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December 2024

Events

14. & 15. January 2025: PlanetS Leadership Skills Workshop, UniBe, Dr. Silvie Klein-Franke

Articles / Information

Democratic Merit: What Separates Good from Great in Astronomy? https://aas.org/posts/news/2024/09/democratic-merit-what-separates-good-great-astronomy 
Status of women in Astronomy: still a long way to go: https://www.europlanet-society.org/europlanet-magazine/issue-4/status-of-women-in-astronomy-still-a-long-way-to-go/

Great Women of Science: First Woman Nobel Laureate in Theoretical Physics, Maria Goeppert Mayer: https://www.acsh.org/news/2024/10/03/great-women-science-first-woman-nobel-laureate-theoretical-physics-maria-goeppert

Career: From Physics Student to Independent Scientist and Business Owner: https://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2024/10/career-profile-from-physics-student-to.html

Career: From NASA Engineer to Aerospace Consultant: Navigating Unexpected Trajectories: https://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2024/11/career-profile-from-nasa-engineer-to.html

Opportunities

Are you interested in doing an Externship in a company during your postdoc? Have a look at the opportunities and contact the Technology & Innovation Platform Officer Elena Benedetto. The latest offer is an Externship in data-science for the sport market, but you can as well come with your own project & industry contact or wish. Further information: https://nccr-planets.ch/platforms/technology-transfer/funding-of-a-short-term-project/
CONNECT Program for women PhD and postdoc who wish to explore different career paths in Switzerland. Please register your interest here:
https://nuudel.digitalcourage.de/fyhcWMXsMPRDxNis
Call for new IAU Individual and Junior Members for 2025 is open. Deadline for applications: December 15, 2024. More information: https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann24027/ 
LERU Doctoral Summer School 2025 «Artificial Intelligence across University Disciplines – Perspectives and Hands-on Experience». https://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/funding/international-networking/leru.html

Online Workshops:

Inclusive Classroom Techniques, organized by the Physics and Astronomy Faculty Teaching Institute (FTI) on December 5, 2024, 2:00 – 4:00 pm ET. Registration:
https://apsphysics.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUlcOihrTIiHdZvvqF6QhHjExkdq-SfqnR1#/registration

October 2024

Events

14. & 15. October 2024: PlanetS Project Management Workshop, UniBe, Dr. Sandra Dierig

Articles / Information

Gender differences in collaboration and career progression in physics: https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.02482
Perceived sexism ‘dents female students’ academic performance’: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/perceived-sexism-dents-female-students-academic-performance
How I keep media interviews focused on my science, not my gender: https://www.science.org/content/article/how-i-keep-media-interviews-focused-my-science-not-my-gender
‘If you can see it, you can be it’: Women in aerospace: https://www.aerotechnews.com/blog/2024/08/22/if-you-can-see-it-you-can-be-it-women-in-aerospace/
Gender bias might be working at level of whole disciplines: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02502-6

Links/Courses: see February 2024

August 2024

Articles / Information

The scourge of harassment in astronomy: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-024-02314-8
A bullying problem reveals an astronomy and geophysics community in crisis: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-024-02232-9
A survey of the severity of mental health symptoms in the planetary science community: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-024-02293-w
Female Scientists Are Leaving Academia Mid Career. Why It’s Important And What We Can Do About It: https://www.forbes.com/sites/bonniemarcus/2024/07/24/female-scientists-are-leaving-academia-mid-career-why-its-important-and-what-we-can-do-about-it/
IAU Women in Astronomy Working Group survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftZZqfrmMDH9myn_7D45W06Rh8RhZTOOU6q4I43xwIpO1mrg/viewform

Links/Courses: see February 2024

June 2024

Articles / Information

Women end up doing the academic housework:https://kifinfo.no/en/2024/03/women-end-doing-academic-housework
Towards meaningful diversity, equity and inclusion in physics learning environments:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-024-02391-6
Women in STEM Share Their Workplace Experiences:https://www.mybiosource.com/learn/women-in-stem/
The Victorian Woman Who Chased Eclipses:https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-victorian-woman-who-chased-eclipses/

Links/Courses: see February 2024

April 2024

Articles / Information

Men Forget About Female Researchers, Says Study On Gender Citation Gap: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimelsesser/2024/02/26/men-forget-about-female-researchers-says-study-on-gender-citation-gap/?sh=1fab20f2152c
Bullied in science: I quit my job and launched an advocacy non-profit:https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00706-4
‘There is no cookie cutter female scientist’:https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00703-7
Nature publishes too few papers from women researchers — that must change: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00640-5
How we boosted female faculty numbers in male-dominated departments: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00212-7
Just 5 women have won a top maths prize in the past 90 years: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00501-1
Women in Physics: an interview with Lyndsay Fletcher: https://www.nahttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00501-1ture.com/articles/s42005-024-01561-5
Three actions PhD-holders should take to land their next job: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00727-z
People, passion, publishable: an early-career researcher’s checklist for prioritizing projects: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00812-3
Bring PhD assessment into the twenty-first century: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00718-0
What science says about hybrid working — and how to make it a success: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00643-2
Women and Girls in Astronomy Program:https://naroad.astro4dev.org/na-road-projects/women-and-girls-astronomy-program/
Why scientists trust AI too much — and what to do about it: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00639-y

Links/Courses: see February 2024

February 2024

Articles / Information

6 women who changed astronomy and spaceflight:https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/six-lesser-known-women-of-astronomy
Status of women in astronomy – A need for advancing inclusivity and equal opportunities: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.15364
Women Astronomers Day: https://www.internationaldays.co/event-kids/women-astronomers-day/r/rec54lwJOFmuo50fy
Sexism in academia is bad for science and a waste of public funding: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41578-023-00624-3
The forgotten women of Astronomy: https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/schools/digital-creative-learning/forgotten-women-astronomy
IAU women in astronomy: https://sites.google.com/view/iau-women-in-astronomy/home

Links/Courses

Where to apply for grants (PlanetS website, you must be logged in): https://nccr-planets.ch/where-to-apply-for-grants/where-to-apply-for-grants/
SNF flexibility grant for Postdocs and PhD students who are parents: http://www.snf.ch/en/funding/supplementary-measures/flexibility-grant/Pages/default.aspx. Please involve Deon Schonken (for members of UGE) or Leonore Lovis (for members of UBE, ETHZ and UZH) before submitting any new request or a request for the extension of an existing Flexibility Grant.
UniBe support for Early-Career Researchers:https://www.unibe.ch/university/organization/executive_board_and_central_administration/vice_rectorate_research/promotion_of_early_career_researchers/index_eng.html
Child care at UniBe: KIHOB and MVUB Care Pool: https://www.kihob.ch/angebot/ and https://www.unibe.ch/universitaet/organisation/mittelbauvereinigung/beratung/index_ger.html
kihz Flex: child care for ETH and UZH members at ETH: https://www.kihz.uzh.ch/en/kihz-ferien/ferien-info.html
Equal Opportunities / Diversity at ETHZ: https://www.ethz.ch/services/en/employment-and-work/working-environment/equal-opportunities.html
ETH Domain + UZH members – postdocs: CONNECT programme: https://www.connect-women.ch/
ETH Domain members – PhD students and postdocs: Fix the Leaky Pipeline programme: https://www.fix-the-leaky-pipeline.ch/
Course program of the office for gender equality at UniBe: http://www.unibe.ch/university/portrait/self_image/equality/courses/index_eng.html
Gender equality at UZH: http://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/en.html
Workshops/Courses at UZH: https://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/events.html and https://app.connect.uzh.ch/apps/careerservices/kurse.nsf/veranstaltungen.xsp
Equal Opportunities at UniBe: https://www.unibe.ch/university/portrait/self_image/equal_opportunities/index_eng.html
Gender office at UniGe: http://www.unige.ch/rectorat/egalite/
Gender campus website: https://www.gendercampus.ch/de/
Womenplusplus (for diversity in tech): https://www.womenplusplus.ch/
ADVANCEGeo launches new online resource center to address sexual harassment in the geosciences: https://serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo/resources/index.html
SCIENTISTS ARE HUMANS is an online magazine which aims to build a better STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) through sharing: https://scientistsarehumans.com/manifesto/
Astrobetter, Tips and Tricks for Professional Astronomers: http://www.astrobetter.com/?fbclid=IwAR2WLJvGAKrPSg7Qw0JJAXgrG__9_8PxHEMeiOdWaUTZJ1LPd85lWgUgm0M
An astronaut program especially for LGBTQIA+ scientists: https://outastronaut.org/
Project did this really happen? It collects stories of sexism in scientific settings and puts them into comic form. The goal is to share real examples of daily sexism and spark conversations: https://didthisreallyhappen.net/
Sign up to be a resource for journalists, educators, policy makers, scientists, etc: ‘Request a woman scientist’: https://500womenscientists.org/request-a-scientist
500 Women Scientists is a global community composed of groups (pods) focusing on gender and minority-related issues on a local scale. You can join your local pod in Bern or Zurich, or contact them to know more about what they do
Academic Platform website (with e.g. documents for procedure for Inter-project workshops): http://nccr-planets.ch/platforms/academic-platform/

December 2023

Events/Workshops

5. December 2023, 12.00 – 13.00 – PlanetS Lunch talk ‘Why we need inclusive language’, Zoom, with Prof. Anatol Stefanowitsch
18. January 2024, 10:30 – 12.00 – PlanetS Webinar ‘Managing Conflict’, Zoom, with Dr. Desireee Dickerson
SNF media courses for Postdocs and Senior Reserachers: https://www.snf.ch/en/vHmVpRYYUJYwO6On/funding/science-communication/media-courses.
Europlanet’s ‘Expert Exchange’ program aims to support the mobilisation of the planetary community to share expertise and best practice and to prepare new facilities and services. You need to learn a new instrumental technique, get up to date on lab equipment, or learn from an expert? Then you might get funds for an expert of your choice to visit your institute, or you can visit them for up to a week. Info: https://www.europlanet-society.org/europlanet-expert-exchange-programme/

Articles / Information

We achieved gender parity in astronomy in just five years:https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1007766
Why do so few women take on scientific careers? https://theconversation.com/why-do-so-few-women-take-on-scientific-careers-214050
Decades on female researchers are still being sidelined: https://theconversation.com/florence-bell-died-unrecognised-for-her-contributions-to-dna-science-decades-on-female-researchers-are-still-being-sidelined-217607
AAS Members Are Invited to Use Equity-Minded Mentoring Toolkit: https://aas.org/posts/news/2023/10/aas-members-are-invited-use-equity-minded-mentoring-toolkit and https://equitygraded.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Equityminded-Mentoring-Toolkit.pdf
The problem with Nobel’s ‘rule of three’: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/29/world/nobel-prize-rule-of-three-diversity-scn/index.html
Non-binary people in STEM: Camelia Walker:https://www.industry.gov.au/news/non-binary-people-stem-camelia-walker
Women and girls in STEM: Deanne Fisher: https://www.industry.gov.au/news/women-and-girls-stem-deanne-fisher

Links/Courses:

Where to apply for grants (PlanetS website, you must be logged in): https://nccr-planets.ch/where-to-apply-for-grants/where-to-apply-for-grants/
SNF flexibility grant for Postdocs and PhD students who are parents: http://www.snf.ch/en/funding/supplementary-measures/flexibility-grant/Pages/default.aspx. Please involve Sophie Saesen (for members of UGE) or Leonore Lovis (for members of UBE, ETHZ and UZH) before submitting any new request or a request for the extension of an existing Flexibility Grant.
UniBe support for Early-Career Researchers:https://www.unibe.ch/university/organization/executive_board_and_central_administration/vice_rectorate_research/promotion_of_early_career_researchers/index_eng.html
Child care at UniBe: KIHOB and MVUB Care Pool: https://www.kihob.ch/angebot/ and https://www.unibe.ch/universitaet/organisation/mittelbauvereinigung/beratung/index_ger.html
kihz Flex: child care for ETH and UZH members at ETH: https://www.kihz.uzh.ch/en/kihz-ferien/ferien-info.html
Equal Opportunities / Diversity at ETHZ: https://www.ethz.ch/services/en/employment-and-work/working-environment/equal-opportunities.html
ETH Domain + UZH members – postdocs: CONNECT programme: https://www.connect-women.ch/
ETH Domain members – PhD students and postdocs: Fix the Leaky Pipeline programme: https://www.fix-the-leaky-pipeline.ch/
Course program of the office for gender equality at UniBe: http://www.unibe.ch/university/portrait/self_image/equality/courses/index_eng.html
Gender equality at UZH: http://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/en.html
Workshops/Courses at UZH: https://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/events.html and https://app.connect.uzh.ch/apps/careerservices/kurse.nsf/veranstaltungen.xsp
Equal Opportunities at UniBe: https://www.unibe.ch/university/portrait/self_image/equal_opportunities/index_eng.html
Gender office at UniGe: http://www.unige.ch/rectorat/egalite/
Gender campus website: https://www.gendercampus.ch/de/
Womenplusplus (for diversity in tech): https://www.womenplusplus.ch/
ADVANCEGeo launches new online resource center to address sexual harassment in the geosciences: https://serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo/resources/index.html
SCIENTISTS ARE HUMANS is an online magazine which aims to build a better STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) through sharing: https://scientistsarehumans.com/manifesto/
Astrobetter, Tips and Tricks for Professional Astronomers: http://www.astrobetter.com/?fbclid=IwAR2WLJvGAKrPSg7Qw0JJAXgrG__9_8PxHEMeiOdWaUTZJ1LPd85lWgUgm0M
An astronaut program especially for LGBTQIA+ scientists: https://outastronaut.org/
Project did this really happen? It collects stories of sexism in scientific settings and puts them into comic form. The goal is to share real examples of daily sexism and spark conversations: https://didthisreallyhappen.net/
Sign up to be a resource for journalists, educators, policy makers, scientists, etc: ‘Request a woman scientist’: https://500womenscientists.org/request-a-scientist
500 Women Scientists is a global community composed of groups (pods) focusing on gender and minority-related issues on a local scale. You can join your local pod in Bern or Zurich, or contact them to know more about what they do

October 2023

Events/Workshops

3./10. October: Group coaching sessions ‘Transitioning away from academia’, Zoom
2. November, 10:30 – 12.00: Webinar ‘Managing Conflict’, Zoom
30. November, 10:30 – 12.00: Webinar ‘Navigating Uncertainty’, Zoom
13.+14. November: PlanetS Project management workshop
SNF media courses for Postdocs and Senior Reserachers: https://www.snf.ch/en/vHmVpRYYUJYwO6On/funding/science-communication/media-courses.
Europlanet’s ‘Expert Exchange’ program aims to support the mobilisation of the planetary community to share expertise and best practice and to prepare new facilities and services. You need to learn a new instrumental technique, get up to date on lab equipment, or learn from an expert? Then you might get funds for an expert of your choice to visit your institute, or you can visit them for up to a week. Info: https://www.europlanet-society.org/europlanet-expert-exchange-programme/

Articles / Information

Astrophysicist Sarafina El-Badry Nance: ‘I’ll probably always live with impostor syndrome’: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/aug/12/astrophysicist-sarafina-el-badry-nance-starstruck-memoir-astrophysics-light-dark
The manifold costs of being a non-native English speaker in science: https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002184
Call for candidates to join actionuni as representatives in different positions: see attachment
Nur für Nerds? Was Frauen von MINT Berufen fernhält: https://www.uniaktuell.unibe.ch/2023/essay_studienwahl/index_ger.html
Gender, race-ethnicity and postdoctoral hiring in STEMM fields: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049089X23000091
When aggression is viewed as brilliance, it hurts women in science, and science itself: https://aeon.co/videos/when-aggression-is-viewed-as-brilliance-it-hurts-women-in-science-and-science-itself
The Future of Virtual Participation at AAS Meetings: https://aas.org/posts/news/2023/08/future-virtual-participation-aas-meetings
How to get more women in science, with Athene Donald: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02467-y
Opinion article: Astronomers need to rename the Magellanic Clouds: https://physics.aps.org/articles/v16/152?fbclid=IwAR2Um_J0xBQ2FNvjpmcUJx53_dccUmPWMaF3POMHbAm9m-S9mQifiOMDjWY

Links/Courses: see February 2023

August 2023

Events/Workshops

4. September: Women in Physics Career Symposium: https://www.sps.ch/en/events/joint-annual-meeting-2023/satellite-event-women-in-physics-career-symposium
11. September, 13.00 – 16.00 – Workshop with PlanetS Alumni
2. November 2023, 10:30 – 12.00 – PlanetS Webinar ‘Managing Conflict’, Zoom30. November 2023, 10:30 – 12.00 – PlanetS Webinar ‘Navigating Uncertainty’, Zoom
13.+14. November: PlanetS Project management workshop
SNF media courses for Postdocs and Senior Reserachers: https://www.snf.ch/en/vHmVpRYYUJYwO6On/funding/science-communication/media-courses.
Europlanet’s ‘Expert Exchange’ program aims to support the mobilisation of the planetary community to share expertise and best practice and to prepare new facilities and services. You need to learn a new instrumental technique, get up to date on lab equipment, or learn from an expert? Then you might get funds for an expert of your choice to visit your institute, or you can visit them for up to a week. Info: https://www.europlanet-society.org/europlanet-expert-exchange-programme/

