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Book Launch of Mentoring: Beyond the Manuals

A result of four year implementation of a mentoring programme for early-career researchers, Katerina Cidlinska and Martina Fucimanova prepared a book of interviews with their mentors and mentees and offer a unique insight into the barriers and challenges facing early career researchers in Czech public research and universities. The book was written with three goals. One is to testify to the benefits of the mentoring programmes for junior researchers and to attract the interest of...

Book Launch of Dynamic Equilibrium In Easy Reach?

Why are women underrepresented in the senior ranks of the University of Chemistry and Technology Prague (UCT)? Why is there a sharp drop at post/doctoral level? Are study and working conditions for women researchers at UCT fair and sufficient? Is there equality in science for both women and men? Blanka Nyklova and Hana Viznerova of the Centre for Gender and Science consulted these issues with men chemists of UCT Prague. The outcome of their research...

Marcela Linkova Elected Chair of the ERAC Standing Working Group

On 18 October 2017 Marcela Linková, the head of the Centre for Gender and Science, was elected the chair of the ERAC Standing Working Group on Gender in Research and Innovation (SWG GRI). The European Research and Innovation Advisory Committee (ERAC) gives advice to the Council, the Commission and Member States on research and innovation related to the European Research Area. The SWG GRI builds on the work of the Commission’s advisory group, the Helsinki...

Katerina Cidlinska Elected Chair of eument-net

We are proud that our colleague Katerina Cidlinska, the coordinator of the Centre’s mentoring programme for early career researchers, was elected the Chair of eument-net, a European network of mentoring programmes for women researchers at the General Assembly of the network. The General Assembly took place in Prague on 24 November 2017. The newly elected Executive Committee aims to strengthen cooperation, education and experience sharing and exchange.

2017 Women’s Congress: Women and Public Space

Women’s Congress 2017 addressed women’s right to access to and safety in public space as a public issue. Public space (both physical and online) is often believed to be gender neutral and open to all. Experience and research show that women’s access to and safety in public space(s) continues to be affected by gender-specific limitations. On the most general level, women who enter public space often face gender-based attacks, threats of violence and bullying.

Snaphots from conference on mentoring programs

On 23 November 2017 NKC – Gender & Science hosted a conference of the European mentoring programmes and the EUMENT-NET Network General Assembly. Book of presented mentoring programs © Tomáš Princ.

Konference mentoringových programů: foto

23. listopadu 2017 hostilo NKC – gender a věda konferenci evropských mentoringových programů a valné shromáždění sítě EUMENT-NET. © Tomáš Princ.

Interviews about mentoring: new publication

Martina Fucimanová and Kateřina Cidlinská of the Center for Gender and Science conducted interviews with participants of our mentoring programme for junior researchers. Read about their motivations, expectations and reflections of the programme benefits. To download the publication click here.

Kateřina Cidlinská is a new chair of EUMENT-NET

European network of mentoring programms has a new chair and executive board. Elected by general assembly, that was held in Prague on 24th November 2017 their task will be strenghtening of cooperation, education and sharing of good practice. On the picture from left: Dagmar Höppel- Universität Stuttgart, Kateřina Cidlinská – NKC – gender & science, Ekaterina Masetkina – Universität Düsseldorf a Olivia Och – Université de Genève.

Marcela Linková is chair of ERAC SWG

Marcela Linková, coordinator of the Genderaction project, was elected the chair of the ERAC Standing Working Group on Gender in Research and Innovation on  October 18 2017. Benjamin Monnoye of the Directorate of Scientific Research, Belgium is the new vice-chair. ERAC SWG GRI is a successor of Helsinki Group on Gender in Research and Innovation.