EPWS is a consortium partner of the DIVERSITY project, a support action within FP7, which started on 1st January 2009 and will last for 36 months. The project is coordinated by the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (IFW Dresden). It brings together 14 partners from 11 European countries.
DIVERSITY represents a pilot initiative of networking policy-makers in science & research, human resources experts, sociologists, women scientists’ networks and experienced (men and women) scientists to boost gender equality in scientific research.
The aim is to tackle the problem of under-representation of women in decision-making by fostering the change in institutional culture and changing the attitudes with regard to gender diversity in materials research organisations. Thereby, a more stimulating research environment in the spirit of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for their Recruitment will be achieved.
The central goal of the project is to identify the effective methods, policies and mechanisms in order to support women scientists in relation to their access to decision-making positions in the sphere of materials research, which traditionally is a male-dominated scientific field. Commitment to the promotion of women to the highest level of research is anchored at the topmost political and institutional level in DIVERSITY project.
EPWS will keep you updated on the progress of the project development. For more information about DIVERSITY, please do not hesitate to check the project website
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Supported by the 7th EU Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development