Articles / Information

An Astrobiologist’s Search for Life in Space—and Meaning on Earth: https://www.wired.com/story/an-astrobiologists-search-for-life-in-space-and-meaning-on-earth/
Science’s gender gap: the shocking data that reveal its true extent: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02139-x
The life of Nancy Grace Roman, the ‘mother of Hubble’: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/nancy-grace-roman/
New Lost Women of Science Podcast Mini-series Tells the Stories of the ‘Forgotten’ Women Who Worked on the Manhattan Project: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-lost-women-of-science-podcast-mini-series-tells-the-stories-of-the-forgotten-women-who-worked-on-the-manhattan-project-301876174.html
This Astronomer Discovered What the Stars Were Made Of, and Few Believed Her Discovery: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/this-astronomer-discovered-what-the-stars-were-made-of-and-few-believed-her-discovery/
Citation Ethics in Publishing: https://aas.org/posts/news/2023/06/citation-ethics-publishing
‘Her Space, Her Time’: Quantum physicist Dr Shohini Ghose to release book championing women in science: https://interestingengineering.com/science/her-space-her-time-dr-shohini-ghose-book-to-champion-women-in-science

Links/Courses: see February 2023

June 2023

Events/Workshops

13. June: Aesis webinar ‘International trends, roles and stakes regarding scientific and societal impact’: https://aesisnet.com/events/webinar-international-trends,-roles-and-stakes-regarding-scientific-and-societal-impact.html, Zoom
4. September Women in Physics Career Symposium: https://www.sps.ch/en/events/joint-annual-meeting-2023/satellite-event-women-in-physics-career-symposium
October: PlanetS Leadership & Intercultural Collaborations Workshop
13.+14. November: PlanetS Project management workshop
SNF media courses for Postdocs and Senior Reserachers: https://www.snf.ch/en/vHmVpRYYUJYwO6On/funding/science-communication/media-courses.
Europlanet’s ‘Expert Exchange’ program aims to support the mobilisation of the planetary community to share expertise and best practice and to prepare new facilities and services. You need to learn a new instrumental technique, get up to date on lab equipment, or learn from an expert? Then you might get funds for an expert of your choice to visit your institute, or you can visit them for up to a week. Info: https://www.europlanet-society.org/europlanet-expert-exchange-programme/
Kids coding camps: https://www.codecampworld.ch/

Articles / Information

Paving the way towards more women in leading academic positions (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRAEMPRKfu0
A mental-health crisis is gripping science — toxic research culture is to blame: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01708-4?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20230525
Do scientific meetings matter? Turning up for talks brings surprise benefits: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01604-x?WT.ec_id=NATURE-202305
Why Peer Mentors Are Crucial for Women in STEM: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/04/28/why-peer-mentors-are-crucial-women-stem
AAS Resolution in Support of LGBTQIA+ Individuals in Astronomy: https://aas.org/about/governance/society-resolutions#LGBTQIA
nobELLES podcast series highlighting women scientists who have made seminal contributions in the fields of physics, mathematics, astronomy, and engineering: https://espacepourlavie.ca/en/podcasts-nobelles
LGBT professional networks survey to understand the professional networks of LGBT+ and/or women PhD physicists and astronomers: https://utahscience.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_abKovVNw9bIQ5Wm
How mixing academia and industry opens doors in graduate school and beyond: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01710-w?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20230525
Unsupportive workplaces forcing women out of STEM careers: https://phys.org/news/2023-04-unsupportive-workplaces-women-stem-careers.html

Links/Courses: see February 2023

April 2023

Events/Workshops

Multiple roles of a supervisor: Tuesday, 4. April, 14-15.30 with https://desireedickerson.com/, Zoom link: see email
Special career seminar: Tuesday, 4. April, 14.00-15.00, with Dr. Pushkar Kopparla, see email (organised by Pushkar Kopparla and Susanne Wampfler)
Leadership workshop: Thursday, 4. May, whole day at UniBe, start at 9.30, more details will follow
SNF media courses for Postdocs and Senior Reserachers: https://www.snf.ch/en/vHmVpRYYUJYwO6On/funding/science-communication/media-courses.
Europlanet’s ‘Expert Exchange’ program aims to support the mobilisation of the planetary community to share expertise and best practice and to prepare new facilities and services. You need to learn a new instrumental technique, get up to date on lab equipment, or learn from an expert? Then you might get funds for an expert of your choice to visit your institute, or you can visit them for up to a week. Info: https://www.europlanet-society.org/europlanet-expert-exchange-programme/

Articles / Information

NASA’s The Color of Space Documentary Celebrates Black Space Explorers: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s-the-color-of-space-documentary-celebrates-black-space-explorers
NASA names moon mountain after pioneering mathematician: https://www.wsaz.com/2023/02/17/nasa-names-moon-mountain-after-pioneering-mathematician/
A woman’s place is in science: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-023-01971-2
Female scholars more likely than male counterparts to be elected to prestigious US scientific societies: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00501-7
Status of women in Astronomy – still a long way to go: https://www.europlanet-society.org/europlanet-magazine/issue-4/status-of-women-in-astronomy-still-a-long-way-to-go/

Links/Courses: see February 2023

February 2023

Events/Workshops

11. February, 19:00, Bern: 500 women scientist pub event to celebrate the day of women and girls in science: https://www.onobern.ch/events/500-women-scientists-bern-in-the-pub-4/
SNF media courses for Postdocs and Senior Reserachers: https://www.snf.ch/en/vHmVpRYYUJYwO6On/funding/science-communication/media-courses.
Europlanet’s ‘Expert Exchange’ program aims to support the mobilisation of the planetary community to share expertise and best practice and to prepare new facilities and services. You need to learn a new instrumental technique, get up to date on lab equipment, or learn from an expert? Then you might get funds for an expert of your choice to visit your institute, or you can visit them for up to a week. Info: https://www.europlanet-society.org/europlanet-expert-exchange-programme/

Articles / Information

COVID-19 lockdowns boosted astronomy publications but worsened the gender gap, finds study: https://physicsworld.com/a/covid-19-lockdowns-boosted-astronomy-publications-but-worsened-the-gender-gap-finds-study/
AstronomerAND: a new podcast featuring a diverse array of astronomers: https://www.spreaker.com/show/astronomerand
Does diversity training work? We don’t know — and here is why: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/12/diversity-training-effectiveness-psychologist/
STEM parents call for culture and policy change: https://www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/careers/010423/stem-parents-call-for-culture-and-policy-change
A foreign feminist’s farewell letter to Switzerland: https://www.ellexx.com/en/themes/career/adieu-liebe-schweiz-a-foreign-feminists-farewell-letter-to-switzerland/

Links/Courses

SNF flexibility grant for Postdocs and PhD students who are parents: http://www.snf.ch/en/funding/supplementary-measures/flexibility-grant/Pages/default.aspx. Please involve Sophie Saesen (for members of UGE) or Leonore Lovis (for members of UBE, ETHZ and UZH) before submitting any new request or a request for the extension of an existing Flexibility Grant.
UniBe support for Early-Career Researchers:https://www.unibe.ch/university/organization/executive_board_and_central_administration/vice_rectorate_research/promotion_of_early_career_researchers/index_eng.html
Child care at UniBe: KIHOB and MVUB Care Pool: https://www.kihob.ch/angebot/ and https://www.unibe.ch/universitaet/organisation/mittelbauvereinigung/beratung/index_ger.html
kihz Flex: child care for ETH and UZH members at ETH: https://www.kihz.uzh.ch/en/kihz-ferien/ferien-info.html
Equal Opportunities / Diversity at ETHZ: https://www.ethz.ch/services/en/employment-and-work/working-environment/equal-opportunities.html
ETH Domain + UZH members – postdocs: CONNECT programme: https://www.connect-women.ch/
ETH Domain members – PhD students and postdocs: Fix the Leaky Pipeline programme: https://www.fix-the-leaky-pipeline.ch/
Course program of the office for gender equality at UniBe: http://www.unibe.ch/university/portrait/self_image/equality/courses/index_eng.html
Gender equality at UZH: http://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/en.html
Workshops/Courses at UZH: https://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/events.html and https://app.connect.uzh.ch/apps/careerservices/kurse.nsf/veranstaltungen.xsp
Equal Opportunities at UniBe: https://www.unibe.ch/university/portrait/self_image/equal_opportunities/index_eng.html
Gender office at UniGe: http://www.unige.ch/rectorat/egalite/
Gender campus website: https://www.gendercampus.ch/de/
Womenplusplus (for diversity in tech): https://www.womenplusplus.ch/
ADVANCEGeo launches new online resource center to address sexual harassment in the geosciences: https://serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo/resources/index.html
SCIENTISTS ARE HUMANS is an online magazine which aims to build a better STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) through sharing: https://scientistsarehumans.com/manifesto/
Astrobetter, Tips and Tricks for Professional Astronomers: http://www.astrobetter.com/?fbclid=IwAR2WLJvGAKrPSg7Qw0JJAXgrG__9_8PxHEMeiOdWaUTZJ1LPd85lWgUgm0M
An astronaut program especially for LGBTQIA+ scientists: https://outastronaut.org/
Project did this really happen? It collects stories of sexism in scientific settings and puts them into comic form. The goal is to share real examples of daily sexism and spark conversations: https://didthisreallyhappen.net/
Sign up to be a resource for journalists, educators, policy makers, scientists, etc: ‘Request a woman scientist’: https://500womenscientists.org/request-a-scientist
500 Women Scientists is a global community composed of groups (pods) focusing on gender and minority-related issues on a local scale. You can join your local pod in Bern or Zurich, or contact them to know more about what they do
Academic Platform website (with e.g. documents for procedure for Inter-project workshops): http://nccr-planets.ch/platforms/academic-platform/

December 2022

Events

Diversity presentation series, UniBe: https://www.unibe.ch/universitaet/portraet/selbstverstaendnis/chancengleichheit/veranstaltungen/vortragsreihe_diversitaet/index_ger.html?_cldee=b0wIqgSSGYCr03nJYfGX4rPQToKbTXPvSrYBAriOHtE3uE9lyJqbgQuB70DCjE54&recipientid=contact-ff3554d8dcfbea11b81b005056addea5-0dea522b6c9e47f69ee3b2282089bf68&esid=67eabe13-2151-ed11-80d0-005056ad9109
Virtual ‘Gender and Science’ lecture series, ETHZ, via Zoom: https://polybox.ethz.ch/index.php/s/TxkfzZzaoFzosqY
SNF media courses for Postdocs and Senior Reserachers: https://www.snf.ch/en/vHmVpRYYUJYwO6On/funding/science-communication/media-courses.
Europlanet’s ‘Expert Exchange’ program aims to support the mobilisation of the planetary community to share expertise and best practice and to prepare new facilities and services. You need to learn a new instrumental technique, get up to date on lab equipment, or learn from an expert? Then you might get funds for an expert of your choice to visit your institute, or you can visit them for up to a week. Info: https://www.europlanet-society.org/europlanet-expert-exchange-programme/

Articles / Information

Saying ‘no’ in science isn’t enough, when women refuse requests to do unrewarded tasks, another female colleague often gets asked instead.: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03677-6
Leading the Way for More LGBTQ Inclusivity in STEM: https://spectrum.ieee.org/arti-agrawal-profile
How hiring policies can help end workplace harassment: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03040-9
Success rate 1% for Young Academics (in German): https://www.republik.ch/2022/10/17/erfolgsquote-1-prozent
Exploring Sanctions and Early Interventions for Faculty Sexual Harassment in Higher Education: https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2022/10/exploring-sanctions-and-early-interventions-for-faculty-sexual-harassment-in-higher-education?utm_source=CWSEM&utm_campaign=81769a7795-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_05_16_01_01_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9f27a045ed-81769a7795-129306228
The feminist test we keep failing: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-feminist-test-we-keep-on-failing-lost-women-of-science-podcast-season-3-bonus-episode/

Links/Courses: see February 2022

October 2022

Events

Meeting, 7 – 13 November 2022, Edinburgh: Forming and Exploring Habitable Worlds: https://www.habitableworlds.co.uk/
14 – 21 November 2022: https://bench2biz.ch

Articles / Information

Report about Postdocs in Switzerland – only very few manage to get a professorship position: https://wissenschaftsrat.ch/images/stories/pdf/fr/SWR_2022_Can_we_do_better_Appropriate_size_and_org_of_ERI_system.pdf
Deaf Astronomers throughout history: https://astrobites.org/2022/07/25/deaf-astronomers-throughout-history/
There are too few women in Computer Science and Engineering: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/there-are-too-few-women-in-computer-science-and-engineering/
Women with disabilities ‘underestimated’ as battle for equality in science careers heats up: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-24/women-in-science-pave-way-for-more-inclusive-environment/101257848
Gender-diverse teams produce more novel, higher-impact scientific discoveries: https://news.nd.edu/news/gender-diverse-teams-produce-more-novel-higher-impact-scientific-discoveries-study-shows/
Balancing act: You’re not alone on your tightrope: https://www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/careers/082522/balancing-act-you-re-not-alone-on-your-tightro
Equitable science for all: https://science.nasa.gov/open-science/transform-to-open-science/stories/dr-flavio-azevedo

Links/Courses: see February 2022

August 2022

Events

29-31. August (registration deadline 14. August): Swiss Young Academy Retreat: Creating a Network for Early-Career Scholars Affected by Racism and Classism https://swissyoungacademy.ch/en/laufende-projekte/projekt-3/retreat-for-ecrs-affected-by-racism-and-classism/
13. and 14. September: Second VPlanet Workshop, register here: https://forms.gle/tGhMNHFGnNVa66SZA
Meeting, 7 – 13 November 2022, Edinburgh: Forming and Exploring Habitable Worlds: https://www.habitableworlds.co.uk/

Articles / Information

Gender equality in Astronomy is still a work in progress: https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.4.20220718a/full/
6 women who changed astronomy and spaceflight: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/six-lesser-known-women-of-astronomy/
The Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment is now final: https://www.scienceeurope.org/news/rra-agreement-final/

How long before science is gender neutral: https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/how-long-science-gender-neutral
Student evaluation of teaching: gender bias in a country at the forefront of gender equality: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07294360.2022.2087604?needAccess=true&journalCode=cher20
Meet the woman who makes the JWST work: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/meet-the-woman-who-makes-the-james-webb-space-telescope-work/

Links/Courses: see February 2022

June 2022

Events

^{23rd June: Space Cafe Event ‘From Academia to Space Industry: Beyond Gravity’: https://www.spacehub.uzh.ch/en/events/SpaceCafe/Beyond_Gravity.html}
1^st July: Women in Physics Career Symposium (satellite event of SPS Annual Meeting 2022)https://www.sps.ch/en/events/sps-annual-meeting-2022/satellite-event-women-in-physics-career-symposium
Meeting, 7 – 13 November 2022, Edinburgh: Forming and Exploring Habitable Worlds: https://www.habitableworlds.co.uk/

Articles / Information

Advancing gender equity in the academy: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abq0430
Decreased gender gap due to dual blind proposal review: attached, slide 18
Actionuni – The Voice of the Midlevel Staff in Switzerland (see attached)- are looking for members
‘How come you work 100%? Some reflections from a proud Rabenmutter’: https://www.500womenscientistsfribourgbern.ch/post/how-come-you-work-100-some-reflections-from-a-proud-rabenmutter
The challenge of gender bias: experiences of women pursuing careers in STEM: https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/blogs/2022/the-challenge-of-gender-bias-in-pursuing-stem-careers
The State of Hiring Practices that Promote Diversity in the Astronomical Community: https://aas.org/posts/news/2022/04/state-hiring-practices-promote-diversity-astronomical-community
10 Women Scientists Leading the Fight Against the Climate Crisis: https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/women-scientists-climate-change-solutions-stem/
Women’s Scholarships And Awards Eliminated To Be Fair To Men: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimelsesser/2022/04/13/womens-scholarships-and-awards-eliminated-to-be-fair-to-men/?sh=653e1d277fe2
To advance equality for women, use the evidence: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01045-y

Links/Courses: see February 2022

April 2022

Events

1^st July: Women in Physics Career Symposium (satellite event of SPS Annual Meeting 2022)https://www.sps.ch/en/events/sps-annual-meeting-2022/satellite-event-women-in-physics-career-symposium
Meeting, 7 – 13 November 2022, Edinburgh: Forming and Exploring Habitable Worlds: https://www.habitableworlds.co.uk/

Articles / Information

NASA criticized for ending pronoun project https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa-criticized-for-ending-pronoun-project/
What is the cost of success for women in academia? https://hbsp.harvard.edu/inspiring-minds/what-is-the-cost-of-success-for-women-in-academia
Building a human workplace https://www.optica-opn.org/home/articles/volume_28/february_2017/departments/building_a_humane_workplace/
Taking the battle against sexual harassment in global academia online https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673619303149?via%3Dihub
1^st study of LGBT+ physicists reveals red flags https://phys.org/news/2022-03-1st-lgbt-physicists-reveals-red.html
Building an anti-racist lab – https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008210

Links/Courses: see February 2022

February 2022

Events

ONLINE 2^nd , 10^th , 17^th , 24^th February 2022, 9h30-11h00: The Power of Networking – Empowering women with information and tools for effective networking: https://svin.ch/wordpress/de/events/webinare/
ONLINE 22^nd February 2022, 14h00-15h30, Herausforderung Wertewandel – Wie Partizipation fördern (German): https://www.gendercampus.ch/de/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/herausforderung-wertewandel-wie-partizipation-foerdern
ONLINE 17^th February 2022, 14h00 – 16h00, Uni Bern: Orientation & Welcome Event for international Master’s and PhD Students: https://www.unibe.ch/research/advisory_services/welcome_center/welcome_offer/workshops_courses_events/orientation__welcome_event/index_eng.html
Meeting, 7 – 13 November 2022, Edinburgh: Forming and Exploring Habitable Worlds: https://www.habitableworlds.co.uk/ Registration and abstract submission opens in February.

