01.07.21 | Women shouldn’t feel bad about having children, even if they haven’t landed a permanent position yet, says Professor Tatjana N. Parac-Vogt. We spoke to the bioinorganic chemist from KU Leuven about creating a more inclusive academic culture, the importance of mentorship and the new will at universities to solve academia’s gender parity problem.
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24.06.21 | The physician and biochemist is also the current President of the German Research Foundation (DFG).
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21.06.21 | The AcademiaNet members were recognised for their outstanding achievements in protein degradation studies and big data genomics, respectively.
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10.06.21 | In a world fighting a deadly pandemic, acceptance of scientific truth couldn’t get more important. We spoke to psychologist Prof Małgorzata Kossowska about knowledge resistance, trust in experts and how the white, male scientific advisors influence scientist stereotypes.
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07.06.21 | The Cambridge biologist was chosen for her work on how social behaviour drives evolutionary change.
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27.05.21 | She received the prize for her outstanding work on chemical charge and heat transport in molecules.
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20.05.21 | The money will be used to research the possible cognition-enhancing effects of dopamine pills, transactional sex during humanitarian crises, and the development of Chinese infrastructure.
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12.05.21 | The professor was honoured for her outstanding work on institutional innovation and organisational change.
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06.05.21 | How do you design a helpful robot that doesn’t accept verbal abuse? AcademiaNet met computer scientist, Prof Verena Rieser, for a chat about gendered voice assistants, AI for the common good and how to mitigate the negative effects of the pandemic on women’s careers.
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26.04.21 | The funds will go towards a project on bioprotection of stone using bacteria.
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