Women@HelmholtzMunich
The Women@HelmholtzMunich Month aims to raise awareness for women in science and science-related positions. We reach out to all Helmholtz Munich members: Empower women to encourage a respectful togetherness!
The Women@HelmholtzMunich Month aims to raise awareness for women in science and science-related positions. We reach out to all Helmholtz Munich members: Empower women to encourage a respectful togetherness!
Women@HelmholtzMunich Month between February 9th - March 8th 2023
Topics we address during this month include challenges women in science face(d) and how to overcome them, how women can be supported on their career paths and which services are offered at Helmholtz Munich to support them. We invited many inspiring women which are part of the Helmholtz Munich community and beyond and share their vision as part of webinars, film screening, digital exhibition and panel discussions during this month.
The events will start around the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on February 11th and end on the International Women’s Day on March 8th. The month is initiated by the Scientific Talent and Career Development Team and the Helmholtz Munich STEM-Tisch.
Let’s make Women@Helmholtz Munich more visible together and celebrate women in science!
Join us for these events during the Women@HelmholtzMunich Month:
4.30-7.45 p.m. | In-person Event
The Scientific Talent and Career Development Team invites all Helmholtz Munich members to the film screening and discussion of Picture a Scientist.
About the film:
“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.”
As part of the Women@HelmholtzMunich Month, this event promotes an exchange on the topic Women in Science. To encourage the exchange, the film Picture a Scientist serves as an example to show the life paths and associated hurdles of women in science. In the subsequent discussion of the film, suggestions for solutions to these hurdles are developed, presented and discussed in the plenary session.
This event is open to all Helmholtz Munich members. All genders are welcome!
Interested? Then register here: https://cams.helmholtz-munich.de/
Organized by: Scientific Talent and Career Development
9.30-11.00 a.m. | Webinar | Virtual Event | Open for External Participants
Have you ever experienced sexism in STEM? Have you ever heard comments directed at you or other people that made you feel uncomfortable or upset?
This course aims at understanding the different forms of sexism and at identifying microaggressions. Together, we will learn how to address them.
In this course, you will learn how to:
- Identify sexism under its different forms;
- Understand better why some behaviors might make you feel uncomfortable;
- Address sexism and microaggressions by:
- learning how to avoid being a potential offender;
- learning how to give feedback as a victim, a witness;
- learning how to receive feedback if you unwillingly offended someone.
Trainer/Speaker:
Cécile Deprez is a researcher in the field of satellite-based positioning. She graduated in Geomatics in 2015 at the University of Liège, Belgium, where she also worked as a researcher from 2015 to 2019. Since 2020, she has been working at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) on the topic of next-generation satellite systems. Since 2021, she has been coordinating the women scientists’ group in her Institute, and in 2022 she co-founded a DLR-wide women scientists’ network. Over the years, she witnessed, heard and experienced several cases of sexism and microaggressions in the workplace and started to give lectures and workshops on this topic in 2022.
Interested? Then register as a Helmholtz Munich member here: https://cams.helmholtz-munich.de/
You’re not a Helmholtz Munich member, but want to participate? Then register here: https://terminplaner.dfn.de/womenhelmholtzmunich. You will receive the link one day before the webinar.
Organized by: Scientific Talent and Career Development
9.00-10.30 a.m. | Hybrid Event | Helmholtz Munich only
Themed "Women in Science", the next Town Hall Meeting takes place at the Campus Neuherberg on February 16, 2023, starting at 9 am.
Keynote Lecture: Alena Buyx, Director of the Institute for History and Ethics of Medicine at the Technical University Munich and Chair of the German Ethics Council.
Moderation: Monika Beer, Head of SPR Scientific Talent and Career Development
This event is only open to Helmholtz Munich members.
More information here: HINT - Town Hall Meeting
11.30-12.30 a.m. | Hybrid Event
The Inspiring Women series brings inspiring stories of leading women in research and industry from around the world to the Helmholtz Munich community. These outstanding women are established leaders and/or recognised role models for Women in STEM.
The next inspiring woman in this series is Lara Urban, from the Helmholtz Pioneer Campus and the Helmholtz AI institute.
The speaker:
Lara Urban is a Principal Investigator at the Helmholtz Pioneer Campus and the Helmholtz AI institute. She also holds a faculty position at the Technical University of Munich School of Life Sciences. Her research focuses on how genomics, portable technology, and machine learning can benefit environmental health and nature conservation in the context of One Health, which affirms that human health and the health of our planet are inextricably linked.