Calls

Call for nominations: Elisabeth-Schiemann-Kolleg (Max Planck Society) foster the careers of excellent female scientists after their postdoc phase. (Call attached)

Articles / Information

Building an anti-racist lab – https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008210
The unequal impact of parenthood in academia – https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abd1996
Scientists from historically excluded groups face a hostile obstacle course – https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-021-00868-0
vitae – realising the potential of researchers: https://www.vitae.ac.uk/especially: Vitae Researcher Development Framework – Characteristics of excellent researchers (p. 3) https://www.vitae.ac.uk/vitae-publications/rdf-related/researcher-development-framework-rdf-vitae.pdf
Schlussbericht “Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf aus Sicht von Ingenieurinnen und MINT-Frauen» (German)- https://svin.ch/wordpress/news/schlussbericht-der-svin-arbeitsgruppe-vereinbarkeit-von-beruf-und-familie-pdf/
Pourquoi m’intéresse la sociologie du genre? Entretien avec Prof. Hon. René Levy (French) –https://www.gendercampus.ch/de/blog/post/pourquoi-minteresser-a-la-sociologie-du-genre
Uni Bern – Faculty of Science: new website of Equal Opportunities Commission of the Faculty of Science – https://www.philnat.unibe.ch/about_us/equal_opportunities/index_eng.html

Links/Courses

SNF flexibility grant for Postdocs and PhD students who are parents: http://www.snf.ch/en/funding/supplementary-measures/flexibility-grant/Pages/default.aspx
UniBe support for Early-Career Researchers: http://www.philnat.unibe.ch/research/support_for_early_career_researchers/index_eng.html
Child care at UniBe: KIHOB and MVUB Care Pool: https://www.kihob.ch/angebot/ and https://www.unibe.ch/universitaet/organisation/mittelbauvereinigung/beratung_und_anlaufstellen/mvub_care_pool/index_ger.html
kihz Flex: child care for ETH and UZH members at ETH: https://www.kihz.uzh.ch/en/kihz-ferien/ferien-info.html
Equal Opportunities / Diversity at ETHZ: https://www.ethz.ch/services/en/employment-and-work/working-environment/equal-opportunities.html
ETH Domain + UZH members – postdocs: CONNECT programme: https://www.connect-women.ch/
ETH Domain members – PhD students and postdocs: Fix the Leaky Pipeline programme: https://www.fix-the-leaky-pipeline.ch/
Course program of the office for gender equality at UniBe: http://www.unibe.ch/university/portrait/self_image/equality/courses/index_eng.html
Gender equality at UZH: http://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/en.html
Workshops/Courses at UZH: https://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/events.html and https://app.connect.uzh.ch/apps/careerservices/kurse.nsf/veranstaltungen.xsp
Gender office at UniGe: http://www.unige.ch/rectorat/egalite/
Gender campus website: https://www.gendercampus.ch/de/
Womenplusplus (for diversity in tech): https://www.womenplusplus.ch/
ADVANCEGeo launches new online resource center to address sexual harassment in the geosciences: https://serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo/resources/index.html
SCIENTISTS ARE HUMANS is an online magazine which aims to build a better STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) through sharing: https://scientistsarehumans.com/manifesto/
Astrobetter, Tips and Tricks for Professional Astronomers: http://www.astrobetter.com/?fbclid=IwAR2WLJvGAKrPSg7Qw0JJAXgrG__9_8PxHEMeiOdWaUTZJ1LPd85lWgUgm0M
An astronaut program especially for LGBTQIA+ scientists: https://outastronaut.org/
New EAS mentoring programm (scroll down): https://eas.unige.ch/e-newsletter.jsp
Project did this really happen? It collects stories of sexism in scientific settings and puts them into comic form. The goal is to share real examples of daily sexism and spark conversations: https://didthisreallyhappen.net
Sign up to be a resource for journalists, educators, policy makers, scientists, etc: ‘Request a woman scientist’: https://500womenscientists.org/request-a-scientist
Academic Platform website (with e.g. documents for procedure for Inter-project workshops): http://nccr-planets.ch/platforms/academic-platform/

December 2021

Events :

2. December, 14.00-15.00: Next Virtual PlanetS Researchers Seminar: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bB8Z-tKhOOjNBoSjBwn0-vYOIw1k1VPXGmfCz-Th0is/edit
2.+ 7. December 2021: PlanetS Workshop with ‘explainables’ https://www.explainables.org/ about poster design/branding/presentations

Articles/information:

When professional becomes personal: https://www.science.org/content/article/women-accuse-famed-plant-geneticist-sexual-harassment
Scientists count the career costs of Covid: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03040-1
How publication pressure affects research quality in Astronomy: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6775/9/4/52/htm
None of the 2021 science Nobel laureates are women, here’s why men still dominate STEM award winning: https://theconversation.com/none-of-the-2021-science-nobel-laureates-are-women-heres-why-men-still-dominate-stem-award-winning-169493
Once shunned in Antarctica, female scientists are now doing crucial polar research: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/once-shunned-in-antarctica-female-scientists-are-now-doing-crucial-polar-research/
Astronomers say more diversity needed in field, as men greatly outnumber women: https://www.newsweek.com/astronomers-say-more-diversity-needed-field-men-greatly-outnumber-women-survey-1646018
Confronting inappropriate behavior and harassment in Physics: https://aps.org/publications/apsnews/202111/harassment.cfm

October 2021

Events:

IAU Women in Astronomy events/seminars: https://sites.google.com/view/iau-women-in-astronomy/home/upcoming-events-and-seminars?authuser=0 (registration forms: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdI2oahALw2sLWU7o51Ti2safN6OlZa8NSwwietR6OADzh9CA/viewform and https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVMYC3kGJIhi3EIKUbQcU4q2RYWSjdCz91TV4QOzWltiRJpA/viewform)
22. October 2021: PlanetS Workshop with Alumni
2.+ 7. December 2021: PlanetS Workshop with ‘explainables’ https://www.explainables.org/ about poster design/branding/presentations

Articles:

Astronomers for Planet Earth: https://astronomersforplanet.earth/
Blog ‘I focus and write’: https://www.ifocusandwrite.com/
Diversity, equity and inclusion in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016703721003355?dgcid=rss_sd_all
Diversity among Editorial Boards of Elements and other selected Geochemistry, Cosmochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology journals: http://elementsmagazine.org/2021/06/01/diversity-among-editorial-boards/
Code-switching and assimilation in STEM culture: https://eos.org/opinions/code-switching-and-assimilation-in-stem-culture
Banishing bias across disciplines, genders and experience: new tool for fairer research metrics: https://phys.org/news/2021-09-banishing-bias-disciplines-genders-experiencenew.html
Gender bias in science reporting: https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.2.20210806a/full/
Universities want more diverse faculties: Why is academia still so white? https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/universities-say-they-want-more-diverse-faculties-so-why-is-academia-still-so-white/
Women in science face authorship disputes more often than men: https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.2.20210901a/full/
The parenting penalty in scientific productivity: https://physicsworld.com/a/the-parenting-penalty-why-having-children-is-bad-for-your-scientific-productivity/
Women less likely to win major research awards: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02497-4
Amelia Earhart Fellowship: https://www.zonta.org/Web/Programs/Education/Amelia_Earhart_Fellowship?utm_medium=email

Links/Courses:

SNF flexibility grant for Postdocs and PhD students who are parents: http://www.snf.ch/en/funding/supplementary-measures/flexibility-grant/Pages/default.aspx
UniBe support for Early-Career Researchers: http://www.philnat.unibe.ch/research/support_for_early_career_researchers/index_eng.html
Child care at UniBe: KIHOB and MVUB Care Pool: https://www.kihob.ch/angebot/ and https://www.unibe.ch/universitaet/organisation/mittelbauvereinigung/beratung_und_anlaufstellen/mvub_care_pool/index_ger.html
kihz Flex: child care for ETH and UZH members at ETH: https://www.kihz.uzh.ch/en/kihz-ferien/ferien-info.html
Equal Opportunity at ETHZ: https://www.ethz.ch/services/en/employment-and-work/working-environment/equal-opportunities.html
Course program of the office for gender equality at UniBe: http://www.unibe.ch/university/portrait/self_image/equality/courses/index_eng.html
Gender equality at UZH: http://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/en.html
Workshops/Courses at UZH: https://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/courses/courses-uzh.html and https://app.connect.uzh.ch/apps/careerservices/kurse.nsf/veranstaltungen.xsp
Gender office at UniGe: http://www.unige.ch/rectorat/egalite/
Gender campus website: https://www.gendercampus.ch/de/
Womenplusplus (for diversity in tech): https://www.womenplusplus.ch/
ADVANCEGeo launches new online resource center to address sexual harassment in the geosciences: https://serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo/resources/index.html
SCIENTISTS ARE HUMANS is an online magazine which aims to build a better STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) through sharing: https://scientistsarehumans.com/manifesto/
Astrobetter, Tips and Tricks for Professional Astronomers: http://www.astrobetter.com/?fbclid=IwAR2WLJvGAKrPSg7Qw0JJAXgrG__9_8PxHEMeiOdWaUTZJ1LPd85lWgUgm0M
An astronaut program especially for LGBTQIA+ scientists: https://outastronaut.org/
New EAS mentoring programm (scroll down): https://eas.unige.ch/e-newsletter.jsp
Project did this really happen? It collects stories of sexism in scientific settings and puts them into comic form. The goal is to share real examples of daily sexism and spark conversations: <https://didthisreallyhappen.net/> https://didthisreallyhappen.net
Sign up to be a resource for journalists, educators, policy makers, scientists, etc: ‘Request a woman scientist’: https://500womenscientists.org/request-a-scientist

August 2021

Events:

29. September 2021: For UZH Postdocs and PhD students: https://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/events/PostdocMeetUp.html
Exhibition ‘Gender & Sex’: https://stapferhaus.ch/en

Articles:

Bullying and harassment are rife in Astronomy, poll suggests: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02024-5
NASA investigates renaming James Webb telescope after anti-LGBT+ claims: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02010-x
Fixing a Physics Culture Problem: https://physics.aps.org/articles/v14/106
The parenting penalties faced by scientist mothers: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01993-x
Why science needs a new reward and recognition system: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01952-6
After public pleas: 2021 Tokyo Olympics: IOC to allow competitors who are nursing mothers to bring their babies to Summer Gameshttps://www.cbssports.com/olympics/news/2021-tokyo-olympics-ioc-to-allow-competitors-who-are-nursing-mothers-to-bring-their-babies-to-summer-games/

Links/Courses:

SNF flexibility grant for Postdocs and PhD students who are parents: http://www.snf.ch/en/funding/supplementary-measures/flexibility-grant/Pages/default.aspx
UniBe support for Early-Career Researchers: http://www.philnat.unibe.ch/research/support_for_early_career_researchers/index_eng.html
Child care at UniBe: KIHOB and MVUB Care Pool: https://www.kihob.ch/angebot/ and https://www.unibe.ch/universitaet/organisation/mittelbauvereinigung/beratung_und_anlaufstellen/mvub_care_pool/index_ger.html
kihz Flex: child care for ETH and UZH members at ETH: https://www.kihz.uzh.ch/en/kihz-ferien/ferien-info.html
Equal Opportunity at ETHZ: https://www.ethz.ch/services/en/employment-and-work/working-environment/equal-opportunities.html
Course program of the office for gender equality at UniBe: http://www.unibe.ch/university/portrait/self_image/equality/courses/index_eng.html
Gender equality at UZH: http://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/en.html
Workshops/Courses at UZH: https://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/courses/courses-uzh.html and https://app.connect.uzh.ch/apps/careerservices/kurse.nsf/veranstaltungen.xsp
Gender office at UniGe: http://www.unige.ch/rectorat/egalite/
Gender campus website: https://www.gendercampus.ch/de/
Womenplusplus (for diversity in tech): https://www.womenplusplus.ch/
ADVANCEGeo launches new online resource center to address sexual harassment in the geosciences: https://serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo/resources/index.html
SCIENTISTS ARE HUMANS is an online magazine which aims to build a better STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) through sharing: https://scientistsarehumans.com/manifesto/
Astrobetter, Tips and Tricks for Professional Astronomers: http://www.astrobetter.com/?fbclid=IwAR2WLJvGAKrPSg7Qw0JJAXgrG__9_8PxHEMeiOdWaUTZJ1LPd85lWgUgm0M
An astronaut program especially for LGBTQIA+ scientists: https://outastronaut.org/
New EAS mentoring programm (scroll down): https://eas.unige.ch/e-newsletter.jsp
Project did this really happen? It collects stories of sexism in scientific settings and puts them into comic form. The goal is to share real examples of daily sexism and spark conversations: <https://didthisreallyhappen.net/> https://didthisreallyhappen.net
Sign up to be a resource for journalists, educators, policy makers, scientists, etc: ‘Request a woman scientist’: https://500womenscientists.org/request-a-scientist

June 2021

Events:

14. June: The 500 Women Scientists Bern-Fribourg are joining the Frauenstreik this year and are looking for more women scientists to join as speakers and to increase the visibility of women scientists: https://500wsbern.wixsite.com/500wsbern/frauenstreik and see flyer attached
16. June, 17.00-19.00, PlanetS Webinar with ‘The Professor is in’ Dr. Karin Kelsky, Topic: “Hacking the Academic Job Market (in a Pandemic)” & “How to Write an Academic Job Application”
17. June, 12.00-13.00, PlanetS Lunch Talk, Results (and Q&A) of external research project at PlanetS (gender equity and well-being)
ETH coffee lectures: https://ethz.ch/content/associates/services/en/news-und-veranstaltungen/internal-news/archive/2021/05/coffee-lectures-in-10-minuten-zu-neuem-knowhow.html

Articles:

Women getting in and getting on: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-021-01348-6?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+natastron%2Frss%2Fcurrent+%28Nature+Astronomy%29
Re-imagining STEM workforce development as a braided river: https://eos.org/opinions/reimagining-stem-workforce-development-as-a-braided-river
More people are going to space, but diversity is still grounded: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2278309-more-people-are-going-to-space-but-diversity-is-still-grounded/
Feeling invisible as a remote worker? https://www.nbcnews.com/know-your-value/feature/feeling-invisible-4-ways-you-can-be-seen-remote-worker-ncna1265361
Six lessons from a pandemic PhD student: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01233-2
Fighting algorithmic bias in AI:https://physicsworld.com/a/fighting-algorithmic-bias-in-artificial-intelligence/
She space International – an educational project to advance and empower female students in STEM focusing on space science: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019AGUFMED34A..07A/abstract and ‘She space’ program, a first-of-its-kind educational space science project for the development of satellite imaging research applications! The She Space program was built to inspire young girls to study STEM subjects: https://in.bgu.ac.il/en/epif/Pages/She-Space.aspx

Links/Courses:

