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The Nonbinary Maths project seeks to challenge the dominance of cis-binary gender constructs (e.g. male/female) in mathematics education and better understand how gender and mathematics might relate to one another (if at all). To address this, we conducted a survey with 63 students who self-identified as trans*, non-binary, agender, genderqueer, or gender-nonconforming. We then followed this up with interviews with 18 of these students. It is important to note that due to the self-elective nature of our recruitment practices, the majority of our participants described themselves as having relatively positive relationships with mathematics. 

In this presentation, we first explore how gender might be conceptualised differently using a series of mathematical diagrams which we discussed with our participants. Secondly, we present findings from our survey and interviews which highlight the different forms of exclusion and inclusion our participants experienced in both school and university mathematics. We focus specifically on a key concern raised by the young people: the exclusivity of events and activities targeted at ‘women and nonbinary’ students. We conclude with some key questions raised by our findings.

A sit-down interview and audience Q&A with Ivelina Green, the Founder and CIO of Pearlstone Alternative, to discuss her career journey. Pearlstone Alternative is a London-based credit asset manager focused on special situations. We are also joined by Lucy Wang, an Analyst on the Emerging Markets Rates Trading desk at JP Morgan.  

Over our afternoon tea break, chat to our poster presenters about their research and our industry stallholders about mathematical career opportunities at their companies!