Heidelberg hosts talks on the glass ceiling for women in the life sciences
22 June 2001 - 22 June 2001
A meeting on 'the glass ceiling for women in the life sciences' will be held on 22 and 23 June in Heidelberg.
The meeting will be divided into four sessions. During the first session, Mary Osborn and Mary Clutter will describe the current situation for women in this field. Mary Osborn chaired a recent report for the European Commission on the situation of women science in Europe and Mary Clutter is the Assistant Director of biological research at the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and is very much involved in the issue of the under-representation of women in the sciences in the USA. In addition, Louise Ackers from the University of Lancaster will summarise the results of a survey conducted among the European Commission's Training and mobility of researchers initiative's Marie Curie fellowship recipients. And Joanna Wroblewski from the Karolinska Institute will report on the latest study conducted on gender bias affecting recruitment of faculty.
In the second session several women scientists at different stages of their careers will give a brief outline of their paths through science. This will be followed in the third session by two panel discussions on employment policy of research institutes and funding for science.
In final session participants will discuss a number of key questions, including:
- what actions need to be taken in order to increase the number of women at the professorial and post doctoral level?
- who has to take action?
- what is the time frame for measures to take effect and what can we expect?
The organisers, from the European molecular biology organisation, want to address relevant organisations and influential scientists with the intention of increasing awareness and discussing and defining measures that will remedy the gender imbalance in science in the near future.
For more information and registration please see:
http://www.embo.org/womeninscience.html(opens in new window)
or,
E-mail: women@embo.org
The meeting will be divided into four sessions. During the first session, Mary Osborn and Mary Clutter will describe the current situation for women in this field. Mary Osborn chaired a recent report for the European Commission on the situation of women science in Europe and Mary Clutter is the Assistant Director of biological research at the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and is very much involved in the issue of the under-representation of women in the sciences in the USA. In addition, Louise Ackers from the University of Lancaster will summarise the results of a survey conducted among the European Commission's Training and mobility of researchers initiative's Marie Curie fellowship recipients. And Joanna Wroblewski from the Karolinska Institute will report on the latest study conducted on gender bias affecting recruitment of faculty.
In the second session several women scientists at different stages of their careers will give a brief outline of their paths through science. This will be followed in the third session by two panel discussions on employment policy of research institutes and funding for science.
In final session participants will discuss a number of key questions, including:
- what actions need to be taken in order to increase the number of women at the professorial and post doctoral level?
- who has to take action?
- what is the time frame for measures to take effect and what can we expect?
The organisers, from the European molecular biology organisation, want to address relevant organisations and influential scientists with the intention of increasing awareness and discussing and defining measures that will remedy the gender imbalance in science in the near future.
For more information and registration please see:
http://www.embo.org/womeninscience.html(opens in new window)
or,
E-mail: women@embo.org