SNF flexibility grant for Postdocs and PhD students who are parents: http://www.snf.ch/en/funding/supplementary-measures/flexibility-grant/Pages/default.aspx
UniBe support for Early-Career Researchers: http://www.philnat.unibe.ch/research/support_for_early_career_researchers/index_eng.html
Child care at UniBe: KIHOB and MVUB Care Pool: https://www.kihob.ch/angebot/ and https://www.unibe.ch/universitaet/organisation/mittelbauvereinigung/beratung_und_anlaufstellen/mvub_care_pool/index_ger.html
kihz Flex: child care for ETH and UZH members at ETH: https://www.kihz.uzh.ch/en/kihz-ferien/ferien-info.html
Equal Opportunity at ETHZ: https://www.ethz.ch/services/en/employment-and-work/working-environment/equal-opportunities.html
Course program of the office for gender equality at UniBe: http://www.unibe.ch/university/portrait/self_image/equality/courses/index_eng.html
Gender equality at UZH: http://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/en.html
Workshops/Courses at UZH: https://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/courses/courses-uzh.html and https://app.connect.uzh.ch/apps/careerservices/kurse.nsf/veranstaltungen.xsp
Gender office at UniGe: http://www.unige.ch/rectorat/egalite/
Gender campus website: https://www.gendercampus.ch/de/
Womenplusplus (for diversity in tech): https://www.womenplusplus.ch/
ADVANCEGeo launches new online resource center to address sexual harassment in the geosciences: https://serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo/resources/index.html
SCIENTISTS ARE HUMANS is an online magazine which aims to build a better STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) through sharing: https://scientistsarehumans.com/manifesto/
Astrobetter, Tips and Tricks for Professional Astronomers: http://www.astrobetter.com/?fbclid=IwAR2WLJvGAKrPSg7Qw0JJAXgrG__9_8PxHEMeiOdWaUTZJ1LPd85lWgUgm0M
An astronaut program especially for LGBTQIA+ scientists: https://outastronaut.org/
New EAS mentoring programm (scroll down): https://eas.unige.ch/e-newsletter.jsp
Project did this really happen? It collects stories of sexism in scientific settings and puts them into comic form. The goal is to share real examples of daily sexism and spark conversations: <https://didthisreallyhappen.net/> https://didthisreallyhappen.net
Sign up to be a resource for journalists, educators, policy makers, scientists, etc: ‘Request a woman scientist’: https://500womenscientists.org/request-a-scientist

April 2021

Events:

13. April, 15.00-17.00, PlanetS Virtual Seminar with Prof. Diana Valencia
19. May, 16.00-18.00, PlanetS Virtual Seminar with Prof. Lindy Elkins-Tanton
17. June, 12.00-13.00, PlanetS Lunch Talk, Results (and Q&A) of external research project at PlanetS (gender equity and well-being)

Articles:

Stop telling women they have imposter syndrome: https://hbr.org/2021/02/stop-telling-women-they-have-imposter-syndrome?ab=hero-subleft-1
Science Illiteracy and Poor Critical Thinking Skills Really Can be Deadly: https://blogs.agu.org/wildwildscience/2021/02/09/science-illiteracy-and-poor-critical-thinking-skills-really-can-be-deadly/
Illustrations of 50 cognitive biases: https://blogs.agu.org/wildwildscience/files/2021/02/50-cognitive-biases-2-1.png
6 often overlooked stories of women in STEM: https://interestingengineering.com/6-women-who-wrote-stem-history-youve-probably-never-heard-of
Blog series on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on early-stage career academics: https://nccr-onthemove.ch/blog/category/covid-19-academics/
Why we leave: http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2021/03/why-we-leave.html
Inclusive mentoring: The mindset of an effective mentor: https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/202102/backpage.cfm
An Interview With Dr. Shirley Jackson, The Ultimate Role Model For Women In Science: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tmobile/2021/03/17/an-interview-with-dr-shirley-jackson-the-ultimate-role-model-for-women-in-science/?sh=3a33440b41db
Sexism, racism, prejudice, and bias: a literature review and synthesis of research surrounding student evaluations of courses and teaching: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KG5W2MSQKM7J4JRTVMKS/full

Links/Courses:

SNF flexibility grant for Postdocs and PhD students who are parents: http://www.snf.ch/en/funding/supplementary-measures/flexibility-grant/Pages/default.aspx
UniBe support for Early-Career Researchers: http://www.philnat.unibe.ch/research/support_for_early_career_researchers/index_eng.html
Child care at UniBe: KIHOB and MVUB Care Pool: https://www.kihob.ch/angebot/ and https://www.unibe.ch/universitaet/organisation/mittelbauvereinigung/beratung_und_anlaufstellen/mvub_care_pool/index_ger.html
kihz Flex: child care for ETH and UZH members at ETH: https://www.kihz.uzh.ch/en/kihz-ferien/ferien-info.html
Equal Opportunity at ETHZ: https://www.ethz.ch/services/en/employment-and-work/working-environment/equal-opportunities.html
Course program of the office for gender equality at UniBe: http://www.unibe.ch/university/portrait/self_image/equality/courses/index_eng.html
Gender equality at UZH: http://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/en.html
Workshops/Courses at UZH: https://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/courses/courses-uzh.html and https://app.connect.uzh.ch/apps/careerservices/kurse.nsf/veranstaltungen.xsp
Gender office at UniGe: http://www.unige.ch/rectorat/egalite/
Gender campus website: https://www.gendercampus.ch/de/
Womenplusplus (for diversity in tech): https://www.womenplusplus.ch/
ADVANCEGeo launches new online resource center to address sexual harassment in the geosciences: https://serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo/resources/index.html
SCIENTISTS ARE HUMANS is an online magazine which aims to build a better STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) through sharing: https://scientistsarehumans.com/manifesto/
Astrobetter, Tips and Tricks for Professional Astronomers: http://www.astrobetter.com/?fbclid=IwAR2WLJvGAKrPSg7Qw0JJAXgrG__9_8PxHEMeiOdWaUTZJ1LPd85lWgUgm0M
An astronaut program especially for LGBTQIA+ scientists: https://outastronaut.org/
New EAS mentoring programm (scroll down): https://eas.unige.ch/e-newsletter.jsp
Project did this really happen? It collects stories of sexism in scientific settings and puts them into comic form. The goal is to share real examples of daily sexism and spark conversations: <https://didthisreallyhappen.net/> https://didthisreallyhappen.net
Sign up to be a resource for journalists, educators, policy makers, scientists, etc: ‘Request a woman scientist’: https://500womenscientists.org/request-a-scientist
Academic Platform website (with e.g. documents for procedure for Inter-project workshops): http://nccr-planets.ch/platforms/academic-platform/

February 2021

Events:

9. Februar 2021, 14.30 Webinar: Do I have to act like a man to succeed in science? Registration free, but mandatory: http://www.alba.network/gender-and-science-meet-2021
1st week of March (3.-5. March): Screening of ‘Picture a Scientist’ movie at PlanetS

Articles:

A report on gender diversity and equality in the geosciences: an analysis of the Swiss Geoscience Meetings from 2003 to 2019: https://sjg.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s00015-020-00379-x
Call for Europlanet mentors and opportunity for PhD students to be mentored: http://www.europlanet.tfai.vu.lt/homepage/mentorship/mentors/our-mentors/
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: the first to describe what stars are made of: https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/cecilia-payne-gaposchkin-the-first-to-describe-what-stars-are-made-of/ (see book here: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674237377)
Making a place for the next generation of Geoscientists: https://eos.org/opinions/making-a-place-for-the-next-generation-of-geoscientists
Follow-up on gender pronoun discussion: 10 ways to step up as an ally to non-binary people: https://www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/10-ways-step-ally-non-binary-people

Links/Courses:

SNF flexibility grant for Postdocs and PhD students who are parents: http://www.snf.ch/en/funding/supplementary-measures/flexibility-grant/Pages/default.aspx
UniBe support for Early-Career Researchers: http://www.philnat.unibe.ch/research/support_for_early_career_researchers/index_eng.html
Child care at UniBe: KIHOB and MVUB Care Pool: https://www.kihob.ch/angebot/ and https://www.unibe.ch/universitaet/organisation/mittelbauvereinigung/beratung_und_anlaufstellen/mvub_care_pool/index_ger.html
kihz Flex: child care for ETH and UZH members at ETH: https://www.kihz.uzh.ch/en/kihz-ferien/ferien-info.html
Equal Opportunity at ETHZ: https://www.ethz.ch/services/en/employment-and-work/working-environment/equal-opportunities.html
Course program of the office for gender equality at UniBe: http://www.unibe.ch/university/portrait/self_image/equality/courses/index_eng.html
Gender equality at UZH: http://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/en.html
Workshops/Courses at UZH: https://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/courses/courses-uzh.html and https://app.connect.uzh.ch/apps/careerservices/kurse.nsf/veranstaltungen.xsp
Gender office at UniGe: http://www.unige.ch/rectorat/egalite/
Gender campus website: https://www.gendercampus.ch/de/
Womenplusplus (for diversity in tech): https://www.womenplusplus.ch/
ADVANCEGeo launches new online resource center to address sexual harassment in the geosciences: https://serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo/resources/index.html
SCIENTISTS ARE HUMANS is an online magazine which aims to build a better STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) through sharing: https://scientistsarehumans.com/manifesto/
Astrobetter, Tips and Tricks for Professional Astronomers: http://www.astrobetter.com/?fbclid=IwAR2WLJvGAKrPSg7Qw0JJAXgrG__9_8PxHEMeiOdWaUTZJ1LPd85lWgUgm0M
An astronaut program especially for LGBTQIA+ scientists: https://outastronaut.org/
New EAS mentoring programm (scroll down): https://eas.unige.ch/e-newsletter.jsp
Project did this really happen? It collects stories of sexism in scientific settings and puts them into comic form. The goal is to share real examples of daily sexism and spark conversations: <https://didthisreallyhappen.net/> https://didthisreallyhappen.net
Sign up to be a resource for journalists, educators, policy makers, scientists, etc: ‘Request a woman scientist’: https://500womenscientists.org/request-a-scientist
Academic Platform website (with e.g. documents for procedure for Inter-project workshops): http://nccr-planets.ch/platforms/academic-platform/

December 2020

Articles:

Inspiration, inoculation, and introductions are all critical to successful mentorship for undergraduate women pursuing geoscience careers: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-020-0005-y
Reaction to the ‘Der Spiegel’ interview with Physics Nobel Prize winner Prof. Genzel: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2480562182242074&id=100008649487062
Professors have united under the name Athena’s Angels, with the mission to offer men and women truly equal opportunities to advance in their scientific career: https://www.athenasangels.nl/en/
Astronomy in Colour is a community that is actively working to transform astronomy to make it more inclusive and welcoming for all: https://aic.saao.ac.za/
The Virus Moved Female Faculty to the Brink. Will Universities Help?: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/science/covid-universities-women.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
PhD students face significant mental health challenges: https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2017/04/phd-students-face-significant-mental-health-challenges

Links/Courses:

SNF flexibility grant for Postdocs and PhD students who are parents: http://www.snf.ch/en/funding/supplementary-measures/flexibility-grant/Pages/default.aspx
UniBe support for Early-Career Researchers: http://www.philnat.unibe.ch/research/support_for_early_career_researchers/index_eng.html
Child care at UniBe: KIHOB and MVUB Care Pool: https://www.kihob.ch/angebot/ and https://www.unibe.ch/universitaet/organisation/mittelbauvereinigung/beratung_und_anlaufstellen/mvub_care_pool/index_ger.html
kihz Flex: child care for ETH and UZH members at ETH: https://www.kihz.uzh.ch/en/kihz-ferien/ferien-info.html
Equal Opportunity at ETHZ: https://www.ethz.ch/services/en/employment-and-work/working-environment/equal-opportunities.html
Course program of the office for gender equality at UniBe: http://www.unibe.ch/university/portrait/self_image/equality/courses/index_eng.html
Gender equality at UZH: http://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/en.html
Workshops/Courses at UZH: https://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/courses/courses-uzh.html and https://app.connect.uzh.ch/apps/careerservices/kurse.nsf/veranstaltungen.xsp
Gender office at UniGe: http://www.unige.ch/rectorat/egalite/
Gender campus website: https://www.gendercampus.ch/de/
Womenplusplus (for diversity in tech): https://www.womenplusplus.ch/
ADVANCEGeo launches new online resource center to address sexual harassment in the geosciences: https://serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo/resources/index.html
SCIENTISTS ARE HUMANS is an online magazine which aims to build a better STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) through sharing: https://scientistsarehumans.com/manifesto/
Astrobetter, Tips and Tricks for Professional Astronomers: http://www.astrobetter.com/?fbclid=IwAR2WLJvGAKrPSg7Qw0JJAXgrG__9_8PxHEMeiOdWaUTZJ1LPd85lWgUgm0M
An astronaut program especially for LGBTQIA+ scientists: https://outastronaut.org/
New EAS mentoring programm (scroll down): https://eas.unige.ch/e-newsletter.jsp
Project did this really happen? It collects stories of sexism in scientific settings and puts them into comic form. The goal is to share real examples of daily sexism and spark conversations: <https://didthisreallyhappen.net/> https://didthisreallyhappen.net
Sign up to be a resource for journalists, educators, policy makers, scientists, etc: ‘Request a woman scientist’: https://500womenscientists.org/request-a-scientist
Academic Platform website (with e.g. documents for procedure for Inter-project workshops): http://nccr-planets.ch/platforms/academic-platform/

October 2020

Events:

5.-7. November 2020: Online Women Physicists’ Conference: https://www.physik.uni-hamburg.de/en/physikerinnentagung2020.html
20.-21. November 2020: Online Conference ‘Critical Gender and Diversity Knowledge’: https://www.gender-diversity-knowledge.ch/

Articles:

Teaching Astronomy online: tools and tips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFhVT3VzlwKozPrbWlcSLnoO0VJHOvOSt
The Art of Planetary Science 2020 – a virtual Odyssey: https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/art/2020
The Supernova Foundation – Mentoring for Women in Physics: https://www.supernovafoundation.org/
Astronomers create 40% more carbon emission than the average Australian -here is how they can be more environmentally friendly: https://theconversation.com/astronomers-create-40-more-carbon-emissions-than-the-average-australian-heres-how-they-can-be-more-environmentally-friendly-145643
The ecological impact of high-performance computing in Astrophysics: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-020-1208-y
NASA to stop using racist nicknames for cosmic objects: https://www.space.com/nasa-stops-racist-nicknames-cosmic-objects.html?utm_source=Selligent&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=9155&utm_content=SDC_Newsletter+&utm_term=2912515&m_i=bj_bzuATdoaCeUB5fQrPrAUa7JuK5QHEIE4co3xCfyMTbqcluIhh17d5mYqrKmPCrdGAA5Qy0kgviyUNqMw9%2BsIBEd5C9XYBLZf1gN_bbq
Bisexual people deserve respect at their workplaces: https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/9/22/bisexual-people-deserve-respect-their-workplaces
Participation of women scientists in ESA solar system missions: a historical trend: https://adgeo.copernicus.org/articles/53/169/2020/
Diversity in science: next steps for research group leaders: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02681-y

Links/Courses:

SNF flexibility grant for Postdocs and PhD students who are parents: http://www.snf.ch/en/funding/supplementary-measures/flexibility-grant/Pages/default.aspx
UniBe support for Early-Career Researchers: http://www.philnat.unibe.ch/research/support_for_early_career_researchers/index_eng.html
Child care at UniBe: KIHOB and MVUB Care Pool: https://www.kihob.ch/angebot/ and https://www.unibe.ch/universitaet/organisation/mittelbauvereinigung/beratung_und_anlaufstellen/mvub_care_pool/index_ger.html
kihz Flex: child care for ETH and UZH members at ETH: https://www.kihz.uzh.ch/en/kihz-ferien/ferien-info.html
Equal Opportunity at ETHZ: https://www.ethz.ch/services/en/employment-and-work/working-environment/equal-opportunities.html
Course program of the office for gender equality at UniBe: http://www.unibe.ch/university/portrait/self_image/equality/courses/index_eng.html
Gender equality at UZH: http://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/en.html
Workshops/Courses at UZH: https://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/courses/courses-uzh.html and https://app.connect.uzh.ch/apps/careerservices/kurse.nsf/veranstaltungen.xsp
Gender office at UniGe: http://www.unige.ch/rectorat/egalite/
Gender campus website: https://www.gendercampus.ch/de/
Womenplusplus (for diversity in tech): https://www.womenplusplus.ch/
ADVANCEGeo launches new online resource center to address sexual harassment in the geosciences: https://serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo/resources/index.html
SCIENTISTS ARE HUMANS is an online magazine which aims to build a better STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) through sharing: https://scientistsarehumans.com/manifesto/
Astrobetter, Tips and Tricks for Professional Astronomers: http://www.astrobetter.com/?fbclid=IwAR2WLJvGAKrPSg7Qw0JJAXgrG__9_8PxHEMeiOdWaUTZJ1LPd85lWgUgm0M
An astronaut program especially for LGBTQIA+ scientists: https://outastronaut.org/
New EAS mentoring programm (scroll down): https://eas.unige.ch/e-newsletter.jsp
Project did this really happen? It collects stories of sexism in scientific settings and puts them into comic form. The goal is to share real examples of daily sexism and spark conversations: <https://didthisreallyhappen.net/> https://didthisreallyhappen.net
Sign up to be a resource for journalists, educators, policy makers, scientists, etc: ‘Request a woman scientist’: https://500womenscientists.org/request-a-scientist
Academic Platform website (with e.g. documents for procedure for Inter-project workshops): http://nccr-planets.ch/platforms/academic-platform/

