Gender and Excellence: Challenges in Research Funding
Event details
| Date | 21.06.2016 |
| Hour | 09:30 › 16:15 |
| Location |
SNSF, Bern
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
The SNSF, including the members of the Gender Equality Commission, will hold the conference "Gender and Excellence: Challenges in Research Funding II" - a necessary follow-up to the first conference of the same name, held in October 2014.
Much has been done to improve the gender balance in science – but the challenges remain formidable. Men continue to hold a disproportionately high proportion of decision-making positions in science. Women have fewer opportunities to influence the research agenda. There are different reasons for this, as a large number of studies have shown.
Two panels: gender bias and gender perspectives
The second international conference of the SNSF on Gender and Excellence will focus on a potential gender bias in the perception and evaluation of excellence as well as on the inclusion of the gender dimension in specific research areas. The first panel, on gender bias, will examine how the perception and evaluation of excellence are linked to gender. In this context, the results of new studies will be presented and discussed. The second panel, on gender perspectives, will investigate to what extent gender analysis needs to be integrated into research. The conference language is English.
Free access, registration required by June-10, 2016 > http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2708539/registration
Much has been done to improve the gender balance in science – but the challenges remain formidable. Men continue to hold a disproportionately high proportion of decision-making positions in science. Women have fewer opportunities to influence the research agenda. There are different reasons for this, as a large number of studies have shown.
Two panels: gender bias and gender perspectives
The second international conference of the SNSF on Gender and Excellence will focus on a potential gender bias in the perception and evaluation of excellence as well as on the inclusion of the gender dimension in specific research areas. The first panel, on gender bias, will examine how the perception and evaluation of excellence are linked to gender. In this context, the results of new studies will be presented and discussed. The second panel, on gender perspectives, will investigate to what extent gender analysis needs to be integrated into research. The conference language is English.
Free access, registration required by June-10, 2016 > http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2708539/registration
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Practical information
- General public
- Invitation required
Organizer
- Swiss National Science Foundation
Contact
- Maya Widmer: [email protected]