This study investigates women’s science identity development in physics and the physical sciences in higher education through a gender perspective. It arises from the real-life sociological issue of women’s lower level of participation in physics and physical sciences in Ireland, where the gender gap is the highest of all science disciplines, according to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) reports of recent years. Twenty-nine undergraduate, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers from four Dublin universities were interviewed to achieve an in-depth understanding of gender and science issues from their standpoints. The focus was on how they constitute their identities as a ‘scientist’ in relation to their gender. The result of this study illustrates a variety of possible science identity constitutions of women both from an individual and collective identity perspective. Understanding women’s science identity development help brings a general view about developing a more welcoming and flexible science culture for individuals who think they do not fit well or who are left outside of the certain prevailing norms in the scientific climate. It also can allow seeking a way of challenging and changing the predominant culture and the prevailing masculine norms in doing science.

这项研究从性别的角度研究了妇女在物理学和高等教育物理科学领域的科学身份发展。根据近年来高等教育机构（HEA）的报告，这是由于爱尔兰女性参与物理和物理科学水平较低的现实社会问题所致。在爱尔兰，性别差距是所有科学学科中最高的。来自都柏林四所大学的29名本科生，研究生和博士后研究人员接受了采访，以从他们的角度深入了解性别和科学问题。重点是他们如何构成与性别有关的“科学家”身份。这项研究的结果从个人和集体身份的角度说明了妇女可能的多种科学身份构成。理解妇女的科学身份发展的帮助带来了一个普遍的看法，即为认为自己不适合自己或在科学氛围中不适应某些普遍规范的个人发展更加欢迎和灵活的科学文化。它还可以允许寻求一种挑战和改变主流文化以及科学实践中普遍的男性规范的方法。理解妇女的科学身份发展的帮助带来了一个普遍的看法，即为认为自己不适合自己或在科学氛围中不适应某些普遍规范的个人发展更加欢迎和灵活的科学文化。它还可以允许寻求一种挑战和改变主流文化以及科学实践中普遍的男性规范的方法。理解妇女的科学身份发展的帮助带来了一个普遍的看法，即为认为自己不适合自己或在科学氛围中不适应某些普遍规范的个人发展更加欢迎和灵活的科学文化。它还可以允许寻求一种挑战和改变主流文化以及科学实践中普遍的男性规范的方法。