August 2020

Links/Courses:

see below (December 2019)

Articles:

The fallout from Covid-19 on Astronomy’s most vulnerable groups: http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-fallout-from-covid-19-on-astronomys.html
As more parents return to the office, some face an impossible choice: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/07/03/state-private-workers-face-tough-choices-over-teleworking/
Seeking an exit plan for leaving academia amid coronavirus worries: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02029-6
Gender bias is kept alive by those who think it’s dead: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/homepage/title_802676_en.html
Gender Alarm Archive collects experiences on gender-based micro-marginalisation: https://www.facebook.com/Gender-Alarm-Archive-104672161312393

June 2020

Links/Courses:

see below (December 2019)

Articles:

Are women publishing less during the pandemic? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01294-9
The Coronavirus hurts some of science’s most vulnerable: https://eos.org/articles/the-coronavirus-hurts-some-of-sciences-most-vulnerable
When women don’t speak: https://magazine.byu.edu/article/when-women-dont-speak/
Toolkit (European Network against Racism): Ensuring well-being and equality at the workplace: https://www.enar-eu.org/IMG/pdf/equalatwork2019_final_lr.pdf
Defining Junior Researchers and challenges they face (from 2017): http://www.eurodoc.net/sites/default/files/attachments/2017/133/eurodoc2017-juniorresearchersdefinitionandchallenges.pdf
Title IX Inaction at UCLA Astronomy: https://medium.com/@emilymartin88/title-ix-inaction-at-ucla-astronomy-61065540a39e
The (non-)presence of females in children’s books: https://www.facebook.com/rebelgirls/videos/1596694693691853/UzpfSTU4MTU2NTgxMzoxMDE1NDM2MjM2NDc4MDgxNA/
TV show about gender inequalities and young children: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN5R2LWhTrY
Talks on bravery/perfection in men and women:
https://www.facebook.com/TED/videos/213895555994221/UzpfSTU4MTU2NTgxMzoxMDE1NTg4MTQ2NTEyMDgxNA/and https://www.facebook.com/GirlsWhoCode/videos/10160471574640652/UzpfSTU4MTU2NTgxMzoxMDE1NTg3NTA2NjgwMDgxNA/
Kids don’t damage women’s careers – men do: https://gen.medium.com/kids-dont-damage-women-s-careers-men-do-eb07cba689b8

April 2020

Special Home Office edition (Covid-19):

Extensive link collection around Covid-19: https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/home
Teaching Astronomy remotely: https://www.facebook.com/groups/123898011017097/permalink/3626125034127693/

Zoom channel that remains open all day long for groups to interact anytime, have coffe breaks etc
Regular zoom dinners to see each other virtually while eating alone at home, to replace usual social activities
Fitness at home, free videos: https://asvz.ch/236746-coronavirus#details1-fold1

Are you struggling with self-isolation? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/mind/coronavirus-qa-can-look-physical-mental-health-self-isolation/
How dual-career couples can work through the crisis: https://hbr.org/2020/03/how-dual-career-couples-can-work-through-the-coronavirus-crisis
Virtual dinner parties help fighting isolation: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/voraciously/wp/2020/03/21/eating-alone-together-virtual-dinner-parties-are-helping-people-fight-isolation/
How to manage anxiety during quarantine: https://adaa.org/learn-from-us/from-the-experts/blog-posts/consumer/covid-19-lockdown-guide-how-manage-anxiety-and

February 2020

Links/Courses:

see below (December 2019)

Articles:

Gender and sexual minorities in astronomy and planetary science face increased risks of harassment and assault: https://baas.aas.org/community/gender-and-sexual-minorities-in-astronomy-and-planetary-science/
Why sexual harassment needs tougher punishment: https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/we-need-to-treat-sexual-harassment-the-same-as-research-misconduct?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=d8471fbf99-briefing-dy-20191209&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-d8471fbf99-44519397

Tips to overcome the imposter syndrome: http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2019/11/cross-post-tips-to-overcome-imposter.html
Career profiles ‘Geochemist to Planetary Scientist’: http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2019/12/career-profiles-geochemist-to-planetary.html
Women are still a minority at the NASA space agency despite the year of women: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/11/26/nasa-was-year-woman-yet-women-still-are-big-minority-space-agency/
Less speaking opportunities for women of ethnic minorities: https://phys.org/news/2019-12-women-ethnic-minorities-opportunities-scientific.html
Too many PhDs, too few research positions: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03439-x
It’s time to fix the ‘one size fits all’ PhD: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03604-2

December 2019

Links/Courses:

SNF flexibility grant for Postdocs and PhD students who are parents: http://www.snf.ch/en/funding/supplementary-measures/flexibility-grant/Pages/default.aspx
UniBe support for Early-Career Researchers: http://www.philnat.unibe.ch/research/support_for_early_career_researchers/index_eng.html
Child care at UniBe: KIHOB and MVUB Care Pool: https://www.kihob.ch/angebot/ and https://www.unibe.ch/universitaet/organisation/mittelbauvereinigung/beratung_und_anlaufstellen/mvub_care_pool/index_ger.html
kihz Flex: child care for ETH and UZH members at ETH: https://www.kihz.uzh.ch/en/kihz-ferien/ferien-info.html
Equal Opportunity at ETHZ: https://www.ethz.ch/services/en/employment-and-work/working-environment/equal-opportunities.html
Course program of the office for gender equality at UniBe: http://www.unibe.ch/university/portrait/self_image/equality/courses/index_eng.html
Gender equality at UZH: http://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/en.html
Workshops/Courses at UZH: https://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/courses/courses-uzh.html and https://app.connect.uzh.ch/apps/careerservices/kurse.nsf/veranstaltungen.xsp
Gender office at UniGe: http://www.unige.ch/rectorat/egalite/
Gender campus website: https://www.gendercampus.ch/de/
Womenplusplus (for diversity in tech): https://www.womenplusplus.ch/
ADVANCEGeo launches new online resource center to address sexual harassment in the geosciences: https://serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo/resources/index.html
SCIENTISTS ARE HUMANS is an online magazine which aims to build a better STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) through sharing: https://scientistsarehumans.com/manifesto/
Astrobetter, Tips and Tricks for Professional Astronomers: http://www.astrobetter.com/?fbclid=IwAR2WLJvGAKrPSg7Qw0JJAXgrG__9_8PxHEMeiOdWaUTZJ1LPd85lWgUgm0M
IAU 2019 inclusion in Astronomy year: https://www.inclusive-astronomy.org/
An astronaut program especially for LGBTQIA+ scientists: https://outastronaut.org/
New EAS mentoring programm (scroll down): https://eas.unige.ch/e-newsletter.jsp
Project did this really happen? It collects stories of sexism in scientific settings and puts them into comic form. The goal is to share real examples of daily sexism and spark conversations: https://didthisreallyhappen.net
Sign up to be a resource for journalists, educators, policy makers, scientists, etc: ‘Request a woman scientist’: https://500womenscientists.org/request-a-scientist
I, scientist website: https://twitter.com/iscientistconf and https://www.iscientist.berlin/
Academic Platform website (with e.g. documents for procedure for Inter-project workshops): http://nccr-planets.ch/platforms/academic-platform/

Articles:

Expanding Gender Equity Studies in Astronomy: https://astrobites.org/2019/11/07/all-genders-are-statistically-significant-expanding-gender-equity-studies-in-astronomy/
6 Steps Everyone Can Take To Become An Ally In White, Male-Dominated Workplaces: https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/10/25/6-steps-everyone-can-take-to-become-an-ally-in-white-male-dominated-workplaces/#575e0fb149fd
Women are regularly read and cited less in academia, but not for lack of research: https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2019-10-25/women-are-regularly-read-and-cited-less-in-academia-but-not-for-lack-of-research-uci-study-shows
An ongoing conversation on diversity in science: https://thevarsity.ca/2019/10/27/an-ongoing-conversation-on-diversity-in-science/
How I overcame impostor syndrome after leaving academia: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03036-y?sap-outbound-id=695865145305373976282A89F766F10B6CDD7B2A

October 2019

Events:	14.-15. October, Baltimore, USA: Inclusive Astronomy 2, https://outerspace.stsci.edu/display/IA2/Inclusive+Astronomy+2+Conference 25.Oktober, UZH, Zürich: ‘Who cares? A workshop for UZH PhD studends and Postdocs with children’: https://www.uzh.ch/del/ssl-dir/adressgesuche/public/files/5549/191025_Who-Cares_Flyer_A5.pdf 28. October, UniBe: Workshop ‘Using Python and Astropy for Astronomical Data Analysis’: https://github.com/bmorris3/astropy-workshop-bern-2019 12.-15. November, Japan: IAU symposium on Astronomy for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Links/Courses:	SNF flexibility grant for Postdocs and PhD students who are parents: http://www.snf.ch/en/funding/supplementary-measures/flexibility-grant/Pages/default.aspx UniBe support for Early-Career Researchers: http://www.philnat.unibe.ch/research/support_for_early_career_researchers/index_eng.html Child care at UniBe: KIHOB and MVUB Care Pool: https://www.kihob.ch/angebot/ and https://www.unibe.ch/universitaet/organisation/mittelbauvereinigung/beratung_und_anlaufstellen/mvub_care_pool/index_ger.html kihz Flex: child care for ETH and UZH members at ETH: https://www.kihz.uzh.ch/en/kihz-ferien/ferien-info.html Equal Opportunity at ETHZ: https://www.ethz.ch/services/en/employment-and-work/working-environment/equal-opportunities.html Course program of the office for gender equality at UniBe: http://www.unibe.ch/university/portrait/self_image/equality/courses/index_eng.html Gender equality at UZH: http://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/en.html Workshops/Courses at UZH: https://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/courses/courses-uzh.html and https://app.connect.uzh.ch/apps/careerservices/kurse.nsf/veranstaltungen.xsp Gender office at UniGe: http://www.unige.ch/rectorat/egalite/ Gender campus website: https://www.gendercampus.ch/de/ Womenplusplus (for diversity in tech): https://www.womenplusplus.ch/ ADVANCEGeo launches new online resource center to address sexual harassment in the geosciences: https://serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo/resources/index.html SCIENTISTS ARE HUMANS is an online magazine which aims to build a better STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) through sharing: https://scientistsarehumans.com/manifesto/ Astrobetter, Tips and Tricks for Professional Astronomers: http://www.astrobetter.com/?fbclid=IwAR2WLJvGAKrPSg7Qw0JJAXgrG__9_8PxHEMeiOdWaUTZJ1LPd85lWgUgm0M IAU 2019 inclusion in Astronomy year: https://www.inclusive-astronomy.org/ An astronaut program especially for LGBTQIA+ scientists: https://outastronaut.org/ New EAS mentoring programm (scroll down): https://eas.unige.ch/e-newsletter.jsp Project did this really happen? It collects stories of sexism in scientific settings and puts them into comic form. The goal is to share real examples of daily sexism and spark conversations: https://didthisreallyhappen.net Sign up to be a resource for journalists, educators, policy makers, scientists, etc: ‘Request a woman scientist’: https://500womenscientists.org/request-a-scientist I, scientist website: https://twitter.com/iscientistconf and https://www.iscientist.berlin/ Academic Platform website (with e.g. documents for procedure for Inter-project workshops): http://nccr-planets.ch/platforms/academic-platform/
Articles:	How to banish manels and manferences from scientific meetings: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02658-6 Career progression for women in science is still being stifled: https://www.siliconrepublic.com/careers/women-science-careers-equality A physics department fosters an inclusive environment:https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.2.20190912a/full/ Younger scientists need better support: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02561-0?utm_source=fbk_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=naturenews&sf218249794=1&fbclid=IwAR2zy-uzok6N8fyEttlvVAu7BlKC2fAt5Uqz6n_VHACQ7ki7N2i6fB72gu8 15 tips to make scientific conferences more welcoming for everyone: https://physicsworld.com/a/fifteen-tips-to-make-scientific-conferences-more-welcoming-for-everyone/

August 2019

Events:	20-21.September, Berlin: https://www.iscientist.berlin/ I, Scientist 2019 (Gender, Career Paths and Networking) 12.-15. November, Japan: IAU symposium on Astronomy for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Women and Girls in Astronomy Contest by the IAU (deadline 30th June): https://www.inclusive-astronomy.org/women-girls-contest
Links/Courses:	SNF flexibility grant for Postdocs and PhD students who are parents: http://www.snf.ch/en/funding/supplementary-measures/flexibility-grant/Pages/default.aspx UniBe support for Early-Career Researchers: http://www.philnat.unibe.ch/research/support_for_early_career_researchers/index_eng.html kihz Flex: child care for ETH and UZH members at ETH: https://www.kihz.uzh.ch/en/kihz-ferien/ferien-info.html Equal Opportunity at ETHZ: https://www.ethz.ch/services/en/employment-and-work/working-environment/equal-opportunities.html Course program of the office for gender equality at UniBe: http://www.unibe.ch/university/portrait/self_image/equality/courses/index_eng.html Gender equality at UZH: http://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/en.html Workshops/Courses at UZH: https://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/courses/courses-uzh.html and https://app.connect.uzh.ch/apps/careerservices/kurse.nsf/veranstaltungen.xsp Gender office at UniGe: http://www.unige.ch/rectorat/egalite/ Gender campus website: https://www.gendercampus.ch/de/ Womenplusplus (for diversity in tech): https://www.womenplusplus.ch/ ADVANCEGeo launches new online resource center to address sexual harassment in the geosciences: https://serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo/resources/index.html SCIENTISTS ARE HUMANS is an online magazine which aims to build a better STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) through sharing: https://scientistsarehumans.com/manifesto/ Astrobetter, Tips and Tricks for Professional Astronomers: http://www.astrobetter.com/?fbclid=IwAR2WLJvGAKrPSg7Qw0JJAXgrG__9_8PxHEMeiOdWaUTZJ1LPd85lWgUgm0M IAU 2019 inclusion in Astronomy year: https://www.inclusive-astronomy.org/ An astronaut program especially for LGBTQIA+ scientists: https://outastronaut.org/ New EAS mentoring programm (scroll down): https://eas.unige.ch/e-newsletter.jsp Project did this really happen? It collects stories of sexism in scientific settings and puts them into comic form. The goal is to share real examples of daily sexism and spark conversations: https://didthisreallyhappen.net Sign up to be a resource for journalists, educators, policy makers, scientists, etc: ‘Request a woman scientist’: https://500womenscientists.org/request-a-scientist Academic Platform website (with e.g. documents for procedure for Inter-project workshops): http://nccr-planets.ch/platforms/academic-platform/
Articles:	NASA switches to double-blind peer reviews for telescope time applications to reduce gender bias: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02064-y It could take 118 years for female computer scientists to match publishing rates of male colleagues: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/06/it-could-take-118-years-female-computer-scientists-match-publishing-rates-male A woman’s greatest enemy: a lack of time to herself: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/21/woman-greatest-enemy-lack-of-time-themselves Record-breaking Astronaut Peggy Whitson: ‘It’s an Exciting Time for Space Exploration’: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2019/06/24/record-breaking-astronaut-peggy-whitson-its-an-exciting-time-for-space-exploration/#.XSMgBY9CTb1 Elaine Denniston: The woman who corrected Apollo’s code: http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/06/elaine-denniston-apollo-keypuncher People trust scientists, but…: https://massivesci.com/articles/trust-in-science-vaccination-climate-change-pseudoscience/ Unintended consequences of gender-equality plans: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01904-1 Where are all the working mothers in STEM? https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/where-are-all-the-working-mothers-in-stem/ A push for more inclusivity in science: https://www.forbes.com/sites/annapowers/2019/06/13/a-push-for-more-inclusivity-in-science/#7faf42a733af

