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Ursula Keller wins “Swiss Nobel” Marcel Benoist Prize- for pioneering work in ultrafast lasers
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FELs of Europe prize for Jeremy Rouxel- “Development or innovative use of advanced instrumentation in the field of FELs”
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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

Apart from your personal motivation, and choosing the right moment, to what extent is the success of the ETH WPF influenced by other factors, such as senior management?

    
An organization’s senior management – its personality, motivation and goals – are crucial to our cause. If women’s issues are not a priority, if the leadership lacks experience of or cannot relate personally to these issues, then there may well be a lack of understanding and awareness of our concerns. That’s why I think it’s important that an expert team such as the ETH WPF should provide advice and support on these questions.
The mandate defined for ETH Zurich by policymakers is also very relevant. At an earlier date, ETH Zurich was requested to increase the proportion of women professors to twelve percent, and then thirteen percent. Although this was a modest proportion (why not 30%?), the mandate at least indicates that the problem was recognized. But the question arises – what are the consequences of failing to meet these targets? If there are no consequences, mandates of this kind will not be taken seriously in the future.
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