Talks

  • GenHET at String Pheno

    Conference Website https://indico.cern.ch/event/1270020/

  • An initiative in gender in String Theory

    The involvement of women string theorists in gender issues started with an EU project that ran from 2013 to 2017 “The String Theory Universe” MP-1210 Materials, Physics & Nanosciences (www.cost.edu/mpns) Chair: Silvia Penati (U. Milano-Bicocca (Italy)) Vice-chair: Yolanda Lozano (U. Oviedo (Spain)) Website: www.cost.eu/domains_actions/mpns/Actions/MP1210 Core Group composition COST: Funds networking and cooperation Main objectives: –…

  • The new EU Working Group on gender issues in Theoretical Physics

    The involvement of women string theorists in gender issues started with an EU project that ran from 2013 to 2017 WHY? Although there are huge variations between countries in the percentage of females entering STEM disciplines, the career progression has the same shape A snapshot of statistics I: MIUR data Percentage of women in Theoretical…

  • A new initiative in gender in High Energy Theory

    The involvement of women string theorists in gender issues started with an EU project that ran from 2013 to 2017 Under this Action we: • Promoted the active participation of women (leading positions, speakers, members of scientific and organizing committees) • Made the community aware of many important studies about women in STEM, unconscious gender…

  • Gender and diversity issues

    Introduction • The EU COST action “The String Theory Universe” ran from 2013-2017. • COST actions provide funding for networking via workshops, conferences and exchange visits. • This action was led by female scientists and one of its aims (beyond scientific excellence) was to support the development of women. Gender workshops • Three workshops were…