Women and diversity in physics: Are we there yet?
Wann
Donnerstag, 22. November 2018
15:15 bis 17:30 Uhr
Wo
M 629
Veranstaltet von
SFB 767 / Office for Equal Opportunity, Family Affairs and Diversity
Vortragende Person/Vortragende Personen:
Prof. em. Pauline Gagnon (Indiana University)
Why are there so few women in physics? While CERN is becoming a truly international laboratory where people of 101 nationalities conduct research, still 80% of its scientists are white and 80% are male.
Prof. Gagnon examines why this is so by reviewing many contributing factors and suggests a series of easily applicable measures that could greatly improve the situation. These measures would benefit all scientists, regardless of their gender, origin, sexual orientation, physical ability or religion.
Science can greatly benefit from more diversity since it translates into an increased creativity potential, the key ingredient to scientific progress.
Registration welcome before 16.11.18 to sandra.weimer@uni.kn
