The Briefing Notes were collectively composed by the staff teams of all Consortium partners and put together in a final document by the Portia team.  They were sent to the Science Leaders Panel before the first Consensus Seminar.   A supplement of information was sent to the Panel before the second Consensus Seminar (also available for download).  Notably, they are meant to foster discussion and reflection, rather than give a comprehensive critical review of the field of research into gender questions within science knowledge production.   Much discussion and debate surrounded the Briefing Notes, but unequivocally they provide an invaluable resource of analysis and citation of 120+ academic works on science and gender, in a wide array of interpretations.

download the briefing notes here

You can also download the supplement to the briefing notes and find all the references (120+) used for the briefing notes via the resources page of this site