Interested? Then register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/inspiring-women-series-lara-urban-helmholtz-munich-tickets-520246630677
Organized by: Helmholtz Munich STEM-Tisch
1.00-3.00 p.m. | Webinar | Virtual Event | Open for External Participants
This is a course for all genders but it will specifically explore how ‘gender and gender issues’ are not only about women or non-binary people. Gender stereotypes have negative impacts on all people, on relationships (public and private), on productivity, on creativity, on the economy, on innovation, on accountability – indeed across all levels of societal interaction and human endeavours.
This session hopes to explore some of the narratives of the last 3000 years (!), to understand the power structures behind and within patriarchy. It will show us the lived experiences of women (how they differ from men) and take an intersectional approach to investigating how we can all make worthwhile contributions to greater equality between all people. This session invites men, and those not ordinarily concerned with gender issues to be part of and impact the conversation.
All participants will have a greater understanding of gender issues for all. They will also develop tools and actions to challenge inequality. Men attending the session will be able to reflect upon their relationship with gender, and gender issues as well as learn actions and tactics to support others and become allies.
The webinar provides an opportunity to share your experiences in a safe and confidential environment. It's not recorded.
Due to the nature of the topic, issues may be discussed that could be sensitive for some, particularly as gender bias and discrimination sit on a continuum, which includes gender-based violence.
The trainer:
Sharon Elliott is a Director of the Researcher Development Partnership Cambridge. Sharon passionately believes that equality, diversity and inclusion lead to better research, better research institutions, better working environments and better life experiences. She has over 25 years’ experience encouraging, supporting and leading individuals and institutions to make long-lasting, impactful change. She has delivered multi-million pound global education programmes, supported advocacy groups to affect public policy change and designed international gender mainstreaming programmes. Sharon is currently a consultant adviser to the British Council, leading the gender strategy for the Going Global Partnerships Programme.
Interested? Then register as a Helmholtz Munich member here: https://cams.helmholtz-munich.de/
You’re not a Helmholtz Munich member, but want to participate? Then register here. You will receive the link one day before the webinar.
Organized by: Scientific Talent and Career Development
1.00-2.30 p.m. | Workshop | Virtual Event | Helmholtz Munich only
This workshop is offered by the Helmholtz Munich HR Recruiting Team and addresses all Helmholtz Munich members who are involved in hiring new employees (all departments, science and non-science).
Overview of the special aspects of female recruiting:
- Insight into the latest research findings
- How women read job advertisements
- Which language is appealing to women
- Which tools can be used
- How to design attractive job advertisements for women
One goal of this workshop is to design attractive job advertisements for women and thus increase the number of applications from women. Another is to sensitize decision-makers in the selection process to the fact that women often behave differently from men in interviews.
Speakers:
Reingard Schirren, Head of Recruiting & HR Communications at Helmholtz Munich
Katharina Roßmeier, HR Marketing & Recruiting Manager at Helmholtz Munich
This event is open to all Helmholtz Munich members.
Interested? Then register here: https://cams.helmholtz-munich.de/
Organized by: HR Recruiting Team
3.30-5.00 p.m. | Virtual Event | Open for External Participants
We are happy to welcome Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Ute Seeland as one of our speakers during the Women@HelmholtzMunich Month.
During her talk, chaired by Professor Dr. med. Susanna Hofmann, Ute Seeland will address the topic "Gender Medicine". As an expert in this field, she will highlight the most important aspects of sex and gender sensitive medicine, while including examples from her everyday professional life.
The talk is followed by a Q+A session for all participants.
Ute Seeland, MD, PhD, she/her, is a specialist for internal medicine/ sex and gender sensitive medicine and a clinician with special experience in echocardiography and arterial stiffness measurement. She holds the title Specialist for Gender Medicine DGesGM® and is a clinical researcher and lecturer at the Charité University for Medicine Berlin, Germany, Department of Cardiology and Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics with a focus on sex and gender sensitive cardiovascular research and preventive clinical medicine. Until 2020 she has been a research assistant at the Institute of Gender in Medicine (GiM). Since SoSe 2021 she is a visiting professor for women's and gender studies at the University of Mainz in Germany.
Interested? Then register as a Helmholtz Munich member here: https://cams.helmholtz-munich.de/
You’re not a Helmholtz Munich member, but want to participate? Then register here. You will receive the link one day before the webinar.
