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Ursula Keller wins “Swiss Nobel” Marcel Benoist Prize- for pioneering work in ultrafast lasers
MUST2022 Conference- a great success!
New scientific highlights- by MUST PIs Wörner, Chergui, and Richardson
FELs of Europe prize for Jeremy Rouxel- “Development or innovative use of advanced instrumentation in the field of FELs”
Ruth Signorell wins Doron prizefor pioneering contributions to the field of fundamental aerosol science
New FAST-Fellow Uwe Thumm at ETH- lectures on Topics in Femto- and Attosecond Science
International Day of Women and Girls in Science- SSPh asked female scientists about their experiences
New scientific highlight- by MUST PIs Milne, Standfuss and Schertler
EU XFEL Young Scientist Award for Camila Bacellar,beamline scientist and group leader of the Alvra endstation at SwissFEL
Prizes for Giulia Mancini and Rebeca Gomez CastilloICO/IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Optics & Ernst Haber 2021
Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to RESOLV Member Benjamin List- for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis
NCCR MUST at Scientifica 2021- Lightning, organic solar cells, and virtual molecules

Unconcious Bias in Academia

Resources on tackling unconcious bias in academia

Harvard Implicit  Bias Test:

You can take the test here: Project Implicit Harvard
This test was developed by a team or researchers working at Harvard University and contributes to an ongoing research program that is examining explicity biases. It designed to assist people from all backgrounds, recognize unconscious/hidden biases which may unknowingly distort our objective evaluation and treatment of others based upon race, gender, religion, culture, etc.
A summary of the development of test (known as the Implicit-Association Test (IAT) can be found  here
 

The American Physical Society provides a range of advice for reducing unconscious bias on their website here.
YouTube Videos on unconscious bias

Royal Society, UK,  2015, Understanding Unconscious Bias
Ted Talk, Implicit Bias, Stereotype Threat and Higher Education, Russell McClain, Dean, University of Maryland, Baltimore, December 2018
 
Recruitment and reducing bias: training videos

Tackling Recruitment Bias in Research Institutes, training video from the CERCA Institute, Catalonia, Spain
University of Lausanne (In French with English subtitles)  video designed to reduce unconscious bias in university recruitment
Universtiy of Bern (In German with French and English subtitles) video designed to address improving gender balance in recruiting professors
University of Zürich video (in German with English subtitles) on Diversity in 2019.
 
Juno Project
  • It is recognized that there are gender issues in physics departments internationally. An successful approach that is used in the UK to change the culture is a ‘Juno’ award.
  • Juno addresses gender equality in physics and encourages best practice for all staff
  • A similar approach could be carried out in Switzerland, building on the experience that has been acquired by Juno. There are 6 principles. An external review panel can help guide and assess the department.
- A robust organisational framework to deliver equality of opportunity and reward
- Appointment and selection processes and procedures that encourage men and women to apply for academic posts at all levels
- Departmental structures and systems which support and encourage the career progression and promotion of all staff and enable men and women to progress and continue in their careers
- Departmental organisation, structure, management arrangements and culture that are open, inclusive and transparent and encourage the participation of all staff
- Flexible approaches and provisions that enable individuals, at all career and life stages, to optimise their contribution to their department, institution and to SET An environment where professional conduct is embedded into departmental culture and behaviour



 

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