EELISA Alliance is rooted on the “shared values of democracy, diversity, inclusion and gender equality as the conditio sine quanon to create a European society based on cooperation and sustainability”.
Areas of intervention following EIGE principles
There are still persistent gender gaps in higher education as well as in research and innovation and in the labour market (‘She figures’). While at bachelor and master levels, women outnumber men as students and graduates, and while there is almost gender balance at the doctoral level, there are large gender differences across fields of study – in the STEM fields, women still represent slightly less than a third of students at bachelor and master levels, and 37% of doctoral candidates. Only 33% of Europe’s researchers are women (all fields), and they remain under-represented at the highest level of academia, with only 26% of full professorship positions held by women (‘She figures’ report).
Gender equality contributes to the integrity and societal responsibility of research, leveraging scientific and technological quality to higher standards, namely through the gender dimension in research and innovation. Indeed, sex and gender analysis are factors that can affect the quality of research results, and can influence research and innovation decisions when setting priorities, designing studies, communicating results. Do you want to know more? Review our workshop ‘Gender Dimension in Research’ (5 October) here.
A survey run among EELISA researchers and academic staff in September 2022 revealed that many researchers feel parenthood is “a hurdle” for their research career and complain about incompatibility of raising children and keeping up with the demands of a top-level research position. What are the daily-life experiences in this regard? What are the current…
As an expression of our Alliance’s commitment to the shared values of democracy, diversity, inclusion and gender equality, one of the main outcomes of the last EELISA Governing Board, held on 21 and 22 April 2022 in Pisa, was the signature of the EELISA Alliance Statement on Gender Equality. This document, drawing on the findings…
EELISA Communities are expanding and this is the chance for students, faculty, researchers, companies, and citizens to join. The ITU-EELISA Community “Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math & Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity (WinSTEAM & DEI)” is looking for partners and collaborators. WHO? People benefiting from, contributing to and working for STEAM; people with…
Today is the International Women’s Day. A day to celebrate women’s achievements but also, to claim the need for a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive world – A world that is free of stereotypes and discrimination. In EELISA we are honored to be named after Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, one of the first women engineers who…
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…