ABSTRACT
This part introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters. The part discusses the experiences and feelings of being outsiders looking in on institutional gender norms focusing on Finland. It demonstrates how precarity in faculty positions – contractual labour – intersects with gender and marginality in higher education in India. The part offers a novel approach to combine two studies about the experiences of mothers in academia during the COVID-19 pandemic. It demonstrates how innovating photovoice for asynchronous online use can offer an important way to hear the voices of mothers quarantined at home with young children learning online. The part examines the beliefs and relationships between Polish academics and administrative staff, employees who are “defined by Polish law as ‘those who are not academics.’”
