TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Interview
Politician and Director of the Royal Institution, Susan Greenfield is first of all a scientist whose centre of gravity is her Oxford laboratory.
Statistics
There are many women at university: some enter research but many abandon it. A report on the current situation.
Industrial research
18% of researchers and engineers at European companies are women. Many agree that they are under-represented, but few are ready to change the situation.
Central and eastern Europe
Though well-represented in science in the former communist countries, few women rise to positions of senior responsibility. An analysis of the Enwise report.
Not good enough - In brief
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Neurobiology
Fascinated by issues of science and society, especially those that cut across the gender issue, Catherine Vidal investigates the relation between sex, the brain and power.
Report
An afternoon at the Cirid, in Bordeaux, where gender mix is the rule and women researchers have a choice role.
Finland
Report from Finland, an egalitarian country where women hold their own in research.
Gender
What do male colleagues or their ‘bosses’ think of women researchers? At least they are free of prejudices. 24 In brief
Down with stereotypes - In brief
Commitent
Gerlind Wallon manages the EMBO’s Women in Science programme: a job that fascinates her and allows her to reconcile work and home life.
High technology
The Women in Nano group was set up to encourage women to be involved in science. Annett Gebert and Ulrike Wolff assess the situation.
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Sociology
Boel Berner is particularly interested in traditionally male occupations, such as the technology experts and decision-makers. An analysis of this world from the viewpoint of gender.
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Science & society
Christine Heller del Riego is always looking beyond her laboratory and her courses. Associations, young researchers, the impact of technologies, ethics… Everything interests her.
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Meetings - In brief
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Interview
Interview with Britta Thomsen, Danish MEP, author of a report on the place of women in science, published by the European Parliament.
Taking stock
Three studies published by the Women and Sciences Unit (Research DG) shed light on the gender issue in the European scientific world.
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Prejudices
Why is there a shortage of women in science? A look at what happens in early childhood. The obstacles and the prejudices then follow almost naturally. Some European projects with Union support.
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Acting where it matters - In brief
European Union-funded projects
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