ÖPG
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
26.09.2024, AKCP Symposium in the frame of the ÖPG Annual Meeting at 14:00 hrs
At the symposium "Diversity, Equality and Inclusion" of the Working Group for Equal Opportunities in Physics (AKCP), three keynote lectures will be held on diversity in physics teaching, measures to improve equal opportunities, as well as a case report by a successful female professor.
The Symposium will be held in German. Still, we invite all physicists to participate in the symposium!
Detailed information can be obtained from the flyer on the right hand side.
27.07.2024
Physics pioneer Rosemary Fowler has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bristol at the age of 98. She discovered the kaon particle in 1948 and contributed to her PhD supervisor Cecil Powell being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1950. Here is the link to the Standard article (in German only).
04.07.2024
Over 30 female Quantum Professors have united to release a powerful Manifesto of Values in arXiv. They reflect on gender issues in (quantum) physics and call for change with a clear set of values.
13.06.2024
An article in Europhysics News, die Journal of the European Physical Society, on the need to increase the visibility of female physicists as role models has been published. You can read more here.
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!