Gender Equality

The SFB ended in June 2023 and this is the archive Website of SFB/TRR 102 Family and Career. For the current information, please refer to the University’s website.

Mentoring programme

In all stages of their scientific careers, young female scientists shall receive individual advice and support.
→ mentoring-mlu.de

Workshops

Workshops for doctoral students and post doctoral students in the iRGT about the following topics:
→ Self management
→ Career
→ Gender awareness
→ Individual coachings for young scientists

Scientific talks

Gender-sensitive lecture series were organised to make the topic more present.

“What does Gender have to do with Physics?”
Held by Tomas Brage (Lund University, Sweden)
At SFB-retreat in Bad Schandau, 14.09.2021

“Why still care about equal opportunities in the 21st century – status quo, challenges and new perspectives”
Held by Dr. Isabell Fraas (JMU Würzburg, Germany) and Dr. Anne Freese (DESY Hamburg, Germany)
Online lecture, 06.07.2022
More information

Events/Conferences

SFB TRR 102 covered the participation fees and travel expenses for attending special conferences for female scientists, e.g:
→ I, Scientist 2020
Deutsche Physikerinnentagung
Interdisziplinäres Symposium für Frauen im MINT-Bereich (ISINA)
BeWISE – Women in Science and Engineering

Equal opportunities office of MLU

The equal opportunities office pleads for gender equality in science and education, e.g. through:
support of women
FEM-power
MLU mentoring programme for junior female scientists