Abstract
Ever more frequently and globally, universities partner with for-profit firms. This paper explains why information about university-industry ties is relevant to global justice issues and should be garnering critical scrutiny from various feminist perspectives. Knowledge about university-industry ties aids in understanding of: (1) nonhierarchical structures; (2) academic capitalism and intellectual property laws; (3) how exclusion of women from technoscience networks shapes technology, commodifies women's bodies, and has implications for justice in developing nations. University-industry relationships are major mechanisms in the production and development of knowledge and its intersections with systems of social hierarchy, and the complex globalization of structures, laws, technologies, and bodies.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 251-269 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2011 |
Keywords
- Academic capitalism
- Feminist science studies
- Gendered organization
- University-industry collaboration
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Gender Studies
- Engineering (miscellaneous)