June 2019

Events:	5. July, Université de Genève: NCCR Chemical Biology Gender equity in science 8.-12. July, Université de Genève: Prejudice, Discrimination, and the Diversity Challenge (early-bird registration ends June 6) 20-21.September, Berlin: https://www.iscientist.berlin/ I, Scientist 2019 (Gender, Career Paths and Networking) 12.-15. November, Japan: IAU symposium on Astronomy for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Women and Girls in Astronomy Contest by the IAU (deadline 30th June): https://www.inclusive-astronomy.org/women-girls-contest
Links/Courses:	SNF flexibility grant for Postdocs and PhD students who are parents: http://www.snf.ch/en/funding/supplementary-measures/flexibility-grant/Pages/default.aspx UniBe support for Early-Career Researchers: http://www.philnat.unibe.ch/research/support_for_early_career_researchers/index_eng.html kihz Flex: child care for ETH and UZH members at ETH: https://www.kihz.uzh.ch/en/kihz-ferien/ferien-info.html Equal Opportunity at ETHZ: https://www.ethz.ch/services/en/employment-and-work/working-environment/equal-opportunities.html Course program of the office for gender equality at UniBe: http://www.unibe.ch/university/portrait/self_image/equality/courses/index_eng.html Gender equality at UZH: http://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/en.html Workshops/Courses at UZH: https://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/courses/courses-uzh.html and https://app.connect.uzh.ch/apps/careerservices/kurse.nsf/veranstaltungen.xsp Gender office at UniGe: http://www.unige.ch/rectorat/egalite/ Gender campus website: https://www.gendercampus.ch/de/ Womenplusplus (for diversity in tech): https://www.womenplusplus.ch/ ADVANCEGeo launches new online resource center to address sexual harassment in the geosciences: https://serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo/resources/index.html SCIENTISTS ARE HUMANS is an online magazine which aims to build a better STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) through sharing: https://scientistsarehumans.com/manifesto/ Astrobetter, Tips and Tricks for Professional Astronomers: http://www.astrobetter.com/?fbclid=IwAR2WLJvGAKrPSg7Qw0JJAXgrG__9_8PxHEMeiOdWaUTZJ1LPd85lWgUgm0M IAU 2019 inclusion in Astronomy year: https://www.inclusive-astronomy.org/ An astronaut program especially for LGBTQIA+ scientists: https://outastronaut.org/ New EAS mentoring programm (scroll down): https://eas.unige.ch/e-newsletter.jsp Project did this really happen? It collects stories of sexism in scientific settings and puts them into comic form. The goal is to share real examples of daily sexism and spark conversations: https://didthisreallyhappen.net Sign up to be a resource for journalists, educators, policy makers, scientists, etc: ‘Request a woman scientist’: https://500womenscientists.org/request-a-scientist Academic Platform website (with e.g. documents for procedure for Inter-project workshops): http://nccr-planets.ch/platforms/academic-platform/
Articles:	Women in Physics & Astronomy – report: https://www.aip.org/statistics/reports/women-physics-and-astronomy-2019?fbclid=IwAR26dZ2ERqrhp1xcIo21gXoo91vUXJU5KRqbJ9LcgwY5mkRp_ro0Bf0Wbk4 Why we still struggle with work-home conflict: http://theconversation.com/why-we-still-struggle-with-work-home-conflict-in-women-and-men-112698 Antonia Maury: A female astronomer’s fight for recognition: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kionasmith/2019/03/22/antonia-maury-a-female-astronomers-fight-for-recognition/#2c26e0146258 Viewpoint – sexual harassment still drives women out of Physics: https://physics.aps.org/articles/v12/43?fbclid=IwAR3_3vpqOkbrksSNeiuA91qiqogM7wL33ajjBR_g2hguRHHUD2CzDUdFkPo

April 2019

Events:	17. April, Universität Bern: «Bring-the-Kids-to-Work-Day» 8.-12. July, Université de Genève: Prejudice, Discrimination, and the Diversity Challenge 12.-15. November, Japan: IAU symposium on Astronomy for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Links/Courses:	SNF flexibility grant for Postdocs and PhD students who are parents: http://www.snf.ch/en/funding/supplementary-measures/flexibility-grant/Pages/default.aspx UniBe support for Early-Career Researchers: http://www.philnat.unibe.ch/research/support_for_early_career_researchers/index_eng.html kihz Flex: child care for ETH and UZH members at ETH: https://www.kihz.uzh.ch/en/kihz-ferien/ferien-info.html Equal Opportunity at ETHZ: https://www.ethz.ch/services/en/employment-and-work/working-environment/equal-opportunities.html Course program of the office for gender equality at UniBe: http://www.unibe.ch/university/portrait/self_image/equality/courses/index_eng.html Gender equality at UZH: http://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/en.html Workshops/Courses at UZH: https://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/courses/courses-uzh.html and https://app.connect.uzh.ch/apps/careerservices/kurse.nsf/veranstaltungen.xsp Gender office at UniGe: http://www.unige.ch/rectorat/egalite/ Gender campus website: https://www.gendercampus.ch/de/ Womenplusplus (for diversity in tech): https://www.womenplusplus.ch/ ADVANCEGeo launches new online resource center to address sexual harassment in the geosciences: https://serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo/resources/index.html SCIENTISTS ARE HUMANS is an online magazine which aims to build a better STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) through sharing: https://scientistsarehumans.com/manifesto/ Astrobetter, Tips and Tricks for Professional Astronomers: http://www.astrobetter.com/?fbclid=IwAR2WLJvGAKrPSg7Qw0JJAXgrG__9_8PxHEMeiOdWaUTZJ1LPd85lWgUgm0M IAU 2019 inclusion in Astronomy year: https://www.inclusive-astronomy.org/ An astronaut program especially for LGBTQIA+ scientists: https://outastronaut.org/ New EAS mentoring programm (scroll down): https://eas.unige.ch/e-newsletter.jsp Project did this really happen? It collects stories of sexism in scientific settings and puts them into comic form. The goal is to share real examples of daily sexism and spark conversations: https://didthisreallyhappen.net Academic Platform website (with e.g. documents for procedure for Inter-project workshops): http://nccr-planets.ch/platforms/academic-platform/
Articles:	Large teams develop and small teams disrupt science and technology: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-0941-9.epdf?shared_access_token=J1SFCLE6r8lOZwc5ZLxBhNRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0PMG6AccJlxzpvw8-b9iOEwESgiB-ryLjh0qWyHdF3FkK8jSeyQlv4qeg4ovPfGlPj0tHQbMdHKpgeHiBS4vUcX4z-TW5yrawvBFNBQvBMcaAeUSy97Yzc9R8ly03G5DEU= Facebook poll ‘Astronomers’ group: “How many job applications have you submitted after your PhD defence until you got your permanent position?” https://www.facebook.com/groups/123898011017097/permalink/2435198283220380/ Facebook poll ‘Astronomers’ group “How much time did you spent on application writing? “: https://www.facebook.com/groups/123898011017097/permalink/2429462807127261/ How scientists are fighting against gender bias in conference speaker lineups: https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2019/02/how-scientists-are-fighting-against-gender-bias-conference-speaker-lineups?r3f_986=https://www.google.com/ Interculturality ‘Why the French don’t show excitement’: http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20181104-why-the-french-dont-show-excitement?fbclid=IwAR2D3jBroEc1RQMUtzCHK12YONT84LLoLkbT-NytiPjZt-b3ghHvcWC7pOQ The women who contributed to science but were buried in footnotes: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/02/womens-history-in-science-hidden-footnotes/582472/ More women and girls needed in the sciences to solve world’s biggest challenges: https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/02/1032221 Is this the year of women in science? https://www.forbes.com/sites/melaniefine/2019/02/11/is-this-the-year-of-women-in-science/#799f0db83a80 Reflections from a Nobel winner: Scientists need time to make discoveries: https://cosmosmagazine.com/physics/reflections-from-a-nobel-prize-winner The secret history of women in coding: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/magazine/women-coding-computer-programming.html ‘A woman, just not that woman’ – how sexism plays out on the trail: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/us/politics/sexism-double-standard-2020.html Sexual harassment rife in Australian science, suggests first workplace survey: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00736-3 Doling out Hubble time with dual-anonymous evaluation: https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.3.20190301a/full/?fbclid=IwAR1LCps9fRJq0WV-FcA1iUoxPdMjzgfNDzSTi0lAUgGt3pPk700MN5UebAg What does gender have to do with Physics?

February 2019

Events:	18. February: Abstract submission deadline (see call) for the next I, Scientist conference in Berlin, September, 20-21th 21. February, UniBe: Conference&Round table: Which Diversity Initiatives Work? Thirty Years of Evidence from U.S. Employers by Prof. Frank Dobbin: https://www.wiso.unibe.ch/unibe/portal/fak_wiso/content/e58/e738680/e770046/DiversityManagement_Flyer_30012019_definitiv_ger.pdf 17. April, Universität Bern: «Bring-the-Kids-to-Work-Day» 8.-12. July, Université de Genève: Prejudice, Discrimination, and the Diversity Challenge
Links/Courses:	Project did this really happen? It collects stories of sexism in scientific settings and puts them into comic form. The goal is to share real examples of daily sexism and spark conversations: https://didthisreallyhappen.net/ SNF flexibility grant for Postdocs and PhD students who are parents: http://www.snf.ch/en/funding/supplementary-measures/flexibility-grant/Pages/default.aspx kihz Flex: child care for ETH and UZH members at ETH: https://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/de/news/news2018/kihz_flex0.html Equal Opportunity at ETHZ: https://www.ethz.ch/services/en/employment-and-work/working-environment/equal-opportunities.html Course program of the office for gender equality at UniBe: http://www.unibe.ch/university/portrait/self_image/equality/courses/index_eng.html Gender equality at UZH: http://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/en.html Gender office at UniGe: http://www.unige.ch/rectorat/egalite/ Gender campus website: https://www.gendercampus.ch/de/ Womenplusplus (for diversity in tech): https://www.womenplusplus.ch/ ADVANCEGeo launches new online resource center to address sexual harassment in the geosciences: https://serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo/resources/index.html SCIENTISTS ARE HUMANS is an online magazine which aims to build a better STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) through sharing: https://scientistsarehumans.com/manifesto/ Astrobetter, Tips and Tricks for Professional Astronomers: http://www.astrobetter.com/?fbclid=IwAR2WLJvGAKrPSg7Qw0JJAXgrG__9_8PxHEMeiOdWaUTZJ1LPd85lWgUgm0M IAU 2019 inclusion in Astronomy year: https://www.inclusive-astronomy.org/
Articles:	Juggling research and family life: honest reflections from scientist dads: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07511-w How the entire scientific community can confront gender bias in the workplace: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-018-0747-4 AAS Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion in Graduate Astronomy Education and final report: https://aas.org/education/aas-task-force-diversity-and-inclusion-graduate-astronomy-education Women who win prizes get less money and prestige: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00091-3 The importance of names in Astronomy: https://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-importance-of-names-in-astronomy.html Examining author gender data: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6422/7 The US is much less inclusive than it was two years ago. Here’s why: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/30/us/inclusiveness-index-haas-states/index.html

December 2018

Events:

Poetry-Slam “Männer* und Gleichstellung”
30. November 2018, UZH Irchel, Zurich: Ein Poetry-Slam in der Irchelbar mit Texten zum Thema Gender, Feminismus und Männlichkeiten*: Veranstaltungswebseite
https://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/de/veranstaltungen/maenner_und_gleichstellung/poetry_slam.html

Links/Courses:

Project did this really happen? It collects stories of sexism in scientific settings and puts them into comic form. The goal is to share real examples of daily sexism and spark conversations:
https://didthisreallyhappen.net/
SNF flexibility grant for Postdocs and PhD students who are parents: http://www.snf.ch/en/funding/supplementary-measures/flexibility-grant/Pages/default.aspx
kihz Flex: child care for ETH and UZH members at ETH: https://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/de/news/news2018/kihz_flex0.html
Equal Opportunity at ETHZ: https://www.ethz.ch/services/en/employment-and-work/working-environment/equal-opportunities.html
Course program of the office for gender equality at UniBe: http://www.unibe.ch/university/portrait/self_image/equality/courses/index_eng.html
Gender equality at UZH: http://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/en.html
Gender office at UniGe: http://www.unige.ch/rectorat/egalite/
Gender campus website: https://www.gendercampus.ch/de/
Womenplusplus (for diversity in tech): https://www.womenplusplus.ch/
ADVANCEGeo launches new online resource center to address sexual harassment in the geosciences: https://serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo/resources/index.html
Academic Platform website (with e.g. documents for procedure for Inter-project workshops): http://nccr-planets.ch/platforms/academic-platform/

Articles:

The Leaky Pipeline for Postdocs:A study of the time between receiving a PhD and securing a faculty job for male and female astronomers: https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.01511
Tired of male-dominated meetings, leading cancer conference makes nearly all of its speakers women: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/tired-male-dominated-meetings-leading-cancer-conference-makes-nearly-all-its-speakers
Boosting the number of students from underrepresented groups in Physics: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06834-y
Women’s and men’s career choices in astronomy and astrophysics: https://journals.aps.org/prper/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.12.020109
Gender discrimination in physics and astronomy: Graduate student experiences of sexism and gender microaggressions: https://journals.aps.org/prper/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.12.020119

Exploring how gender figures the identity trajectories of two doctoral students in observational astrophysics: http://istardb.org/1967/1/Gonsalves%20-%202018%20-%20Exploring%20how%20gender%20figures%20the%20identity%20trajecto.pdf
Scientists to write Wikipedia biographies of women in STEM: https://wikiedu.org/blog/2018/11/08/scientists-to-write-wikipedia-biographies-of-women-in-stem/
Why diversity helps to produce stronger research: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07415-9

October 2018

Events:	4. October, Zürich: ‘WHO CARES? 2018 Meeting group for UZH postdocs and PhD students with children’: https://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/de/veranstaltungen/whocares.html 12.-15. November 2019, Japan: IAU symposium on Astronomy for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion”: https://www.iau-100.org/symposium-equitydiversityinclusion.
Links/Courses:	Equal Opportunity at ETHZ: https://www.ethz.ch/services/en/employment-and-work/working-environment/equal-opportunities.html Course program of the office for gender equality at UniBe: http://www.unibe.ch/university/portrait/self_image/equality/courses/index_eng.html Gender equality at UZH: http://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/en.html Gender office at UniGe: http://www.unige.ch/rectorat/egalite/ Gender campus website: https://www.gendercampus.ch/de/ Womenplusplus (for diversity in tech): https://www.womenplusplus.ch/ ADVANCEGeo launches new online resource center to address sexual harassment in the geosciences: https://serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo/resources/index.html
Articles:	Gender quotas and targets would speed up progress on gender equity in academia: https://theconversation.com/gender-quotas-and-targets-would-speed-up-progress-on-gender-equity-in-academia-102103 Gender gap in engineering: https://blog.wissenschaftsrat.ch/gender-gap-in-engineering/ Talent isn’t keeping women away from science. Sexism, stereotypes and bad science are: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/girls-women-stem-gcse-a-levels Women’s success in STEM Ph.D. programs has much to do with having female peers: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/09/18/new-analysis-suggests-womens-success-stem-phd-programs-has-much-do-having-female?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=9971f19f3a-DNU_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-9971f19f3a-198437205&mc_cid=9971f19f3a&mc_eid=208b5d19b2 Isolated female students more likely to drop out of PhD programmes: https://physicsworld.com/a/isolated-female-students-more-likely-to-drop-out-of-phd-programmes/ Not one more generation: http://www.asbmb.org/asbmbtoday/201809/Feature/Harassment/ A gender scholar’s visit to ESOF 2018: she came, she saw, she ranted: https://www.euroscientist.com/a-gender-scholars-visit-to-esof-2018-she-came-she-saw-she-ranted/ Women In STEM Did A Study On How To Eliminate Gender Bias & Their Ideas Are Genius: https://www.bustle.com/p/women-in-stem-did-a-study-on-how-to-eliminate-gender-bias-their-ideas-are-genius-11770884 Realistic views of postdoc life and guidance for making career decisions that work for you: http://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2018/09/these-studies-offer-realistic-view-postdoc-life-and-guidance-making-career-decisions All career advice for women is a form of gaslighting: https://qz.com/work/1363399/all-career-advice-for-women-is-a-form-of-gaslighting/

