Gender and Science Lecture Series

Gender and Science Lecture Series

Program Autumn Semester 2024

The program for this year’s Gender & Science Lecture Series at ETH Zurich is out!

The Gender & Science Lecture Series is organised by SWiSH (Society for Wom*n at D-GESS) and hosted by the Chair of Practical Philosophy as part of the Science in Perspective Program. It offers an introduction to the relationship between gender and science, with a focus on the specific intersections with the sciences taught at ETH.

This semester we again have a wonderful line-up of public lectures by inspiring speakers who will give an insight into how gender affects knowledge production in their field:

01.10.2024Engineering with Carmen Leicht-Scholten (RWTH Aaachen University)
08.11.2024Neuroscience with Anelis Kaiser Trujillo (University of Freiburg)
15.10.2024History with Elena Valdameri (ETH Zurich)
22.10.2024Architecture with Honorata Grzesikowska (Urban Designer, Architect, Researcher)
29.10.2024Mathematics with Laura Prat Baiget (Autonomous University Barcelona)
05.11.2024AI & Language Bias with Nadia Fischer (CEO/Founder of Witty Works)
12.11.2024Informatics with Anikó Hannák (University of Zurich)
19.11.2024Law & Economics with Mariana Valente (University of St. Gallen)
26.11.2024Medicine with Sabine Oertelt-Prigione (University of Bielefeld)
03.12.2024Psychology with Belinda Pletzer (University of Salzburg)
17.12.2024Environmental Policy with Marie-Claire Graf (Climate Youth Negotiator; ETH Zurich)

Find the details on each lecture in the ETH event calender or download the semester program here:https://polybox.ethz.ch/index.php/s/DEJ3FHPxFpUSK6q

The lectures are open to everyone at ETH via Zoom. Please join if you’re interested and share within your teams/associations so we can bring more attention to the ways in which gender influences scientific research to students and staff across ETH.

In case of questions regarding the Lecture Series or if you’d like a poster to hang up in your building, contact genderscience@ethz.ch.