Women Scientist – Lockdown – Teachers
Sukarma Rani Thareja writes that before the 2020 lockdown due to the covid-19 pandemic, women in science had already experienced other forms of lockdown.
Sukarma Rani Thareja writes that before the 2020 lockdown due to the covid-19 pandemic, women in science had already experienced other forms of lockdown.
The second Eurasian Women’s Forum (EWF), which took place from September 19 to September 21, 2018, ended in St. Petersburg. Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at the plenary session of the forum. The head of state noted that it is necessary to Read more […]
Starting our adventure on EuroScientist, we would like to present organisation which is our home and our tool to make a change in polish higher education system and science. How did it start? The idea to start our work appeared few years ago, quite Read more […]
With more women in key positions in the media, there is a greater chance of increasing the portrayal of women scientists in the media. Women depicted as role models would help encourage more women in research. It may also help ensure that women increasingly reach position of leadership in research, following in the steps of prominent women scientists portrayed in the news.
Sukarma Thareja writes a poem about Science and Mother’s day, honouring women that makes greater communities and contributes to science.
Sukarma Thareja shares her poem about women empowerment in science, narrating the challenges and joy working as woman-researcher.
Sukarma Rani Thareja from India, wrote a poem to celebrate women in science.
Sukarma Rani Thareja from India, wrote a poem to celebrate women in science.
The balance between professional and personal life plays a key role for successful careers of European researchers, especially for women scientists. As far as employment and reconciliation of work and life are concerned, female employment rates remain low especially in Southern Europe and East Europe and in general even more for women with low education. Antidiscrimination laws have been adopted, but gender gaps are still large. Lack of child care services and care facilities for the elderly combined with rigid work arrangements make it hard to reconcile work and family life.
Political populism, with its accompanying “fake news” and pseudoscience, leaves scientists distraught. But maybe scientific research itself needs a reboot. Research can no longer win public funding on the mere promise of a possible contribution to society. Read more […]
Gender imbalance has been the object of many debates over the years. In this podcast, EuroScientist
asks four Nobel Laureates about their opinion on women in science. It gives an interesting perspective on
the matter. Find out more…
The title of this article may sound like a self-help book. Yet, mentoring takes place spontaneously as part of the scientific process. Indeed, the concept of mentoring is as old as science itself as mentoring plays a very important role in the hierarchic scientific system. There, scientists are recommended by reputation. Yet evaluation procedures designed to be neutral are sometimes still overshadowed by the influence of the so-called “old boys’ networks”. So what needs to happen?