August 2018

Events:	17. September, Zürich: ‘Life balance’: http://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/de/angebote/nachwuchsfoerderung/postdocworkshops2018/lifebalance.html 27. September, Zürich: ‘Trans* an der UZH- was bedeutet das?’: http://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/de/veranstaltungen/transidentitaet.html 2. October, Geneva: ‘Réflexions et débat autour des stereotypes’: https://www.facebook.com/events/2004264806274603/ 4. October, Zürich: ‘WHO CARES? 2018 Meeting group for UZH postdocs and PhD students with children’: https://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/de/veranstaltungen/whocares.html
Links/Courses:	Equal Opportunity at ETHZ: https://www.ethz.ch/services/en/employment-and-work/working-environment/equal-opportunities.html Course program of the office for gender equality at UniBe: http://www.unibe.ch/university/portrait/self_image/equality/courses/index_eng.html Gender equality at UZH: http://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/en.html Gender office at UniGe: http://www.unige.ch/rectorat/egalite/ Gender campus website: https://www.gendercampus.ch/de/ Womenplusplus (for diversity in tech): https://www.womenplusplus.ch/ ADVANCEGeo launches new online resource center to address sexual harassment in the geosciences: https://serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo/resources/index.html
Articles:	Extract “The gender disparity in authorship was especially pronounced in papers from Japan, Germany and Switzerland”: http://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05269-9?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20180531&utm_source=nature_etoc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20180531&spMailingID=56724159&spUserID=MzA5ODA5NTAxOQS2&spJobID=1405049448&spReportId=MTQwNTA0OTQ0OAS2 What can men do to become better allies for women and other minorities in science? https://www.voxweb.nl/international/tweet-about-academic-equality-goes-viral SURVEY (open ’til 31. October): Gender Gap in Science: https://icsugendergapinscience.org/2018-global-survey-of-mathematical-computing-and-natural-scientists/ Women professors, pay, promotion, and academic housekeeping: https://wonkhe.com/blogs/women-professors-pay-promotion-and-academic-housekeeping/ Family friendly research to boost science careers of women: https://www.euroscientist.com/family-friendly-research-to-boost-science-careers-of-women/?utm_source=EuroScientist&utm_campaign=877b0e46b2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8c57a1a873-877b0e46b2-125806429 Nature’s underrepresentation of women: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05465-7 Diversity, but without inclusion, does not work: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2018/06/22/problem-diversity-inclusion-equity/ LGBTQ scientists are still left out: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05587-y?utm_source=twt_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=naturenews&sf193040362=1

June 2018

Events:	4/5 June, St.Gallen University: Engendering Academia: Emotions, Strategies and Alternatives (registration deadline tomorrow): https://genderportal.unisg.ch/de/aktuell/june-2018-conference 11. June, Bern: Lunchtalk ‘Die Macht ambivalenter Allianzen-Chancengleichheit und Exzellenzdiskurs im Widerstreit’: https://www.gendercampus.ch/en/news/events/die-macht-ambivalenter-allianzen-chancengleichheit-und-exzellenzdiskurs-im-widerstreit/ 16/17 June, Zürich: The first women-friendly hackathon in Switzerland: (registration deadline tomorrow) http://www.hackandlead.com/ Future events, see https://www.gendercampus.ch/en/news/events/page/2/
Links/Courses:	Equal Opportunity at ETHZ: https://www.ethz.ch/services/en/employment-and-work/working-environment/equal-opportunities.html Course program of the office for gender equality at UniBe: http://www.unibe.ch/university/portrait/self_image/equality/courses/index_eng.html Gender equality at UZH: http://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/en.html Gender office at UniGe: http://www.unige.ch/rectorat/egalite/ Gender campus website: https://www.gendercampus.ch/de/ Womenplusplus (for diversity in tech): https://www.womenplusplus.ch/
Articles:	Choose Your Own Adventure: Developing A Values-Oriented Framework for Your Career https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.09963 There´s no shame in leaving: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6390/826?utm_campaign=toc_sci-mag_2018-05-17&et_rid=35088895&et_cid=2039535 Transparency in authors’ contributions and responsibilities to promote integrity in scientific publication: http://www.pnas.org/content/115/11/2557 For women in science, busting barriers is just part of the job: https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2018/0326/For-women-in-science-busting-barriers-is-just-part-of-the-job Explain your science to your middle-aged Uncle Bob: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/elderly-woman-is-not-a-synonym-for-clueless-person/ Why do girls lose interest in STEM? https://news.microsoft.com/features/why-do-girls-lose-interest-in-stem-new-research-has-some-answers-and-what-we-can-do-about-it/ Opinion: How to tackle the childcare-conference conundrum: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/03/01/1803153115 Talent vs Luck: the role of randomness in success and failure: https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.07068 Evidence for a mental health crisis in graduate education: https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt.4089.epdf?shared_access_token=VkVe_mzfF3ChR9IxvEoSJNRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0N8qkI7cVTdsVxBzTLjpAkxNcDGFs_l3scnFmchen8iuTsLapXnzHTsK2RO1QvpTDAjWCY_cWV_gXuJiEYfvgHVefr0SWtfasUO54E0oOxoGw%3D%3D The pay gap, visualized and analyzed: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/sa-visual/the-pay-gap-visualized-and-analyzed/ Your great grandchildren will be living on Mars before we reach gender equality in science and tech: https://www.forbes.com/sites/andreamorris/2018/04/19/your-great-grandchildren-will-be-living-on-mars-before-we-reach-gender-equality-in-science-and-tech/#497caa825303 Achieving diversity in science: https://www.nature.com/collections/qsgnpdtgbr?error=cookies_not_supported&code=f05292d5-f6bf-47d2-9d93-ccfe626d5cc4 The unhappy postdoc: https://f1000research.com/articles/6-1642/ LGBT+ Inclusivity in Physics and Astronomy: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1804.08406.pdf Why it’s hard to prove gender discrimination in science: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05109-w Sex-Disaggregated Systematics in Canadian Time Allocation Committee Telescope Proposal Reviews: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1805.06508.pdf

April 2018

Events/Courses:	7.-8.June, Basel: “Men, Gender and Development”: https://www.gendercampus.ch/de/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/save-the-date-international-conference-on-men-gender-and-development-policy-debates-and-good-pra/ 14.-15.June, Uni Zürich: LERU Gender Conference: http://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/de/veranstaltungen/leru_conference.html
Links:	SNF flexibility grant (formerly known as ‘120% grant’): http://www.snf.ch/en/funding/supplementary-measures/flexibility-grant/Pages/default.aspx
Articles:	Science PhDs lead to enjoyable jobs (UK, Canada): https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-02696-6?utm_source=briefing-wk&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20180309&spMailingID=56161798&spUserID=NTMzNTcxNjUyNgS2&spJobID=1361437765&spReportId=MTM2MTQzNzc2NQS2 US kids’ doodles of scientists reveal changing stereotypes: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-0 A guide to juggling fieldwork and pregnancy: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-01851-3 The award rejection that shook astronomy: http://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.4.20180227a/full/ How to find a woman scientist: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/how-to-find-a-woman-scientist/# Women need to get one more degree than men to earn the same salary: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/01/report-women-need-to-get-one-more-degree-than-men-to-earn-the-same-salary.html The west is way behind Iran and Saudi Arabia when it comes to women in science: https://qz.com/1223067/iran-and-saudi-arabia-lead-when-it-comes-to-women-in-science/

February 2018

Events/Courses:	15.March, St.Gallen: Zeitdiagnose Männlichkeiten in der Schweiz https://www.gendercampus.ch/en/news/events/zeitdiagnose-maennlichkeiten-in-der-schweiz/ PlanetS courses spring semester 2018: http://nccr-planets.ch/planets-courses-list/
Links:	SNF flexibility grant (formerly known as ‘120% grant’): http://www.snf.ch/en/funding/supplementary-measures/flexibility-grant/Pages/default.aspx Uni Internal Grants, UniBe: http://www.unibe.ch/research/promotion_of_research/uni_internal_grants/promotion_fund/index_eng.html Equal Opportunity Measures, UniBe: http://www.philnat.unibe.ch/about_us/gender_equality/measures/index_eng.html
Articles:	How to give a great talk: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=8113439&tag=1 Women in Leadership: Influence: https://womeninastronomy.blogspot.ch/2017/11/women-in-leadership-influence.html Women Are Invited to Give Fewer Talks Than Men at Top U.S. Universities: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/12/women-are-invited-to-give-fewer-talks-than-men-at-top-us-universities/548657/ Great mentoring is key for the next generation of scientists: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-07840-2 Gender bias goes away when grant reviewers focus on the science: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-01212-0 The First Women in Tech Didn’t Leave — Men Pushed Them Out: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-first-women-in-tech-didnt-leavemen-pushed-them-out-1512907200 Implicit bias in academia: A challenge to the meritocratic principle and to women’s careers – and what to do about it: https://www.leru.org/files/implicit-bias-in-academia-full-paper.pdf Diversity Blog ZHAW (German): https://blog.zhaw.ch/diversity/ Women and Men in STEM Often at Odds Over Workplace Equity: http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2018/01/09/women-and-men-in-stem-often-at-odds-over-workplace-equity/ How To Inspire More Young Women To Enter STEM In 2018: https://www.forbes.com/sites/moiraforbes/2018/01/04/how-to-inspire-more-young-women-to-enter-stem-in-2018/#3d67e78d1cd7 Gender pay gap persists (US): https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-00113-6

December 2017

Events/Courses:	1. December 2017, Zurich, UZH, RAA-G-15, 12am: Film ‘Difret- das Mädchen Hirut’: http://www.philnat.unibe.ch/about_us/gender_equality/measures/index_eng.html 7. December 2017, Fribourg: Familles. Nouvelles réalités sociales, nouveaux défis politiques 7. December 2017, UniL: Sexe, santé et violences: penser les politiques du consentement (États-Unis, 1980 à nos jours) 7. December 2017, Bern: Sprechen wir darüber. Cybermobbing gegen Mädchen und junge Frauen (Bern)
Links:	gender campus – Gender studies, equality and diversity at Swiss universities: https://www.gendercampus.ch/en/ (you can sign up for their Newsletter here: https://www.gendercampus.ch/en/news/subscribe/) Uni Internal Grants, UniBe: http://www.unibe.ch/research/promotion_of_research/uni_internal_grants/promotion_fund/index_eng.html Equal Opportunity Measures, UniBe: http://www.philnat.unibe.ch/about_us/gender_equality/measures/index_eng.html
Articles:	Why girls leave STEM and what you can do about it: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-girls-leave-stem-and-what-you-can-do-about-it_us_59ff876ee4b076eaaae270c2 Insights into Sexism: Male Status and Performance Moderates Female-Directed Hostile and Amicable Behaviour: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0131613 One more Pioneering Woman in Science you’ve probably never heard of: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/one-more-pioneering-woman-in-science-youve-probably-never-heard-of/ CUWIP: Building a community for women in Physics: https://reporter.rit.edu/features/cuwip-building-community-women-physics Confronting Sexual Harassment in Science: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/confronting-sexual-harassment-in-science/ To see more women in science, deal with test-taking anxiety in girls: https://qz.com/1109075/the-lack-of-women-in-science-is-down-to-test-taking-anxiety-in-girls/ The problem with the ‘pipeline’: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2017/10/the_problem_with_the_pipeline_metaphor_in_stem_education.html University system allows sexual harassers to thrive: http://www.nature.com/news/university-systems-allow-sexual-harassers-to-thrive-1.22928?WT.mc_id=FBK_NatureNews&sf131410767=1 Salaries for female physics faculty trail those for male colleagues: http://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/PT.3.3760

October 2017

Events/Courses:	3. October 2017, 12.15, Zürich: Wie organisert Mann sich: Podiumsgespräch 16. October 2017, Bern: Workplace Pride 16. November 2017, 17.00, Zürich: Jubiläumsanlass Nadeschda Suslowa und Verleihung des Marie Heim-Vögtlin- Preises 9.-11.January 2018: Winterschool Perspectives on Religion and Gender
Links:	SNF PRIMA grants are aimed at excellent female researchers from Switzerland and abroad who aspire to a professorship in Switzerland: http://www.snf.ch/en/funding/careers/prima/Pages/default.aspx Avoid gender bias in reference writing: http://csw.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/avoiding_gender_bias_in_letter_of_reference_writing.pdf Courses/Coachings at the University of Berne: http://www.unibe.ch/research/promotion_of_early_career_researchers/uefk/uefk/index_eng.html and http://www.unibe.ch/university/portrait/self_image/equality/courses/index_eng.html Courses/Coachings at ETH Zurich: https://www.ethz.ch/services/en/employment-and-work/leadership-and-development/human-resources-courses/courses-by-topic.html Courses/Coachings at the University of Zurich: http://www.weiterbildung.uzh.ch/en/mitarbeitende.html Courses/Coachings at the University of Geneva: http://www.unige.ch/dife/enseigner-apprendre/soutien-doctorat/ and https://www.unige.ch/lettres/en/recherche/soutienrecherche/
Articles:	Wake up call to academics: http://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.2.20170803a/full/ The human component of a career in science: http://www.catalanviews.com/node/161 The gender balance of the Australian space research community: https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.03897 Gender equity in astronomy: https://www.nature.com/collections/wmzzzfjpyz The readability of scientific texts is decreasing over time: https://elifesciences.org/articles/27725 The mother of the Hubble Space Telescope: http://womenyoushouldknow.net/nancy-roman-hubble-space-telescope/ Henrietta Hill Swope on the attitudes toward women in astronomy: https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/4909 The power of stories: http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.ch/2017/09/the-power-of-stories.html Viking gender roles – famous Viking warrior was a woman, DNA reveals: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/09/viking-warrior-woman-archaeology-spd/

August 2017

Events/Courses:	Transferable Skills at UniBe: http://www.unibe.ch/research/promotion_of_early_career_researchers/uefk/uefk/program_2_2017/index_eng.html Transferable Skills at UZH: http://www.ueberfachliche-kompetenzen.uzh.ch/en.html 28.08-08.09.2017: Human Rights, Gender and Alterity. Summer School à Genève 13.-14.09.2017: Gender and Science Meeting 2017. International Meeting, Zürich 1.9-31.10.2017: Ausstellung ‘Mädchen oder Junge – spielt das eine Rolle?’
Links:	PlanetS Academic Platform website (with e.g. links for getting help/courses across PlanetS institutions, etc.): http://nccr-planets.ch/platforms/academic-platform/ PlanetS Internal events calendar and other information: http://nccr-planets.ch/internal/
Articles:	Harassment in Astronomy and Planetary Science: https://eos.org/editors-vox/harassment-in-astronomy-and-planetary-science?utm_source=eos&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EosBuzz071417 Double jeopardy in astronomy and planetary science: Women of color face greater risks of gendered and racial harassment What is your preferred gender pronoun? How outreach kills the science stereotype

June 2017

Events/Courses:	27.04.-07.12.2017: Lunch & Diversity: Dialoge über Vielseitigkeit und Verschiedenheit. Lunchtalks, Basel 17.-18.06.2017: Empowerment Day – Gleichstellungstag der Schweizer Musikbranche, Workshops, Vorträge und Veranstaltungen, Bern 23.-24.06.2017: Translating Feminism, International Workshop, Bern Courses/Coachings at the University of Berne Courses/Coachings at ETH Zurich Courses/Coachings at the University of Zurich Courses/Coachings at the University of Geneva
Links:	Business startup training program for members of UniBe Holiday courses for children Facebook group ‘Equity and Inclusion in Physics and Astronomy’ Facebook group QUIPS: QUeers In Planetary Sciences, (on « secret settings ») intended for LGBTQ+ and allies working in the field of planetary science. The aim of this group is to provide support, information, network and an exchange platform for its members. If you are interested in joining this group or would like more information, you can send an e-mail to joinquips@gmail.com (admin of the group).
Articles:	Frauenstimmen werden tiefer En 20 ans, la voix des femmes a baissé d’une demi-octave Germany’s female space race takes off Notable women in the Physical Sciences featured on playing cards NASA pushes for diversity in Planetary Science Science for all: supporting diversity through science outreach Academic housekeeping: Women’s work? Lost in translation Gender gap in US science PhD degrees persist Work-life balance: It took a century to create the weekend—and only a decade to undo it Being gay in STEM workplaces can be difficult

April 2017

Events/Courses:	3. April 2017, UZH: Was ist Männerforschung? (‘Männer und Gleichstellung’ Veranstaltungsreihe) 5. April 2017, UniGe: Facilitation Techniques for Working Groups 7. April 2017, UZH: ‘Teaching Gender’ Public Panel Discussion 11. April 2017, UZH: Pimp your talk 11. April 2017, UniGe: Reconnaitre et affirmer ses potentiels 11. April-20.June 2017, UniL: Parcours de vie et inégalités 5. May 2017, UniBe: Assertiveness and self-defence course 12. May 2017, UniNe: Finding and applying for funding in academia 30. May 2017, UniBe: Fertig-mit-nett Durchsetzungskraft Kurs 31. May 2017: Deadline for registrations/nominations for Breakthrough and New Horizon Prizes
Links:	Coaching for Postdocs at UniBe Reconcilability Coaching at UniBe Best practices zur Vereinbarkeit an der UZH
Articles:	Gender bias distorts peer review across fields 17th-century lady astronomer who took measure of the stars The Gender Gap in Publications Too ethical to Get Ahead? Men outnumber Women in most US science sectors Diversity is an issue for the majority Bias: equality in research Salaries: gender pay disparity

