The event open to women and men to discuss how to build a gender-fair academia was organised by the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV, in collaboration with the Swiss research network NCCR MUST (Molecular Ultrafast Science and Technology).
Prof. Martina Havenith, Speaker of RESOLV, and Prof. Ursula Keller, Director of MUST, talked about the measures in place at both institutes to support female scientists. Simona Isler, Head of Gender Equality, SNSF (Swiss National Science Foundation) gave an talk about gender equality in research funding. And Mirja Michalscheck held a hands-on workshop on intuitive decision making.
Prof. Martin Paul, Rector of Ruhr University Bochum, could unfortunately not be present in Stoos, but gave a remote lecture on the problem of the leaky pipeline.