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EASST + 4S JOINT CONFERENCE is going virtual

Under current conditions, it has been decided to make the EASST + 4S JOINT conference, that the Centre for Gender and Science co-organizes,  fully virtual. Given future scenarios of the current pandemic and related restrictions in global mobility, it was concluded that it is not reasonable any longer to (techno)optimistically keep organizing the physical event in Prague. From the three options on the table – to cancel, postpone or go virtual, the third option was...

Changing CSF’s mind on project submission deadline

Together with the initiative VĚDMA and the Research, Development and Innovation Council, the Center for Gender and Science succeeded in changing the position of the Czech Science Foundation regarding the postponement of the deadline for submitting project applications. It was originally set at the beginning of April, which in combination with the closure of schools and kindergartens would mean the elimination of those scientists who, in the current situation, have to look after their loved...

Czech linguist Lucie Saicová Římalová: Women get lost on the career ladder

An enhancement of the Czech language by publishing complete correspondence of Božena Němcová, or a significant contribution to the field of language acquisition by Czech-speaking children. Only the tip of the iceberg of Associate Professor Lucie Saicová Římalová’s credit, who in an interview for the NKC – gender and science revealed her opinion on gender-marked suffixes[1] and generic masculinum, the position of women in Czech science, but also that many women still do not know...

Mentoring programme for early career researchers – Sign up now!

We would like to invite you to the fifth year of the Mentoring programme for early career researchers (PhD students and postdocs), which is coordinated by the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The aim of the program is to support the professional development of doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, help them launch their scientific career, and clarify its direction. Beside the cooperation between a mentee and a mentor, the program also contains...

Join the Train-the-Trainers session in Berlin

Gender Equality Academy is now openly calling applicants for its capacity building session in Berlin. The project is contributing to building the next generation of gender trainers in Europe. Following the successful completion of its commencing cycle of training sessions on different European locations, GE Academy is expanding. Thus, the project seeks to establish new collaboration ties and expand the network of gender experts. In this respect, GE Academy has set to organise a new...

Domestic Policies: Our Advocacy Activities

In 2019, we paid increased attention to advocacy activities. Under the auspices of Prof Eva Zažímalová, President of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and Senator Miluše Horská, we organized a conference on parenthood and research in the Senate. The event was attended by nearly seventy people from the academic community and those at the head of key research institutions and state administration bodies. We have negotiated with the Governmental Office for Research, Development and Innovation...

Institutional Development: GE in Research Organizations

To our great satisfaction, Czech higher education and research institutions are increasingly applying for the HR Award, and the interest in gender equality actions has been growing as well. In 2019, the Working Group for Change, operated by our Centre, expanded both in the number of researchers and HR managers. The group brings together people who are actively involved in the systematic promotion of gender equality in their institution, or who wish to start implementing...

Mentoring: Space for Mutual Support

2019 was the fourth year of our mentoring program for (post)doctoral researchers. In order to contribute to the current efforts towards greater internationalization of the Czech academic environment, we have decided to “switch” the entire program to English – and it paid off, as the program attracted more foreign women researchers, as well as Czechs than in the previous years. The foreign and Czech mentees thus had an opportunity to be mentored and to improve...

Popularization of Science: Oxford Professor

The second half of 2019 was traditionally in the spirit of popularizing research and especially gender topics in science. The highlight of these efforts were two November lectures organized within the Week of Science and Technology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. At our invitation, Professor Gina Neff from Oxford University, came to address the social and political preconceptions encoded in the data used by artificial intelligence, and to show examples of how these systems...

2019 Milada Paulová Award: Professor Marie Čechová

The 11th Milada Paulová Award for recognition of lifelong research achievements and contribution to advancement of research was given in the field of linguistics. Out of the record number of thirteen nominated researchers, Professor Marie Čechová at the University of J. E. Purkyně in Ústí nad Labem, was selected as the winner of the award organized by the Centre and awarded by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports. “When I started my professional work...