February 2017

Events/Courses:	1.2.2017 ‘With family at ETH Zurich’ info-lunch 6.2.2017 (9.3, 6.4, etc) Refresh Teaching Lunch at ETHZ
Links:	Parenthood at ETH Zürich REGARD career advancement programme (Uni Geneva) Support for earl-career researchers to attend conferences (Uni Bern) NatureJobNewsletter career magazine for scientists Space Girls Space Women Movie ‚Hidden Figures‘ in Cinemas Book ‚The Glass Universe‘ – How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars Statement by the IAU on the recent US executive order,banning access to 7 countries
Articles:	In a world where bias ever existed, being unbiased isn’t enough! How postdoc mothers could be encouraged to stay in an Academic Career with a proposed fellowship Vera Rubin, Pioneering Astrophysicist and Women’s Advocate Month by Month, 2016 Cemented Science’s Sexual Harassment Problem Scientific presentations – a cheat sheet Gender imbalance in science journals is still pervasive

December 2016

Events:	1.12.2016 ‘Invested in Equality’: Dr Michael Kimmel engages Geneva’s leaders https://www.gendercampus.ch/fr/aktuell/veranstaltungen/item?item=1536 1.12.2016 Empowerment für Frauen sich für ihre Rechte einzusetzen https://www.gendercampus.ch/de/aktuell/veranstaltungen/item?item=1509 26.1.2017: Swiss Gender in Physics Day in Geneva, https://indico.cern.ch/event/525539/timetable/#20170126
Links:	A gender bias calculator for your texts (counts female/male-associated words) Helpful advice on writing recommendation letters
Articles:	Women researchers get less telescope time Students’ evaluations of teaching instructors show gender bias Women get less citations on their papers Women receive worse recommendation letters Medien – Geschlechterbilder – Politik / Médias – représentations de genres – politique Gender monitoring at ETHZ Gender monitoring at UZH (only German) Gender monitoring at UniBe Gender monitoring at UniGe (only French)

October 2016

Events:	6.10.2016: ‘Who cares?’ Event for UZH PhDs and Postdocs with children: http://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/de/newsredirect/news16/who_cares.html
	(e.g.) 10.11.2016: Academic career talks: http://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/events/careertalks.html
	11.10.2016: Awareness Event: Gender Equality in Switzerland: http://wins.ethz.ch/events.html
	14.11.2016: Women and Leadership in Academia, Conference, Zürich: https://www.gendercampus.ch/de/aktuell/veranstaltungen/item?item=1391
	Academic English course for doctoral students (and other language courses) at UniBe: http://www.unibe.ch/studies/degree_programs/language_courses/aes/english_for_doctoral_students/index_eng.html
	Are you interested in entrepreneurship? http://mitte.cti-entrepreneurship.ch/kurs/praxiskurs-business-creation-bern-2-2-2-2/


Links:	Gender equality office UZH: http://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/en/abteilung.html
	Office of equal opportunities ETHZ: https://ethz.ch/services/en/employment-and-work/working-environment/equal-opportunities.html
	Office for gender equality UniBe: http://www.unibe.ch/university/organization/executive_board_and_central_administration/vice_rectorate_quality/office_for_gender_equality/index_eng.html
	Service égalité UniGe: http://www.unige.ch/egalite/parents/en/additionnal-information/

Articles:	Women’s and men’s career choices in astronomy and astrophysics: http://journals.aps.org/prper/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.12.020109
	Making astronomy welcoming and safe for all: https://aas.org/posts/news/2016/09/president%E2%80%99s-column-making-astronomy-welcoming-safe-all
	Senior scientists must engage in the fight against harassment: https://eos.org/opinions/senior-scientists-must-engage-in-the-fight-against-harassment?utm_source=eos&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EosBuzz090916
	Hidden figures – the not white male scientist: https://thinkprogress.org/hidden-figures-long-time-coming-db9ed029d5bb#.1rdgkgcft
	The gender factor in conference presentations: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/09/07/new-study-suggests-continued-bias-academic-conference-panel-selections?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=2efe45949d-DNU20160907&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-2efe45949d-198437205&mc_cid=2efe45949d&mc_eid=208b5d19b2
	Female scientist turn to data to fight underrepresentation in panels: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/06/science/gender-bias-scientific-conferences.html?_r=1
	The real reasons diversity programs don’t work: http://fortune.com/2016/08/16/diversity-workplace-lessons/
	Creating new paths for students into STEM: https://profteacher.com/2016/08/15/creating-new-pathways-for-students-into-stem/
	Facilitating whole-class discussions on difficult topics: https://profteacher.com/2016/08/30/facilitating-whole-class-discussions-on-difficult-topics/
	What are scientists good at (other than science)? http://blogs.nature.com/naturejobs/2016/08/29/transferable-skills-what-are-scientists-good-at-other-than-science/?WT.mc_id=EMX_NJOBS_0109_NATUREJOBSNEWSLETTER&WT.ec_id=EXTERNAL
	Thanks to the glass ceiling breakers: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/353/6303/1062?utm_campaign=toc_sci-mag_2016-09-01&et_rid=35088895&et_cid=768871
	A critical view on Women-in-science panels: https://xykademiqz.com/2016/09/05/why-women-in-science-panels-arent-very-useful/
	The diversity of career trajectories available to astronomers both inside and outside of academia: https://aas.org/jobs/career-profiles
	Young researchers thrive in life after academia: http://www.nature.com/news/young-researchers-thrive-in-life-after-academia-1.20686?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20160929&spMailingID=52413449&spUserID=NTMzNTcxNjUyMQS2&spJobID=1004844507&spReportId=MTAwNDg0NDUwNwS2
	WiSE helps empower women: http://www.iowastatedaily.com/news/student_life/article_7de4b480-6ef3-11e6-bcdd-73d35fae27dc.html
	The marriage penalty for women in STEM: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-surprising-reason-why-college-women-arent-going-into-stem-2016-09-02
	Work less, live more: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/work-less-live-more-darryl-bumpass-sr?trk=eml-b2_content_ecosystem_digest-recommended_articles-147-null&midToken=AQEPuwLlc_OTeQ&fromEmail=fromEmail&ut=2kydDkcKi-17s1
	The renegade whose dream started the latest space race: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/renegade-whose-dream-started-latest-space-race-vivek-wadhwa?trk=eml-b2_content_ecosystem_digest-hero-22-null&midToken=AQEPuwLlc_OTeQ&fromEmail=fromEmail&ut=3a2oGe4-mZ17s1

August 2016

Events:	ETH Ferienplausch Angebote für Kinder (in German):
	http://www.feriennet.ch/ferienspass-zuerich/angebote/detail.html?objects.offer_id=121734 http://www.feriennet.ch/ferienspass-zuerich/angebote/detail.html?objects.offer_id=103409
	09.09.2016: Berufsorientierung, Geschlecht und Schule, Fachtagung, Bern: https://www.gendercampus.ch/de/aktuell/veranstaltungen/item?item=1390
	14.11.2016: Women and Leadership in Academia, Conference, Zürich: https://www.gendercampus.ch/de/aktuell/veranstaltungen/item?item=1391

Links:	Courses/Coachings at the University of Berne: http://www.unibe.ch/university/portrait/self_image/equality/courses/index_eng.html
	Courses/Coachings at ETH Zurich: https://www.ethz.ch/services/en/employment-and-work/leadership-and-development/human-resources-courses/courses-by-topic.html
	Courses/Coachings at the University of Zurich: http://www.weiterbildung.uzh.ch/de/mitarbeitende.html
	Courses/Coachings at the University of Geneva: http://www.unige.ch/dife/enseigner-apprendre/soutien-doctorat/

Articles:	Men cite themselves more than women do: http://www.nature.com/news/men-cite-themselves-more-than-women-do-1.20176?WT.ec_id=NEWS-20160707&spMailingID=51777970&spUserID=NTMzNTcxNjUyNgS2&spJobID=960907569&spReportId=OTYwOTA3NTY5S0
	Gender bias in publishing is real: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jun/10/if-you-doubted-there-was-gender-bias-in-literature-this-study-proves-you-wrong How to find work-life balance with the ‘four_burners_theory’ http://lifehacker.com/finding-work-life-balance-with-the-four-burners-theory-1780920994
	Postdoc live and career paths in the US http://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2016/06/postdoc-mysteries
	Can scientist really have work-life balance? http://blogs.nature.com/naturejobs/2016/06/13/can-scientists-really-have-worklife-balance/?WT.mc_id=EMX_NJOBS_1606_NATUREJOBSNEWSLETTER&WT.ec_id=EXTERNAL
	Why pursue the Postdoc path? http://www.ucdenver.edu/faculty-staff/postdoctoral/for-students/Documents/post%20doc%20paths.pdf
	Children and gender-related memory (in German): http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/zuerich/region/damit-die-tochter-pilotin-wird-statt-prinzessin/story/24484373
	The postdoc’s dilemma: ‘When to give up on romance and file for divorce’: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/postdocs-dilemma-when-give-romance-and-file-divorce
	“Non-events are a powerful way to subtly discourage, sideline or exclude women from science.” http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v495/n7439/full/495035a.html#/liisa-husu
	Babies or Career? How to keep young researchers in science: http://blogs.nature.com/naturejobs/2016/06/17/babies-or-career-how-to-keep-young-researchers-in-science/?WT.mc_id=EMX_NJOBS_0707_NATUREJOBSNEWSLETTER&WT.ec_id=EXTERNAL
	How sexual harrassment halts science: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2016/07/sexual_harassment_has_devastating_consequences_on_victims_ability_to_perform.html
	Don’t give in to impostor syndrome! https://uofa.ualberta.ca/news-and-events/newsarticles/2016/june/professor-dame-jocelyn-bell-burnell-honorary-doctor-of-science

June 2016

Events:	Career-building network event for women (Berne, June 20th, 2016): http://www.fix-the-leaky-pipeline.ch/events/

Links:	Work-life balance University of Berne: http://www.vereinbarkeit.unibe.ch/index_eng.html
	Work-life balance University of Geneva: http://www.unige.ch/egalite/parents/en/
	Work-life balance ETH Zurich: https://ethz.ch/services/en/employment-and-work/working-environment/equal-opportunities/services-and-counselling/reconciling-work-and-family-life.html
	New family room at ETH Zurich, NO CO 9.1, conditions of use/registration form on https://www.erdw.ethz.ch/intranet/dokumente.html
	Equal opportunity funding, 120% model, University of Berne (deadline 1.August 2016): http://nccr-planets.ch/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Equal-Opportunity-Funding-available_120model.pdf
	Child care support during conferences, University of Berne: http://nccr-planets.ch/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Conference_child_support_2016.pdf

Articles:	How to avoid gender bias when writing letters of recommendation: https://feministphilosophers.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/arizona.jpg
	The IoP (Institute of Physics) twitter feed, asking physicists to tweet photos of themselves doing physics, to showcase the diversity
	of people and kinds of work that make up physics: https://twitter.com/hashtag/iamaphysicist?src=hash
	What would a truly kid-friendly conference look like? http://berkeleysciencereview.com/conference-kid-friendly/
	The science of gender differences in science/mathematics: http://www.equal.ethz.ch/news/halpern_etal_2007_Sci_of_sex_diff
	How to best encourage girls in science and maths: http://www.equal.ethz.ch/news/halpern_etal_2007_encouraging_girls
	Recommendation to fight/prevent sexual harassment in academia: https://www.gendercampus.ch/de/aktuell/news/item?item=805
	What are the career prospects for Solar and Space Physics PhDs?
	https://eos.org/research-spotlights/can-solar-and-space-physics-students-find-research-careers
	How persistent are Solar and Space Physics PhDs to pursue a research career?
	http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016SW001382/pdf
	A snapshot of the gender balance in the Australian space research community: https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.01498
	Open letter about the hiring of French astronomers (in French):
	https://medium.com/@astronomers/lettre-ouverte-aux-membres-du-jury-du-cnap-e8da05af9725#.wqrtjw7g4

April 2016

New articles of interest:
1. Less women in fields where “raw talent or brilliance” seen as important for success:
https://www.princeton.edu/~sjleslie/Frontiers2015.pdf

2. Importance of civility in academia:
http://chronicle.com/article/Halting-Academic-Incivility/235680

3. How to learn positive critical feedback for others’ work:
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.ch/2016/03/on-my-side-creating-supportive-research.html

4. Five mistakes we make when we read different sources:
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/five-biggest-reading-mistakes-and-how-avoid-them

5. What Google learned about teams that work well together:

6. How our definitions of success can cause problems:

Men, Women, and Our Limiting Mythology of Success

Events:
From UZH

http://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/de/angebote/nachwuchsfoerderung/postdocworkshops1.html

http://www.snf.ch/en/researchinFocus/newsroom/Pages/news-160205-who-wants-to-work-with-a-monastic-workaholic.aspx

UniGe

https://www.unige.ch/rectorat/egalite/evenement/actualites/7-avril/

UniBe
http://www.unibe.ch/aktuell/uniaktuell/das_online_magazin_der_universitaet_bern/uniaktuell_ab_2015/rubriken/universitaet/praeventionskampagne_gegen_sexuelle_belaestigung/index_ger.html

February 2016

Welcome to the new year. We are re-booting this e-mail in two major ways:

(1) we will be sending it, every other month, to everyone in the NCCR PlanetS, and (2) it will include topics in Equal Opportunities, Professional Development, and Teaching. We hope you find at least one item of use.

Equal Opportunities

1. “Girls should expect poorer physics grades”

Secondary school physics teachers with little teaching experience handed out significantly poorer grades to girls than boys for the exact same performance. This was the conclusion drawn by an ETH learning specialist from a study she conducted in Switzerland, Germany and Austria.

https://www.ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2016/01/poorer-physics-grades-for-girls.html

2. A new report about women postdoctoral students with children, their supervisors, and work-life balance comes out:

https://ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/associates/services/Anstellung-Arbeiten/chancengleichheit/Strategie_und_Zahlen/monitoring-und-studien/Studien/Abschlussbericht_Pilotstudie_ETH_Vereinbarkeit.pdf

3. ETH workshop: Gender Diversity at ETH: How to create an inclusive environment 10 March 2016: https://eth-wpf.ch/ethwpf_event/gender-diversity-at-eth-how-to-create-an-inclusive-environment/

4. Equal Opportunity events in Geneva:

http://www.unige.ch/rectorat/egalite/programmes/regard/5.<http://www.unige.ch/rectorat/egalite/programmes/regard/5>

Professional Development

5. The slides for both the Implicit Bias

(http://nccr-planets.ch/equal-opportunity-events/) and Career

(http://nccr-planets.ch/professional-development/) workshops at the General Assembly are now up. Go look at them, relive the moments, and let us know what you thoughts – what was useful, what was not, and what you would like to see in the future…(

http://nccr-planets.ch/forum/planets-forum/)

Teaching
This third topic is related to instruction, specifically to methods that have been shown to engage learners more deeply in a classroom setting, which, in turn, can help a more diverse range of learners participate.

Sometimes we will post an article or blog entry here, but in recognition of the new semester starting soon, today we begin with a few simple tips.

6. Getting students to speak up:

A talking student is an engaged student (and rarely a sleeping student). However, everyone who has ever stood in front of an audience and said “let me know if you have any questions” knows that this rarely produces the results they hoped for. But there are some simple tricks for getting a class of students talking:

a. Start from the first day. This is the day where the rules and expectations get set, for instructor and students, and it is the best chance you have of getting a more active class. The students come in to the class not sure of how anything will work and you get to set the tone. So, if you want people to speak regularly in class, say it on the first day, and then say that you actually mean it, and then act in a way that backs this up.

b. Ask your first question to the class early in the hour and then tell them you will wait until at least 3 people have spoken up. And then wait. Human psychology means that people tend to get nervous with too much silence, so wait for 15, 20 or 30 seconds at least. Count this on your watch. If no one speaks, smile, and reiterate that you’ll wait.

c. Take at least 3 responses and don’t single out ones you consider “wrong.” And don’t stop as soon as you get a “right” answer. Let students come up with many ideas first and don’t judge those answers until a number of people have spoken.

d. Ask open-ended questions, that require an answer more complex than “yes” or “no.” The hidden contract that most of us learners follow is that the instructor wants us to understand what he or she just said. So the answer we think we are supposed to give to “Are there any questions?” is “No.”

e. Student engagement and learning increase with any kind of talking, not just when they speak to the whole class and instructor. This means that the much less intimidating experience of speaking to just one person sitting next to you is also a good way to get a class to speak. Ask an open-ended question to the class and then tell them to discuss with the person next to them for 2 min. And then tell them you expect the room to get loud. At the end of the time (or when the noise starts to die down) you can ask for questions from the room or continue your lecture.

If you have any questions, or would like to share your experiences with these tips, please let us know by e-mail or post on the PlanetS forum (http://nccr-planets.ch/forum/planets-forum/).

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