Category: Articles + Videos
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Nudge to overcome the gender gap
Iris Bohnet, Professor for Public Policy and Academic Dean at Harvard Kennedy School, and her research team recommend to use the concept of nudge to close the gender gap in the workplace. “Rather than trying to change beliefs that lead to stereotypes (…) making a switch in judgment modes may positively impact hiring promotion procedures. Because…
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Gender Action Plan of ETH Zurich
The Office of Equal Opportunities of ETH Zurich (Equal!) published its first reporting about the implementation of the Gender Action Plan. In February 2014, the Executive Board of the ETH Zurich approved the launch of the Gender Action Plan and to reach out to the Departments and the Administration in order to map the situation and the activities.…
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Reflections of a woman pioneer in sciences
Mildred Dresselhaus, 84 years, is a woman pioneer at MIT and received the US-Presidential Medal of Freedom. Read her reflections about changes in sciences since 1960ies and the challenges that have persisted. Q: All those inbuilt prejudices! What made you stay on? A: The same reason we all stay on: because we love the work.…
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Maryam Mirzakhani – first woman receiving the prestigious Fields Medal
See Prof. Mirzakhani working at Stanford University Video by Simons Foundation and International Mathematical Union, 13.08.2014. on: Youtube A Tenacious Explorer of Abstract Surfaces Maryam Mirzakhani’s monumental work draws deep connections between topology, geometry and dynamical systems. by Erica Klarreich, in: Quanta Magazine 12 August 2014.
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Women, research and universities: excellence without gender bias
by League of European Research Universities LERU, July 2012. PDF on www.leru.org
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The Big Idea: STEM, in a day, with the RSA
“We’ve helped girls meet a diverse set of women working across a diversity of roles in STEM and in doing so have helped break stereotypes.” by Anne-Marie Imafidon in: Royal Society of Arts Fellowship, Blog 02.06.2014
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Sex and Gender Analysis Policies of Peer-Reviewed Journals
A growing number of peer-reviewed journals apply gender policies. Gendered Innovations lists the journals and data asked for. by Gendered Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine, Engineering and Environment, June 2014.
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Best Practices for Female Faculty
by American Physical Society www.aps.org, Sept. 2013. PDF Best Practices for Female Faculty
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Role models in STEM fields
Lukas, a Swiss Boy, interviews the Professor for Quantum Physics at ETH Zurich, Ursula Keller. Interview “Was machen Physikerinnen und Physiker?” by Office for Equal Opportunities of ETH Zurich (in German), no date. Watch: www.equal.ethz.ch/kinder_mint