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Kumpula Equality Festival

Equality Festival on Kumpula Campus took place on December 12, 2017.

Key note speaker Professor Paul Walton, University of York, UK:

Resistances to gender equality in universities, how to overcome them (Unitube-video)

Prof. Walton shared his recipe based on his 20 years of experience working with the theme of gender equality. He recommends as follows:

  1. share data widely and openly
  2. leadership
  3. focus at departmental/school level
  4. learn social science research
  5. use external catalysts
  6. keep the debate live, equip yourself with some of the theories of argument

 

 

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KumpulaNOW talks on International Women’s Day: Deep within the Earth and skies so high

An event looking at the first 100 years of Finnish women in science and also picturing the future. Speakers include Esko Ukkonen, Eva Isaksson, Emilia Kilpua and Emilia Koivisto, researchers and specialists, as well as Director Marjukka Virkki from ABB Oy.  Coffee and cake will be served.

Wednesday 8.3.2017 at 13.15-15
Chemicum, auditorium A129, A. I. Virtasen aukio 1

Everybody is most welcome!

Deep within the Earth and skies so high will also be streamed online: https://www.helsinki.fi/fi/unitube/video/20588 .

The event is part of series of science themes for 2017 at the University of Helsinki, when the country of Finland is celebrating its centenary year, as well. It is arranged by the Network of Women in Science at Kumpula Campus and Faculty of Science.

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The Perfect Equation

In honor of the Women’s International Day, CSC has launched a campaign to celebrate women in science in Finland. Read the stories of and hear the advice from ten great researchers contributing to science and research development in Finland:
Woman + Computational Science: Perfect Equation
Quoting from the webpage itself,

Regardless of the opportunities involved in using computational methods there is a gender division amongst the researchers using computational science methods. […] The goal is to highlight female researchers working with computational methods in Finnish universities and research institutes. […]

We wish, that encouraged by these examples girls and women would feel even more motivated in becoming researchers, studying technical and natural sciences, and especially in entering the world of computational science. Furthermore, the goal is to add awareness of gender equality in technical and scientific branches of science.

The patron of the campaign is the Minister of Education and Culture Sanni Grahn-Laasonen.

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Gendered Research and Innovation Workshop

If you want to discuss how gender issues affect research and innovation, here’s a good chance to do that.

March 14th, 2016 at 11-14. University of Helsinki, Minerva-tori K226, Siltavuorenpenger 5A.

Keynote talks
Professor Simone Buitendijk, Gendered research and innovation (GRI): integrating sex and gender analyses in the research process.
Professor Thomas Brage, Gender and Physics.

Other speakers
Professor in computational aerosol physics, Department of Physics, Hanna Vehkamäki.
Academy professor, Faculty of Theology, Elina Vuola.
Professor, Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art Studies, Marjut Jyrkinen.

Commentator
Professor, Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art Studies, Tuija Pulkkinen.

Chair
Professor of English, Vice-Rector Anna Mauranen.

What does this mean in your research?

  • What may we be unwittingly risking by sweeping gender under the carpet?
  • Are we endangering the applicability of research results by underestimating the gender perspective?
  • How can we best integrate a gender perspective into research designs?
  • How does perceived gender inequality affect workplace well-being?
  • Where do disciplinary differences stand in relation to gendered research issues?

    Registration
    https://www.lyyti.in/HYworkshop2016
    Gendered research and innovation

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11 February: International Day of Women and Girls in Science

In their efforts to promote gender equality, the UN General Assembly has declared February 11th as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. SciDev.net will be hosting a Twitter discussion on such day (1-3pm GMT) by the hashtag #SciWomen. Topics will include:
– How can we break down barriers and better support women in STEM?
– How do challenges vary by region and context?
– Success stories: What works where, and what has failed?
– Has the time come to get radical? What would radical approaches togender
equality look like in different regions?
– Is the focus on conventional STEM blinkered to innovation that
flourishes in informal spaces?

Welcome to join the discussion!