Clem Herman

Clem Herman is Professor of Gender and Technology in the School of Computing and Communications, and Director of eSTEeM.  She is The Open University's Athena SWAN champion and chairs the Gender Equality Steering Group.  Throughout her career, Clem has led a range of projects to support the participation and progression of women in STEM.  Before joining the OU, she was Director of the Manchester Women’s Electronic Village Hall, a community technology centre pioneering the use of ICTs for social inclusion.  Her most recent ESRC-funded research project was a comparative study of gender, skilled migration and IT in India and the UK, which identified key factors contributing to India’s success in attracting women to IT careers.  

Her scholarship through eSTEeM has focused on understanding the gendered choices of computing and IT students, and developing innovations to support women in returning to STEM employment. She is also currently leading a new project on LGBT+ inclusion in STEM.