair is Dr Karen Jones and the Programme Co-Chairs are Professor Claire Collins, Professor Madeleine Davies, Professor Marina Della Giust and Professor Grace James, all from University of Reading. The conference was due to run at University of Reading in April 2020 but due to the global COVID-19 pandemic the conference was postponed. We plan to run the conference virtually or physically later in the year and hope that the invited keynote speakers will be able join us then. ICGR is a well-established event on the academic research calendar and in its 3rd year the key aim remains the opportunity for participants to share ideas and research. The subjects covered illustrate the wide range of topics that fall into this important and ever-growing area of research. The opening keynote presentation is given by Heather Joshi, from the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL Institute of Education on the topic of Parenthood and Paid Work: conflict, compromise and compatibility. The second day of the conference will open with an address by Julie Bindel, journalist, writer, broadcaster and researcher who will talk about What do we do about male violence? With an initial submission of 194 abstracts, after the double blind, peer review process there are 30 Academic research papers, 9 PhD research papers and 3 work-in-progress papers published in these Conference Proceedings. These papers represent research from Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, The Netherlands, UAE, UK, USA, Vietnam and Zambia.