Addressing gender-based violence in academia

Monday, 10 March 2025, 13h GMT – Online

In commemoration of International Women's Day and month, Women in Cognitive Science-Europe and Royal Holloway University of London are honoured to welcome as our guest speaker Professor Anne Laure Humbert from the University of Gothenburg, expert in gender equality metrics and structural change in academia, who will particularly draw on her work in the uniSAFE and genderSAFE EU-funded projects. 

We aim to raise awareness and drive action on gender-based violence by exploring its various forms, the obstacles to reporting and addressing it, and effective strategies for prevention. This is a must-attend event for academics worldwide, at all career stages, who are dedicated to fostering safer and more equitable academic environments.

Details and registration:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/addressing-gender-based-violence-in-academia-online-seminar-tickets-1237852453009

"Women in Science" Panel Discussion

I am very proud to advertise this panel discussion about women in science, to be held on Friday, 8th June 2018, 11:30, at the salle Jaurès of the École Normale Supérieure, 29 rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris.

Where is it harder for women, across career stages? How do implicit biases shape our attitudes towards our colleagues? How can we reduce inequalities? What organisations and support are available for women?

Our goal is to join the international conversation about the place of women in science, and academia more broadly. We have brought together speakers of different fields, at different stages of their career, and with a diverse experience of work environments. Thus, we aim to get a better understanding of the challenges faced by women, and of the strategies and solutions that can be implemented to reduce inequalities, and help everyone prosper in science and academia.

Everyone is invited! Students, post-docs, PIs, whatever your gender, or field of research, as this conversation is relevant for the whole of academia.

Please register for free at: https://www.eventbrite.fr/e/women-in-science-panel-discussion-tickets-45855451891

You can also join, and share, our Facebook event.

Organised together with Naomi Havron and Si Berrebi, and sponsored by DEC-Life & DEC, ENS.

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UPDATE!

Watch the event here, and you can find the presentations and resources here.

Discussion on Free Will

Last Monday, 23rd April 2018, I participated in a panel discussion on free will at the London School of Economics, organised by The Forum of European Philosophy and the British Society for the Philosophy of Science.

Is everything we do caused by unconscious brain processes that we cannot control? Has neuroscience shown free will is an illusion?

What happens to moral and criminal responsibility if a defendant can always argue ‘my brain made me do it’?

Is free will uniquely human, or something we share with other animals?

Together with the chair, philosopher Jonathan Birch, the psychiatrist Matthew Broome, and the philosopher Helen Steward, we discussed these questions, among others...

Listen to a podcast of our discussion here.