European Platform of Women Scientists
The European Platform of Women Scientists ( EPWS ) is an umbrella organization of various networks and organizations of women scientists from the European Union and other countries associated with the research framework program of the European Commission that promote gender equality in research. The president is the French physics professor at the École polytechnique Claudine Hermann. The honorary president is the German pharmacist Brigitte Mühlenbruch (as of 2020).
organization
The EPWS was founded in November 2005 as an international non-profit organization under Belgian law ( VoG ) and is headed by an international and multidisciplinary body made up of eleven high-ranking women scientists. It complements the European initiatives to promote greater participation of women scientists in research and science policy as well as the inclusion of a gender dimension in research and thus forms a strategic instrument of European research policy.
The platform represents over 100 member organizations who stand up for the interests and aspirations of more than 12,000 European women scientists. It represents all scientific disciplines from natural science to social science .
aims
- Networking of existing networks of women scientists from all disciplines and networks of science funding
- Increasing the participation of women scientists in European research and its decision-making bodies as a research project staff, research project managers and ordinators in review and evaluation processes as well as in expert groups
- Increasing the participation of women scientists in national and European research programs, especially in the Seventh EU Framework Program for Research and Technological Development (FP7)
- Promotion of the inclusion of the gender dimension and a gender-sensitive conception of excellence and innovation in science policy for all academic fields
activities
- Networking and membership : EPWS supports the work of various national and regional networks of women scientists ("networking the networks").
- Science policy and advocacy : The platform maintains close contact with the female scientific community and maintains a constant dialogue with European research institutions.
- Information and public relations : The EPWS newsletters reach more than 1,500 subscribers. Your homepage is constantly being developed, updated regularly and is accessed by several hundred visitors every day.
- Private and public partnerships : The platform works with member networks, research institutions, foundations, economic research institutions and other public institutions.
Web links
Individual evidence
- Jump up ↑ Maren Jochimsen and Brigitte Mühlenbruch: Gender Balance as a Precondition - Requirements for a Strong Scientific Culture in the European Research Area . ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.0 MB) In: Anke Lipinski (ed.): Encouragement to Advance - Supporting Women in European Science Careers, CEWS , Contributions Women in Science and Research 5, Bielefeld: Kleine Verlag 2009, pp. 11–24.
- ↑ Pauleen Colligan and Maren Jochimsen: The voice of women scientists in EU research policy. The establishment of the European Platform of Women Scientists as a new strategic instrument in EU research policy . ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.0 MB) In: Anke Lipinski (ed.): Encouragement to Advance - Supporting Women in European Science Careers, CEWS , Contributions Women in Science and Research 5, Bielefeld: Kleine Verlag 2009, pp. 184–199.
- ↑ European Commission : Preparing Europe for a New Renaissance. A Strategic View of the European Research Area . (PDF; 5.7 MB) First Report of the European Research Area Board, 2009, p. 18.
- ↑ European Commission: Launch Event. European Platform of Women Scientists. European Commission DG Research, March 28, 2006.
- ↑ European Commission: Benchmarking policy measures for gender equality in science, European Commission Directorate-General for Research Communication Unit. (PDF; 6.2 MB) 2008, p. 29.
- ↑ Emmanuelle Causse: Women in Science in Europe: EU Policies for the Promotion of Women Scientists and the Role of the European Platform of Women Scientists in Shaping Them . 7-12 September 2009.
- ^ Study on Networks of Women Scientists. Recommendations Report. ( Memento of the original from November 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 301 kB) Bradley Dunbar Associates, 2003, p. 3.
