Conference: Scientific excellence has no gender [Poznań]

The aim of the conference is to draw attention to the problem of inequality between women and men in various aspects of science, including the problems of young parents (mainly women) or people taking care of dependent persons practicing science. The conference is an event inaugurating a long-term AMU program under the same slogan, the aim of which will be to counteract gender inequality in Polish science.

The conference agenda and details of the event can be found on the conference website

The program includes:

• Polish science in the aspect of equal treatment of women and men – presentation of the reports of the National Science Center, the results of the GENDERACTION project, the L’Oréal For Women and Science program – L’Oréal report
• Examples of promotional campaigns fighting hidden prejudices and inequalities between women and men in science – Belgium Young Academy campaign Wetenschap=M+V+X, Perspektywy Women in Tech, University Center for Research on Women’s Participation in Public Space UAM
• Gender equality perspective – challenges for institutions and research teams – experience of the Adam Mickiewicz University Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań, the National Science Centre, the Foundation for Polish Science, the National Contact Point of the National Center for Research and Development and the PolSCA Office of the Polish Academy of Sciences
• A moderated discussion on the situation of women and men in Polish science

The conference inaugurates a long-term program initiated by the Academy of Young Scholars of the Polish Academy of Sciences, which aims to identify the main factors leading to gender disproportions and to develop solutions that will allow to eliminate them in a transparent and effective way.

The issues raised at the conference touch on the need to introduce real solutions that can be implemented both systemically and at the level of individual scientific and research units, and which will support both scientific excellence and improvement of the working conditions of the community.

The conference will take place on February 10, 2023 at the Faculty of Political Science and Journalism of the Adam Mickiewicz University Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań, at ul. Poznań University 5.

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