They Make PSL: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
33% of researchers worldwide are women, according to UNESCO data released today, on the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. While this percentage is increasing, the evolution remains slow and the invisibility of women in science continues on a global scale.
To inspire future generations, to help fight stereotypes, especially on this particular day, female scientists in the PSL Community are featured on the websites and social network of our Schools. Their portraits, stories, and projects are to be found with #EllesFontPSL.
- Spotlight on the researchers and doctoral students with scientific career at Dauphine - PSL
- The story of Johanne Ling, a doctoral student at École nationale supérieure de Chimie de Paris - PSL and winner of the Young Talent Award for Women in Sciences by L’Oréal-Unesco in 2020
- Meet several talented scientists from ENS - PSL who recently hit the headlines
- Series of stories of female researchers and doctoral students at EPHE - PSL, which you can find on the School's website and on the twitter account
- Feedback on everyday life, motivations and observations by four researchers and engineers from ESPCI Paris - PSL
- Spotlight on a few essential female scientists who play a key role in the research activities at Espace des Sciences Pierre Gilles de Gennes
- At Mines Paris - PSL, stories of female scholars whose works hit the headlines
- Gender parity in sciences, a topic of strong interest at Institut Curie
- Stories of a young student, an engineer and the President of the Observatoire de Paris - PSL
- Hightlight on a young scientific artist, first-year doctoral student in the PSL-SACRe program at CNSAD - PSL
International Award for Women In Science, by L'Oréal-UNESCO
Université PSL also congratulates Françoise Combes for the prize she was awarded. Former student of the ENS - PSL, professor of the Collège de France and astrophysicist at the Observatoire de Paris - PSL, Françoise Combes is the European laureate of the L'Oréal-UNESCO 2021 International Prize for Women in Science.
A few stories and interviews you can discover or read again:
- “We need to encourage young women in science to take the plunge!” Fabienne Casoli (President of the Observatoire de Paris–PSL), Anne Christophe (Associate Director, Sciences, ENS–PSL), Geneviève Almouzni (CNRS Research Director at the Institut Curie) and Annie Colin (Associate Director, Institut Pierre-Gilles de Gennes), four role models for young female researchers, told in an interview their observations and ideas about changing the status of women in science.
- “My only advice? Experience as much as you can, so you don’t have any regrets later on” The story of Mazzarine, enrolled in the Master’s program in Chemistry & Life Sciences (École nationale supérieure de Chimie de Paris-PSL, Ecole Normale Supérieure-PSL and ESPCI Paris-PSL).
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“I’m fascinated by cognitive neuroscience, particularly disorders of consciousness and different sleep stages” The story of Dragana a student in the BioMedical Engineering Master’s program (run by ESPCI Paris-PSL, MINES Paris-PSL, and École nationale supérieure de Chimie de Paris-PSL).