Diversity is a fundamental and invaluable asset that enriches every aspect of society, including workplaces, educational institutions, and communities. For this reason, EELISA’s research and innovation arm, InnoCORE, has actively collected best practices and initiatives implemented by individual researchers and research structures to promote diversity within their teams. The focus extended to encompass various aspects…
From left to right: Isabel Salgueiro (EELISA InnoCORE Coordinator), Krisztina László (BME), Inés Sánchez (UPM), Adeline Favier (PSL), Virginia Petre (UPB), Julien Becker (ENPC), Laura Tierling (EELISA Gender Equality ¬ Diversity workgroup) and Magda Luthay (FAU) Two days of activities, three months of preparation work, and over twenty people involved. This is how EELISA commemorated…
2022 comes to an end and opens the door to a new stage of EELISA. As the second year in the life of the Alliance, this year has meant the activation and achievement of many of the initiatives and milestones marked on paper at the beginning of the EELISA journey. The new year brings out…
Students from left to right and upper to down row: Mirjam Kiss, Hortense L’Hostis, Julie Kleinhans, Ioana Florentina Dunca, Catalin Burtea, İmran Semanur Arpacı, Bendegúz Papp, Judith Wahl, Simone Cirelli, Mehmet Aksu, Vagisha Aggarwal, Sergio Degeanu and Alba Caballero Student engagement in EELISA is crucial: not only when it comes to participating in mobility…
Why do gender imbalances still persist in the scientific world? Why is it that we hardly find women in certain fields? Are women scientists facing similar challenges today as they did 20 years ago? Do we need new role models and new narratives to attract younger generations to science? Are gender equality plans helping correct…
The last episode of this portrait series brings us three women from BME, UPB, and ENPC. These three stories wrap up a series of articles conceived to give visibility and celebrate those women who are contributing to the construction and spirit of EELISA. Emília Csiszár Emília is the Vice-Rector for International Affairs at the…
During this month that is about to end, we celebrated International Women In Engineering Day 2021 by sharing self-portrait photographs sent by some of the women who are part of EELISA. A celebration that became an international trend and that, as our #EELISAwomen portrait series shows, never ends for EELISA. Sabina Nuti (SSSA) and Chloé-Agathe…
The 3rd part of this portrait series gives us a glimpse of the careers and thoughts of Dana V. Gheorghe (UPB), Ayse Nur Koc (ITU), Chiara Cappelli (SNS), and Eike Trost (FAU) – an example of women from different generations and with diverse professional backgrounds that share the same purpose – to transform higher education innovatively.…
In this second part of our #EELISAWomen Portrait Series, we travel from France to Italy, to Hungary and back to France. Four creative women from ChimieParisTech-PSL, Scuola Normale Superiore, Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem (BME) and École des Ponts ParisTech share their backgrounds and ideas about EELISA. Ilaria Ciofini Ilaria studied at the University of…
As a way to honor women around the world, we launch the #EELISAWomen Portrait Series – a monthly post publication that will offer a glimpse to the diversity of roles and backgrounds of those women who are inspiring and building EELISA. The series starts on March 8th with the portraits of Prof. Dr. Lütfiye Durak…