Organized by: Scientific Talent and Career Development
1.00-3.00 p.m. | Webinar | Virtual Event | Open for External Participants
In this introductory overview, participants will firstly reflect upon the gender inequality that persists within academia and research - locating it within wider, global sexism and patriarchy. Participants will have the opportunity to share their experiences and learn from others while reflecting on the data and realities of gender inequalities, barriers and discrimination. We will use this understanding to consider leadership within research through a gendered lens. We will critique past and current leadership models and explore diverse, inclusive and feminist principles of leadership. Crucially, these sessions will enable you to explore how to use these principles to lead real change; personally, professionally and institutionally.
Participants in this workshop will be able to plan and shape their own leadership journey in line with the values they develop and understand throughout the session.
The webinar provides an opportunity to share your experiences in a safe and confidential environment. It's not recorded.
Due to the nature of the topic, issues may be discussed that could be sensitive for some, particularly as gender bias and discrimination sit on a continuum, which includes gender-based violence.
The trainer:
Sharon Elliott is a Director of the Researcher Development Partnership Cambridge. Sharon passionately believes that equality, diversity and inclusion lead to better research, better research institutions, better working environments and better life experiences. She has over 25 years’ experience encouraging, supporting and leading individuals and institutions to make long-lasting, impactful change. She has delivered multi-million pound global education programmes, supported advocacy groups to affect public policy change and designed international gender mainstreaming programmes. Sharon is currently a consultant adviser to the British Council, leading the gender strategy for the Going Global Partnerships Programme.
Interested? Then register as a Helmholtz Munich member here: https://cams.helmholtz-munich.de/
You’re not a Helmholtz Munich member, but want to participate? Then register here. You will receive the link one day before the webinar.
Organized by: Scientific Talent and Career Development
11.30 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. | Panel Discussion | Hybrid Event
The main topic of the panel discussion organized by the Helmholtz Munich STEM-Tisch is aligned with the International Women's Day 2023 campaign theme: #EmbraceEquity. The goal is to raise awareness about challenges women experience pre- and post-transition to leadership positions (e.g Principal Investigator etc.), and in general when advancing in academia. We will discuss different aspects of equity in academia, measurements taken and possible solutions to open challenges.
The goal of the STEM-Tisch is to support and promote women and gender minorities at Helmholtz Munich who are practicing, studying or are interested in the fields of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). Everyone, gender-independent, is welcome to join us :)
More information: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/helmholtz-munich-stem-tisch-46975501713
Confirmed panelists:
Muzlifah Haniffa
Professor of Dermatology and Immunology at Newcastle University and Associate Faculty at the Sanger Institute
Bastian Rieck
Principal Investigator of the AIDOS Lab at the Institute of AI for Health and the Helmholtz Pioneer Campus of Helmholtz Munich
Annalisa Marsico
Group Leader at Institute of Computational Biology (ICB) Helmholtz Zentrum München
The panel discussion is open to all Helmholtz Munich members. Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/towards-gender-equity-for-advancing-in-academia-tickets-532039904677
Organized by: Helmholtz Munich STEM-Tisch
9.00-11.00 a.m. | In-Person Event
Event for International Women's Day with exhibition and stands of the different departments.
Organized by the Equal Opportunities Office of Helmholtz Munich
The Equal Opportunities Office staff act as contact persons for all persons at the Centre, regardless of whether they are women, men or diverse, and they are committed to promoting equal opportunities in the field of science and research.
In close cooperation with the management and works council as well as the departments of human resources, human resources development, communication and occupational health management, the equal opportunities office develops equal opportunities measures and supports their implementation.
These include, in particular, measures to increase the quota of women in areas in which women are underrepresented, e.g. in management positions, measures to improve the reconciliation of family and career, and to increase equal opportunities motivation and competence among managers. The Equal Opportunities Officer, Dr Gülcin Abbaszade, is a member of various internal committees and the Helmholtz working group "Frauen in Forschungszentren".
Contact:
Gülcin Abbaszade
Katharina Gückel
Isabella Salzmann-Behringer
Registration is not necessary. Anyone interested can simply drop in. Further information can be found here: https://cams.helmholtz-munich.de/
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The Women@HelmholtzMunich Month was initiated by the Scientific Talent and Career Development Team. For any questions or comments please get in touch with:
