Welcome to an International Women’s Day event

The Genie event will include a panel discussion based on the movie Picture a Scientist as well as an open discussion about gender equality in Swedish academia. Panelists confirmed: Catherine LeGrand, Dean of School of Business, Innovation, and Sustainability at Halmstad University, Anne Farewell, lecturer University of Gothenburg and Founder Gothenburg Women Scientists, Lena Gustafsson, Professor emerita, Microbiology, Umeå University, Mattias Marklund, secretary-general at the Swedish Research Council for Natural and Engineering Sciences, and Paul Walton, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of York. To participate sign up at https://ui.ungpd.com/Surveys/b89649c6-8104-4c51-b8d6-fca5c31152e4 where all information about the panel event, panelists and movie is posted. You need to register with your university email address to get access. To get more information you can also join the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/980554622474685/ On this page, information about the movie screening and the panel event will be posted along with possibilities for pre-discussions around the movie and topic. The movie will be screened for a two-day period before the panel event, 5-7 March, you watch it when you want. The movie has got great response from scientists and has been shown at universities around the world (some universities already include it as an obligatory watch for new hires). Note that the movie is emotional and can trigger strong reactions. Below follows a short description: Synopsis: PICTURE A SCIENTIST chronicles the groundswell of researchers who are writing a new chapter for women scientists. Biologist Nancy Hopkins, chemist Raychelle Burks, and geologist Jane Willenbring lead viewers on a journey deep into their own experiences in the sciences, ranging from brutal harassment to years of subtle slights. Along the way, from cramped laboratories to spectacular field stations, we encounter scientific luminaries - including social scientists, neuroscientists, and psychologists - who provide new perspectives on how to make science itself more diverse, equitable, and open to all. You can read more about the film and watch the trailer here: https://www.pictureascientist.com About Genie: Like many other technical universities, Chalmers has a very low proportion of women in its faculty. However, research shows that a more even gender balance leads to greater scientific success and a better working environment, for both men and women. As a strategy to become more excellent, Chalmers has started Genie, Gender Initiative for Excellence, which is a 10-year initiative funded by the Chalmers foundation that aims to improve gender equality among Chalmers' teachers and researchers by a combination of strategic recruitments, support and improvements of culture and systems. Genie started in January 2019, and is led by Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede who is a professor in the Department of Biology and Biological Engineering. Pernilla also leads a research group that focuses on protein biophysics. Pernilla previously worked as a professor in the USA for 10 years at Tulane and Rice universities, and for 7 years at Umeå University, before she came to Chalmers in 2015. To read more about Genie, see: www.chalmers.se/genie