Working Group for Equal Opportunities in Physics

The Working Group for Equal Opportunities in Physics (AKCP) deals with all topics related to equal opportunities and gender equality in physics.

The AKCP aims to make female physicists more visible and thus counteract the stereotype that physics is a male domain. In this way, the gender gap in physics will be narrowed on the long term and the framework conditions for female physicists will be improved both at universities and in the private sector.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact the AKCP at the following e-mail address: chancengleichheit@oepg.at

Chairwoman:
Andrea Navarro Quezada (University of Linz)                          

Vice-Chairwoman:
Verena Auer-Weiss (University of Salzburg and Middle School Eugendorf)

News

11.04.2024

The new Network atom*innen for more Women in Quantum Physics, initated by Francesca Ferlaino and colleagues at IQOQI Innsbruck, was officially presented at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna in the frame of the World Quantum Day and in the presence of Susanne Raab the Austrian Minister for Women Affairs.

27.02.2024 / 26.01.2024

The British physicist Jessica Wade is pursuing the goal of making women and people of color from the STEM field more visible by writing Wikipedia entries about them. Below are the links to two articles about her and her work: science.orf.at; Viennese weekly newspaper FALTER

02.02.2024

The Network Motherhood and Science is organizing an informal exchange for people who identify as mothers and work in science on 02.02.2024 from 09:00 - 11:00 a.m. Here is the link to the Zoom meeting. Meeting ID: 625 9362 4013; Identification code: 178178

29.01.2024

Anne L'Huillier will give an insight into her field of research in a lecture entitled "Attosecond Pulses for Studying Ultrafast Electron Dynamics" on January 29, 2024 in the Festsaal of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Here is the link to the event.

01.12.2023 - 31.01.2024

In the period from December 2023 - January 2024, the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) is organizing a special exhibition on "Women at the Academy of Sciences" in honor of Berta Karlik. Admission is free, here you will find the link to the event website.

27.11.2023

At the end of November it was announced that Monika Ritsch-Marte, long-time chairwoman of the AKCP and physicist at the Medical University of Innsbruck, has been appointed as one of 12 members of the new Council for Research, Science, Innovation and Technology Development (FWIT) (source). The AKCP congratulates her warmly!

04.09.2023

As part of the joint annual meeting of the ÖPG and SPG in Basel (September 4-8, 2023), the working group for equal opportunities in physics was newly appointed. We wish the chairs Dr. Andrea Navarro-Quezada and Verena Auer a successful future!